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Guyana Finally Admits Walter Rodney Was Assassinated

July 11, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Dr. Walter Rodney (1942-1980) was an acclaimed Pan-African historian and Marxist theoretician from the time he graduated from the London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 1966. Rodney soon took […]
International News

Pentagon Official Warns of War with China

July 6, 2021 fwstaff
[This  editorial  was one of two open letters to President Biden by retired Marine Colonel Franz Gayl, now a civilian working at the Pentagon. Although he is certainly not anti-military, his letter is so staunchly […]
Refund Restore Reimagine
Domestic News

Anti Police-Terror Project Applauds City Council’s Vote to Reallocate $18M From Oakland Police to Violence Prevention Programs, Mental Health Services

July 6, 2021 fwstaff
By Anti Police-Terror Project June 24, 2021, Oakland, CA Since the murder of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station [2009], the Anti Police-Terror Project has fought to redefine public safety in the City of […]
Detroit Says Vote Yes on Proposal P press conference on June 24, 2021
Domestic News

Vote “YES” on Proposal P – Detroit

July 6, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Detroit is in desperate need for a new political awakening as represented by the advent of Proposal P which would adopt a new charter to govern the city. An amicus brief […]
Mumia
Domestic News

Mobilization-4-Mumia Press Release

July 3, 2021 fwstaff
PRESS ALERT  July 3, 2021 Contact: Joe Piette 610-931-2615 A Philadelphia rally on Saturday, July 3rd, starting at 2pm promises to be loud, energetic, colorful.  Entitled “In the Spirit of Consuewella Africa, We Must All […]
Domestic News

Wisconsin People’s Power Summit

June 29, 2021 fwstaff
By Bryan Pfeifer In a tremendous display of unity and solidarity, participants from across North America joined the People’s Power Summit June 11-12 in Maribel, Wisconsin. “This is precisely the time when artists go to […]
Domestic News

Racist Thought Police Attack “Critical Race Theory”

June 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe An exchange between the United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, and several Republican Congressmen in Washington, D.C. on June 23, illustrates the level of hysteria prevalent […]
Restaurant workers demand better wages and working conditions
Domestic News

The General Strike of 2021

June 28, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole In what can only be described as the General Strike of 2021, millions upon millions of workers across the United States are refusing to go back to work as the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Domestic News

International Block the Boat Campaign

June 28, 2021 fwstaff
BTB Shows the way to move BDS actions beyond individual consumer activism, striking blows with costly community/labor mass direct action initiatives By Terri Kay, a community organizer with Block the Boat Oakland and Block the […]
Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and China leader Chairman Mao Zedong
International News

Kenneth Kaunda, 97, Played a Major Role in the African Liberation Struggle

June 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A leading light in the campaigns to overthrow white minority rule and to foster African unity, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, has died in Zambia at the age of 97. Kaunda was born on […]