Black Liberation

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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 enslaved harvesting cotton
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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 […]
Recent POP demonstration
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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
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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 […]
mage by Mohammed Sabaaneh
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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 […]
James Forman and Lucius Walker issue the Black Manifesto in May 1969
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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)
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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. […]
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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 […]
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
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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 […]