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International Jurists Release Final, Detailed Verdict Finding U.S. and State Governments’ Pattern of Genocide Against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples

May 21, 2022 fwstaff

Spirit of Mandela – Press Release A distinguished panel of nine international jurists has released its detailed final verdict finding the United States guilty of genocide against Black, Brown, and Indigenous Peoples on five counts, […]

Detroit CPTA press briefing with Atty. Nancy A. Parker

Detroit Organizations File Memorandum with Justice Department on Police Misconduct

May 21, 2022 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe A press conference held by numerous community organizations in Detroit on May 19 demanded that the administration of President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice conduct an investigation into allegations of brutality and […]

National Black Political Convention delegates, March 1972

Independent Politics and the Legacy of the Gary Convention Fifty Years On

March 1, 2022 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe From March 10-12, 1972, an estimated 7,000-10,000 African Americans gathered in Gary, Indiana for the National Black Political Convention (NBPC). The confab was covered extensively in the Black, left and mainstream press […]

Malcolm X’s Legacy and the Debate Surrounding Critical Race Theory

February 25, 2022 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared for and delivered in part at the African American History Month webinar entitled “Critical Race Theory Forum, Let’s Talk: What is Critical Race Theory and What It […]

New Orleans Battle of Liberty Place, 1874

Disarming the Black Masses Secured the Failure of Reconstruction

February 24, 2022 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe During the period of the enslavement of African people by Britain and the United States, violence was a key instrument in the maintenance of the exploitative and oppressive system. African people between […]

Self-defense, Punishment and the Legacy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett

February 17, 2022 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Nikole Hannah-Jones, a New York Times journalist and Howard University journalism professor, is the architect of the revised and expanded book version of “A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project, published in […]

African Enslavement and the Rise of Capitalism in North America and Beyond

February 5, 2022 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has continued to make an impact with the revised publication of “The 1619 Project” as an extension of the original work which coincided with the 400th […]

Remembering All of Martin Luther King’s Social Justice Agenda

January 18, 2022 fwstaff

By Larry Hamm, Chairman of People’s Organization for Progress Reprinted On January 15th — the actual birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the People’s Organization For Progress held its annual march in his […]

Catherine Coleman Flowers Detroit MLK Day keynote speaker, Jan. 17, 2022

The Continuing Struggle for Voting Rights

January 18, 2022 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part to the 19th Annual MLK Day virtual webinar held in the city of Detroit. The event has been held online for the […]

The Great Palestinian Escape of 2021

January 2, 2022 fwstaff

By Diana Block, CounterPunch magazine Reprinted from https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/24/the-great-palestinian-escape-of-2021-reflections-from-the-u-s-abolitionist-landscape/ On September 6, 2021, six Palestinian political prisoners escaped from Gilboa prison, one of the highest security prisons of the Israeli apartheid state. They escaped through a […]

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International Jurists Release Final, Detailed Verdict Finding U.S. and State Governments’ Pattern of Genocide Against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples

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