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Edward Wilmot Blyden on Africa and Palestine
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Pan-Africanism and Palestine Solidarity, Then and Now (Part I): African American History Month Series #10

March 5, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe 19th century theorist and educator Edward Wilmont Blyden (1832-1912) viewed the struggle for African redemption as being comparable to the Zionist movement, then in its infancy. As the founders of the World […]
Paul Robeson hands over We Charge Genocide petition to the UN in 1951
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Before and Beyond Vietnam: African American History Month Series #9

March 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Even though the United States government, in its propaganda during World War II, suggested that there would be greater freedoms for African Americans in the wake of the defeat of European fascism […]
Black Panther Party members for Pentagon pilots
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African American Liberation and the Vietnamese Revolution: African American History Month Series #8

March 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “Up in French Indochina, those little peasants, rice-growers, took on the might of the French army and ran all the Frenchmen, you remember Dien Bien Phu! The same thing happened in Algeria, […]
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Warmonger Biden’s support for Gaza genocide fractures Democratic Party

March 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry When the hastily organized and shoestring budgeted “Listen to Michigan” campaign was established, organizers told the press that if the “Uncommitted” vote tally reached 10,000 to 15,000 votes in the February 27 […]
Dearborn Manor rally Rev. Robert Smith
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Dearborn Rally Says “Stop Genocide in Palestine, Ceasefire Now!”

March 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Sunday, February 25, 2024, a rally was held at the Dearborn Manor, located in the suburb on the western border with Detroit, to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Speakers […]
Anti-nazi rally in Madison WI on Feb. 10, 2024
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Madison, Feb. 10, 2024: ‘Stop the Hate: Build People’s Unity’ Rally and March

March 1, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Wisconsin labor and community organizations hosted “Stop the Hate: Build People’s Unity” rally on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 at 1 P.M. at Library Mall at UW Madison, which was followed by […]
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All Out: Global Day of Action for Rafah Saturday March 2nd

March 1, 2024 fwstaff
Saturday, March 2nd, 1pm, Washington Square Park, NYC Millions are set to march for Palestine on March 2nd, in condemnation and protest of the Israeli government’s bombardment of Rafah and its plans for a ground […]
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Resisting the deliberate medical neglect of our political prisoners

February 27, 2024 fwstaff
  By Julia Wright Dr Joy James asked a crucial question on a Guerilla University podcast which she co-hosted with Kalonji Changa on February 13th 2024 : “How does one organize a resistance against the […]
Malcolm X and Shirley Graham Du Bois in Ghana during 1964
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African Americans and the Cold War from Civil Rights to Black Power: African American History Month Series #7

February 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe When the Red Army seized control of Berlin in early May 1945 hoisting the Soviet flag on the Reichstag building within the besieged city, jubilations erupted across Europe and around the world. […]
Jim Rine of Veterans for Peace testifies in support of the resolution before the Hamtramck City Council
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Hamtramck, Mich., becomes first U.S. city to pass ‘Move the Money’ resolution

February 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Daniel Hopkins and Bill Meyer HAMTRAMCK, Mich.—In a historic move, the Hamtramck City Council has unanimously passed Resolution 2024-22, making Hamtramck the first city in the United States to adopt a “Move the Money” […]