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Assata Shakur (1947-2025), A Revolutionary Life

October 6, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On Thursday September 25, 2025, indications began to appear over social media that Assata Shakur, a longtime activist in the Black Liberation Movement, had died while living in exile in the Republic […]
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Broadside Lotus Press Commemorates 60th Anniversary

September 29, 2025 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe On Sunday September 21, 2025, a capacity audience gathered at Trinosophes Hall on Gratiot Avenue near Detroit’s Eastern Market to honor six decades of publishing by an independent African American institution […]
Malcolm X commemoration committee
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Anthology film archives Malcolm X series continues

September 29, 2025 fwstaff
By The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee “I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand under its weight…” – […]
Ghana president accepts Trump's racist deportation policy
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Lawsuit Exposes White House Secret Agreement to Deport Migrants to Ghana

September 21, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A fifth African state, the Republic of Ghana, has been subjected to widespread criticism for its participation in illegal deportations from the United States. The other four governments, Eswatini, South Sudan, Uganda […]
Mexican national returned from South Sudan
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Controversy Surrounds Third-Country Deportations to African States by the White House

September 12, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since coming to office in his second non-consecutive term, United States President Donald Trump has unleashed thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to cities and rural areas ostensibly to remove […]
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Malcolm X Commemorated in Newark and NYC

September 12, 2025 fwstaff
By Malcolm X Commemoration Committee 973 202 0745; 917 346 8142 “I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people,  and then penalize them for not being able to […]
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The Trump Administration’s Plot to Disarm Transgender Workers:

September 10, 2025 fwstaff
    By Marta Ilyich “History teaches us that when an economic crisis hits, the process of scapegoating becomes more intense and more violent. African-American, Latino, Asian, and Arab peoples, lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals, […]
People's Conference for Palestine Coalition Against Genocide large poster
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Second Annual People’s Conference for Palestine Brings Thousands to Downtown Detroit

September 10, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “Gaza is the Compass” was the theme of the Second People’s Conference for Palestine which was held between August 29-31 in downtown Detroit at the Huntington Place convention center. This gathering was […]
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Lawsuit Charges Racism in Texas Redistricting Scheme

September 3, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe For several weeks Democratic lawmakers within the State of Texas have been waging a political struggle to halt a redistricting plan which would effectively disenfranchise millions of African American voters. These plans […]
Nat Turner Park amphitheater, Newark, NJ
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Rights Group Criticizes Trump’s Efforts to Erase History

August 28, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress The 16th annual commemoration of the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion will be held today, Thursday, August 21, 2025, 5:00 pm at Nat Turner Park, 171 Muhammad Ali Avenue in Newark, […]