Black Liberation

African Americans led demonstration in support of affirmative action
Domestic News

Supreme Court Slams the Door on Affirmative Action in Higher Education

July 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court eradicated any legal basis for the targeted admission of African Americans and other national minorities in higher educational institutions. The ruling, which is […]
Detroit 60th anniversary Walk to Freedom march where a sign on pension theft was held
Domestic News

Detroit Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Walk to Freedom

July 3, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Saturday, June 24, 2023, the local NAACP chapter in Detroit sponsored a march down Woodward Avenue to mark the 60th anniversary of the historic civil rights action. That demonstration, which […]
Kwame Nkrumah and Haile Selassie
International News

Imperialist Hegemony and the Class Struggle in Africa and the Diaspora

May 30, 2023 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: The following solidarity statement was prepared and delivered in part to the African Liberation Day program organized by the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party, (A-APRP-GC) under the theme “Pan-Africanism:  Waging Class […]
International News

Imperialism and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan and Libya

May 29, 2023 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared for and delivered in part at a webinar in honor of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor […]
SACP Chris Matlhako
International News

Chris Matlhako Exemplified the Legacy of National Liberation and Internationalism

May 19, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These comments were delivered to a memorial webinar on the life, times and contributions of Chris Matlhako, a Central Committee member and 2nd Deputy Secretary General of the South African Communist […]
Kansas City protest against the shooting of Ralph Yarl
Domestic News

Black Lives Remain in Danger Throughout the United States

April 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Even after three years of mass demonstrations and urban rebellions in the United States, law-enforcement agencies and the entire legal system are still “justifying” the shooting deaths of African Americans and other […]
Attendees of the APSP Plenary 2017 - Members, Supporters and Friends of the African People's Socialist Party and its mass organizations
Domestic News

Fighting Words Statement on Racist Indictment of African People’s Socialist Party

April 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Editorial Staff The Fighting Words Editorial Staff vehemently denounces the racist attack on the African People’s Socialist Party and their Uhuru Solidarity Movement as a vicious attack on the Black Liberation movement, […]
Tennessee Lawmakers Justin Pearson (r) and Justin Jones
Domestic News

African American Tennessee Lawmakers Reinstated to State House

April 15, 2023 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Two African American state representatives to the Tennessee House of Representatives have been returned to the Capitol in Nashville by the local councils in Nashville and Memphis. The expulsions by the […]
Tennessee Democratic state reps. attacked by Republican majority
Domestic News

Two African American State Representatives Expelled by Tennessee Republican Majority

April 12, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Tennessee State Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were expelled by the Republican supermajority in Nashville on April 6. Another state house member, Gloria Johnson, who is white, survived the expulsion […]
Environmental, trade union and cultural associations denounce genocide by poisoning, the harassment of activists
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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN AS AN ECO-DEFENDER

February 24, 2023 fwstaff
By Julia Wright For Keziah Nuissier, Madly Etile and Mumia Abu-Jamal, Three generations of anti environmental racism warriors who never met but who by breaking silence organically interconnect their struggle For our young ancestors, Tortuguita. […]