By Abayomi Azikiwe Beginning in 1876, the monarchy in Belgium initiated a massive campaign to fully conquer the Congo where tremendous wealth existed in natural resources and labor power. King Leopold I pursued the riches […]
By Gerry Scoppettuolo In the revolution I found the liberation that I needed and that meant so much to me – a Nicaraguan lesbian commenting on the significance of the Sandinista revolution in 1984 interview. […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe A recent four-nation trip by United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken was marked by efforts to denigrate China and Russia as development and security partners of the African Union (AU) member […]
By Fighting Words Staff On February 1, 2023, demonstrators opposing the ongoing genocide in Gaza protested outside of the offices of UAW Region 1 in Warren, Michigan. Inside the Region 1 headquarters, President Biden was […]
By David Sole It finally happened. Ukraine’s President Zelensky fired the commander of the Ukraine military, General Zaluzhny, on February 9. He was replaced by General Syrsky, another high ranking Ukrainian military figure. Zelensky also […]
By Chris Fry When the election results for Taiwan’s president and legislature were announced on January 13, the U.S. corporate media seemed jubilant. Three parties competed for president: The ruling pro-Taiwan-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the municipality of Birmingham, the second largest in the United Kingdom, the City Council filed for bankruptcy in September. The Council said that due to payments owed to women for years […]
WORD-STONE THROWING “Why not die fighting … If this is a theme …” Words pronounced by Refaat Alareer at the end of a class where he was teaching Susan Abulhawa’s “Wala” – two years before […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe “The unfriendly whites first drove the native American from his much-loved home. Then they stole our fathers from their peaceful and quiet dwellings, and brought them hither, and made bondmen and bondwomen […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe After the United States Congress outlawed participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade in 1808, the kidnapping and importation of Africans into North America continued. From the geographical regions on the continent where […]
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