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In August 1619, slaves began arriving in Jamestown. Over the next couple hundred years, slavery would explode in Virginia and surrounding states.

400 years (1619-2019) after the beginning of African enslavement in the British colony of Virginia

February 15, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikywe In late August of 1619, approximately 20 Africans were brought to the shore of Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, then a colony of Britain, after having been captured by Portuguese colonizers in the […]

COFINA Puerto Rican PROMESA settlement means further robbery of the people

February 15, 2019 fwstaff

By Jerry Goldberg A big step in the robbery of the Puerto Rican people through the PROMESA bankruptcy proceedings occurred on February 4 when the NY District Court Judge Laura Swain approved a settlement on […]

Laquan McDonald case highlights need for unity among the masses

February 8, 2019 fwstaff

By Fighting Words Staff – Chicago On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, over 150 activists gathered in 10-degree weather to march in protest and to reflect on years of the struggle to secure some justice […]

Bill Wylie-Kellermann gives his closing argument in the Gilbert 7 case

February 2, 2019 fwstaff

By Elena Herrada Reverend Bill Wylie-Kellermann and co-defendants were at 36th District Court in Detroit for charges of shutting down the QLine, a pet project of the gentrifiers. In fact, the “Q” stands for “Quicken […]

Three thousand people march in the Anti Police-Terror Project’s fifth annual People’s March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy on January 21. The event also commemorated the tenth anniversary of the murder of Oscar Grant, who was killed by a BART police officer in 2009.

Thousands march in Oakland to reclaim King’s radical legacy

January 26, 2019 fwstaff

By Terri Kay Despite a total corporate media whiteout, 3,000 people turned out in Oakland, California, to participate in the Anti Police-Terror Project’s (APTP) fifth annual People’s March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy. This year’s […]

Solidarity with the struggle of the GM workers and ex-GM workers in Colombia

January 25, 2019 fwstaff

By Autoworkers Caravan We are outraged over General Motors’ plans for mass layoffs at its Colmotores (Bogota, Colombia) assembly plant announced on December 21, 2018 that will result in an unspecified number of workers and their […]

Death of transgender migrant bears legacy of imperialist horrors

January 22, 2019 fwstaff

By Cassandra Devereaux Roxsana Hernández Rodriguez, a 33-year-old Honduran transgender woman, died on May 25, 2018, in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Officials proclaimed her death as being a result […]

MLK commemorations take place amid government shutdown and worsening capitalist crisis

January 19, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, and grew into maturity in the Deep South city of Atlanta, Georgia, during the Great Depression of the 1930s and early […]

The WFTU stands on the side of the Los Angeles teachers

January 16, 2019 fwstaff

By The World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), representing 95 million workers in 130 countries across the globe, sends its internationalist and militant greetings to the teachers of Los Angeles […]

Counter-protestors hold up signs in Madison, Wisconsin, on January 12.

People’s united struggle routs fascists in Madison, where counter-protestors demand jobs and education, not hate

January 15, 2019 fwstaff

By Fighting Words Staff Over 200 protestors from multiple labor and community organizations gathered outside the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison on January 12 to confront about 30 members of the fascist militia grouping The […]

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