anti-racism

South African demonstration in solidarity with Palestine
International News

Efforts to Reduce Israeli Influence in Africa Continue

April 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe As the Israeli government intensifies its efforts to win influence on the African continent and other geopolitical regions, several governments have responded by heightening their solidarity with the Palestinian people. In South […]
Scottsboro case demonstration in Washington, D.C. during 1933
Domestic News

African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Sharecroppers Union to the New Farmers of America

February 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 6 Several years prior to the formation of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) in 1934, a series of events in the state of Alabama would […]
Frederick Douglass
Domestic News

Frederick Douglass speaks on immigrant rights

February 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff In 1867, the most important figure in the anti-slavery movement in the U.S., Frederick Douglass, gave a speech in Boston about immigrant rights, specifically those people coming from China and Japan. […]
Southern Tenant Farmers Union meeting in Arkansas
Domestic News

African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Great Depression to World War II

February 21, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 5 During October 1929, the United States economic system was plunged into an unprecedented depression where tens of millions were thrown out of work and their […]
African American Farmers Alliance of the late 19th century
Domestic News

African American Resistance in the Rural South

February 20, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 4 “The new industry had a vision not of work but of wealth, not of planned accomplishment, but of power. It became the most conscienceless, unmoral […]
Domestic News

The Police Murder of Tyre Nichols: The Sad, Yet Foreseeable Result of a Policing System Based on the “Slave Patrols”

February 18, 2023 fwstaff
By National Conference of Black Lawyers The National Conference of Black Lawyers extends its deepest sympathy to the family of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old son and father who was viciously murdered by Memphis police officers. […]
Protesters march down 5th Avenue in New York City in Black Lives Matter demonstration on June 10, 2020
Domestic News

Elections: The Empire Strikes Back

November 9, 2022 fwstaff
By Stephen Milles Whatever happens in the midterm elections, a mudslide of racist and bigoted filth is pouring down from the heights of capitalist society. Teaching Black history is under attack by labeling it Critical […]
The great union leader, Moranda Smith
Domestic News

Moranda Smith: An African American Revolutionary Trade Union Leader (1915-1950)

August 15, 2022 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo On a hot dusty day in September 1949, 34-year-old Moranda Smith strode bravely down the main street of Apopka, Florida. The Klan was after her and she knew it. The night before, […]
Jayland Walker and his family members
Domestic News

Arrests Continue in Akron Targeting Demonstrators

August 6, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe It has been over a month since the police execution of Jayland Walker, 25, in Akron, Ohio on June 27. After public outrage over the death of Walker, who was shot 46 […]
Community members hold a sign commemorating the 1967 Newark Rebellion in front of a memorial plaque engraved with the names of those killed.
Domestic News

Newark Activists Commemorate the 1967 Newark Rebellion

August 3, 2022 fwstaff
  By Terri Kay On July 12, 2022 the People’s Organization for Progress, along with other activists and allies, commemorated the 55th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion on Springfield Ave at a triangle plot of […]