anti-racism

Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project
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Implications of the Expanded 1619 Project

January 16, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American woman journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has released a nearly 600-page hardcover book entitled “A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project” as a continuation of the work which began with the release […]
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People’s Organization for Progress Campaigns for Legislative Action in New Jersey

November 29, 2021 fwstaff
By Terri Kay The Peoples Organization for Progress launched a major campaign on October 8, with what they called the Long March for Justice. The major demand of the campaign was to enable Civilian Complaint […]
Paul Robeson delivers “We Charge Genocide” document to the U.N. in 1951.
International News

Tribunal on U.S. Human Rights Abuses – October 22-25, 2021

October 14, 2021 fwstaff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 6, 2021 https://www.tribunal2021.com/ @TribunalJurists21 In the spirit and legacy of the Russell Courts on Vietnam (1966-67) and Latin America (1973- 76), and the Permanent People’s Tribunals which followed (1979-present), a newly […]
The People’s Organization For Progress
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THE LONG MARCH FOR JUSTICE: March To Trenton For Police Accountability, Social Justice, And Economic Progress

October 3, 2021 fwstaff
The People’s Organization For Progress has been holding weekly Justice Mondays in Newark since 2016, primarily focused on police brutality and abuse. These pictures are from some recent Justice Monday’s, including Chairman Larry Hamm speaking […]
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MLK Day Manitowoc, Wisconsin Conducts MLK Freedom School

October 2, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff The first of a series of four classes of the MLK Freedom School was held at the Manitowoc Public Library. Titled “All Labor Has Dignity! (Si Se Puede!, Union, Yes!, No […]
Stop The Hate Rally in Manitowoc, WI August 10, 2021
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Stop the Right Wing Hate Machine

September 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement September 16, 2021: Stop The Hate! Rally – Green Bay (STOP RACISM & UNION BUSTING!) They came for our unions, our educators, our public sector union jobs and […]
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Wisconsin Activists Announce MLK Freedom School

September 4, 2021 fwstaff
MLK Day Manitowoc Press Release Members and supporters of the MLK Day Manitowoc are officially announcing the Fall 2021 Freedom School at an August 28 press conference. A rainbow of labor and community participants will […]
Black soldiers- civil war
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Lessons of the Civil War – Then and Now

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole While April 15, 1861 is given as the official start of the United States’ Civil War, most historians recognize that the outbreak of military hostilities was preceded by decades of controversy and […]
Stop the Hate Rally 8-10-21
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Dozens Rally to “Stop the Hate” in Rural Wisconsin

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By FW Staff Manitowoc, WI, 8/10/21 — Dozens rallied at Lincoln High School, in response to a call by the Manitowoc Human Rights Coalition, before a scheduled Board of Education meeting. The rally was called […]
Jonathan Jackson and his comrades on Aug. 7, 1970 in Marin County, California
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Black August and the Legacy of Liberation Struggles

August 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since 1979 when prisoners at the San Quentin Correctional Facility in California declared the month of August as a period of commemoration honoring political detainees along with those who have sacrificed their […]