colonialism

HIV/AIDS activists’ direct action at the White House on World AIDS Day
Domestic News

HIV/AIDS: a Global Class Struggle

December 30, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo These are worrisome and dangerous times for the 41 million people living with HIV/AIDS on the globe (1.2 million in the United States). In the past forty years for which there is […]
Chagos Island plantiffs in UK
International News

British Return of Chagos Islands to Mauritius Maintains Imperialist Control Over Military Base

June 2, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Another legal maneuver by the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States will provide cover for the ongoing imperialist occupation of the largest territory within the Chagos Islands. This territory […]
Siwar Al-Jamasi
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FOR LITTLE SIWAR JAMASI | WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EAT? | DO NOT BE AFRAID

April 10, 2025 fwstaff
FOR LITTLE SIWAR JAMASI For Siwar Jamasi she is small-limbed not more than eight years old but she fills every inch of an old pink velvet armchair with the confidence of a family’s beloved child […]
Martinique masses set fires to colonial properties during days of unrest over rising prices
International News

Martinique Masses Continue Rebellion Against French Colonial System

October 22, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the Caribbean Island of Martinique which remains under French colonial rule, social unrest has flared up again prompted by hyperinflation and the heavy-handed tactics utilized by security forces under the control […]
Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologizes for African enslavement
International News

Netherlands Prime Minister Apologizes for Atlantic Slave Trade

December 27, 2022 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Over the last few decades the demand to pay reparations for African enslavement has drawn support from around the world. Africans on the continent along with those living in other parts […]
Burkina Faso demonstration outside French embassy
International News

Imperialist Militarism and the African Crisis

October 3, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: The following address was delivered in part at a webinar sponsored by the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) on October 1. The event was held under the theme: “Colonialism, Compradors & […]
China graphic on US warmongering
International News

Our Case Against NATO – Africans and the Struggle Against Imperialism

April 22, 2022 fwstaff
Note: This paper was prepared and delivered in part to a webinar entitled: “The Case Against NATO” which featured presentations from various scholars and activists around the world. The speakers, in addition to Abayomi Azikiwe, […]
Polisario Front women fighters in formation
International News

Spain Abandons Former Colony in Western Sahara Endorsing Morocco Domination

March 26, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Spain has announced that it has endorsed a proposal by the Kingdom of Morocco to designate the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as an “autonomous” region within the North African state. Former […]
Burundi and DRC demands reparations from imperialist states of Belgium and Germany
International News

Reparations Demand Expanding Among African People Worldwide

September 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During late August, the Central African state of Burundi appealed to the Belgian and German governments to pay reparations for the crimes committed during their colonial occupation of this country during the […]