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The Devil’s in the Genocide | Our Shared Breath for Gaza | Kaleidoscoping the Paradigm | Each Red Sunrise is Dripping Gaza

April 27, 2024 fwstaff
The Devil’s in the Genocide ” Concentration camps ? They are a detail of history “. Jean -Marie Le Pen, French neo nazi leader who tortured in Algeria “The devil is in the detail “ […]
Ahmaud Arbery mural with niece in Georgia
Domestic News

Three Racist Vigilantes Found Guilty of Murder in Georgia

November 29, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Ahmaud Arbery was murdered by white men in 2020 sparking national outrage. Unlike Wisconsin, where another vigilante was acquitted, these men were found guilty on multiple counts. Brunswick, Georgia in the southern […]
Black Syndicate Motorcycle Club lead the demeonstration along Washtenaw Ave on April 17, 2021 WDIV
Domestic News

Protest Honoring George Floyd (9:29) held in Ann Arbor, MI

May 3, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A protest against police killings and brutality against African Americans was held in Ann Arbor, MI on April 17. More than 100 protestors from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti were joined by […]
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Guilty on All Charges: Chauvin, Cops and the Racist System

April 28, 2021 fwstaff
By  Abayomi Azikiwe Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on three counts of murder in the brutal death of 47-year-old African American George Floyd. The jury impaneled in the historic case only […]
Mass protest against police murder of George Floyd.
Domestic News

Note on Police Murders and the 2020 Elections

January 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Fred Vitale The movement against police murder of Black people was the most significant event in the class struggle in 2020 in the U.S. This movement was broad — taking place across the country […]
George Floyd's brother addresses the UN Human RIghts Council on June 18, 2020
International News

United Nations Human Rights Council Holds Session on Racism in the United States

June 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “We beseech independent African states to help us bring our problem before the United Nations, on the grounds that the United States Government is morally incapable of protecting the lives and the […]
African American photo and graphic commemorating Juneteenth
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Commemorating Juneteenth: The Continuing Unresolved Issues from the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment

June 24, 2020 fwstaff
Note: The following is the text of a speech delivered on June 19, 2010 on the 145th anniversary of Juneteenth. This address is being republished in honor of the 155th commemoration of Juneteenth in light […]
Atlanta Wendy's turned into memorial for Rayshard Brooks gunned down by white cop
Domestic News

Ballots, Bullets and the African American Struggle in Georgia

June 22, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “This is why I say it’s the ballot or the bullet. It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody. America today finds herself in a unique situation. […]
ILWU Local 10 marching against police terror on May Day 2015, Oakland, California.
Domestic News

Labor Call to Down tools to Honor All Victims of Police Murder

June 13, 2020 fwstaff
By ILWU Local 10 The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Coast Longshore Division, representing locals at all 29 West Coast ports, will stop work and lay down their tools on Tuesday, June 9 at […]
Milwaukee WI demo-june-7-2020
Domestic News

They Ain’t Peaceful: The Rich Violently Loot Wisconsin 24/7!

June 13, 2020 fwstaff
By Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” — Comandante Assata […]