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Five year old, Liam Ramos, detained by ICE
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Refaat’s rest | Sifting for bones, not gold | No ICE for Greenland | For Alex Jeffrey Pretti | Bait 22

March 5, 2026 fwstaff
Refaat’s rest it is not enough they tracked you it is not enough they threatened you it is not enough they targeted you it is not enough they assassinated you it is not enough your […]
Amy Ashwood Garvey with Paul Robeson and Claudia Jones in England
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Pan-Africanism, Garveyism and Women’s Rights

March 5, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Resistance to the enslavement and colonial domination over African people can be traced back to the wars and rebellions which took place on the continent as early as the 15th century. Even […]
Protesters rallied on the City Hall steps before the City Council Committee to Combat Hate's hearing took place
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75 New Yorkers Testify Against “Buffer Zone” Bills

March 4, 2026 fwstaff
PAL-Awda NY/NJ NEW YORK, NY, February 27, 2025 — On Wednesday morning, dozens of organizations rallied on the steps of City Hall to oppose two proposed anti-protest bills — Council Speaker Julie Menin’s buffer zone […]
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Reexamining Du Bois on Civil War and the General Strike

March 4, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois published a pioneering study on the United States Civil War (1861-65), its conclusion and the rise and fall of the efforts to build a democratic society. This book […]
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PAL-Awda Condemns DOJ Lawsuit Against Activists

March 4, 2026 fwstaff
By PAL-Awda NY/NJ PAL-Awda NY/NJ Condemns DOJ Lawsuit Against Attendees of Stolen Land Protest and the Ongoing Coordinated State Efforts to Criminalize Such Protests. For years, PAL-Awda has protested stolen Palestinian land sales alongside people […]
National Association of Colored Women
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Two Women From Memphis

March 3, 2026 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe African women during the antebellum period in the United States were subjected to gross mistreatment and exploitation. Enslaved women endured oppression on three different levels: race-national origin, labor exploitation and gendered […]
New Orleans Tribune
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Black, Bilingual and Daily: The Political Role of the New Orleans Tribune (1862-1868)

March 3, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In late April of 1862, the capture of New Orleans by the Union army proved to be a turning point in the Civil War. The Union taking control of the ports of […]
The February 25 Strike in Amsterdam, 1941
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The UAW’S Remembrance: the Amsterdam General Strike of February 25, 1941 What Today’s UAW Members Can Learn From It

February 26, 2026 fwstaff
    By Frank Hammer I hope that you will set aside a few minutes on February 25th to read about the historic February General Strike that took place in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. This […]
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Black Writers and the Emancipatory Struggles of the Antebellum Period

February 21, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Writing and public speaking were key elements in the movements to end African enslavement and other forms of national oppression in the United States. Going back to 1827, the first Black-owned English-language […]
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Rebellion and Revolution: From Haiti to the Louisiana German Coast (1791-1811)

February 20, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A rebellion among the Africans of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) in the Caribbean beginning in August 1791 would send shockwaves throughout the slaveholding classes throughout the entire Western Hemisphere. This uprising later evolved into […]