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Women’s Suffrage and African Emancipation During the 19th Century

February 25, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the mid-19th century there has been a periodic interrelationship between the movements for African emancipation and women’s liberation. Of course, these convergences have not been without serious contradictions, particularly in light […]

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and war criminal Elliot Abrams

Ilhan Omar exposes Elliott Abrams as a criminal

February 22, 2019 fwstaff

By Chris Fry “In 1991, you pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information to Congress regarding your involvement [in] the Iran-Contra affair, for which you were later pardoned by George H.W. Bush. I fail […]

Africans thrown overboard for insurance money

Anti-slavery campaigns in Britain and their impact on the formation of the United States

February 21, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe If the so-called American Revolution of 1776 was truly committed to breaking with monarchical and autocratic rule from the United Kingdom, then why did slavery grow at a rapid rate after the […]

No wall, no ban, no state of emergency

February 20, 2019 fwstaff

By Communist Workers League The only crisis at the border is the one Trump and the ruling class are creating. Thousands of refugee and immigrant children have been held in camps at the border, and […]

Defense of Ilhan Omar: Anti-zionism is not anti-semitism

February 16, 2019 fwstaff

By Jerry Goldberg As an activist from a Jewish background, I completely defend Ilhan Omar’s remarks pointing to the role of AIPAC, the Zionist lobby in Washington, of paying politicians (both Republicans and Democrats) to […]

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 […]

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