Black Liberation

James Forman and Lucius Walker issue the Black Manifesto in May 1969
Domestic News

Localizing Reparations During an Era of Intensified Repression

October 14, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A New York Times Sunday edition article on September 26 devoted an entire page, excluding an ad for luxurious furniture, to an examination of various efforts in the United States to initiate […]
Detroit demonstration welcoming the defeat of Trump on Nov. 7, 2020 (Photo by Abayomi Azikiwe)
Domestic News

African Americans and the Democratic Presidency

October 2, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There can be no doubt that the African American electorate played a decisive role in the ascendancy of the current administration led by Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. […]
Domestic News

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 […]
Sali Piblic (Kreyol for public safety)
International News

Fanmi Lavalas Position Statement, July 31

August 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Executive Committee of Fanmi Lavalas POSITION STATEMENT OF FANMI LAVALAS POLITICAL ORGANIZATION (Unofficial translation from the Kreyol by Haiti Action Committee) July 31, 2021 Since the electoral coup d’etat that put in power the […]
Jonathan Jackson and his comrades on Aug. 7, 1970 in Marin County, California
Domestic News

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 […]
Cambridge Movement leader Gloria Richardson pushes away National Guard bayonet in 1964
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SNCC Veterans Gloria Richardson Dandridge and Bob Moses Made Monumental Contributions to Civil Rights

July 29, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the month of July, two heroic figures in the struggle against Jim Crow and race terror, Gloria Richardson Dandridge and Bob Moses passed away. Their lives intersected with the upsurge in […]
Domestic News

Racist Thought Police Attack “Critical Race Theory”

June 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe An exchange between the United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, and several Republican Congressmen in Washington, D.C. on June 23, illustrates the level of hysteria prevalent […]
Racial Profiling Across 8 Mile Rally & March, June 5, 2021
Domestic News

Stop Racial Profiling Across 8 Mile

June 16, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A second annual rally and march to highlight the problem of racial profiling of Black and Brown motorists, cyclists and pedestrians by police was held in Detroit along the 8 Mile […]
Detroit May Day 2021 march with Moratorium NOW! Coalition, Detroit Will Breathe, among others
Domestic News

Detroit Police Chief Departs

May 18, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the summer of 2020 there have been consistent calls for the resignation of Detroit police chief James Craig. Craig announced on May 10 that he was retiring from the Detroit Police […]
An entire neighborhood destroyed when police dropped a bomb on the MOVE house in Philadelphia, 1985
Domestic News

Malcolm X Commemoration Committee Press Statement Condemns ‘Theft’ of Remains of MOVE Children!

May 4, 2021 fwstaff
By Zayid Muhammad, Malcolm X Commemoration Committee When Bombing A Black Family, Killing Defenseless Men Women and Children and Destroying an Entire Neighborhood is not enough!… Their names were Delisha Africa and Tree Africa. They […]