racism

Chris Smalls
International News

Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the Zionist Brutalization and Detention of Chris Smalls

August 6, 2025 fwstaff
By Black Alliance for Peace The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally denounces the brutal assault and abduction of Amazon Labor Union co-founder Chris Smalls, who was detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Though […]
Liberia President Joseph Boukai
International News

Trump White House Exposes Its Racism and Ignorance During Visit by West African Leaders

July 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Five heads-of-state from West African countries were invited to the White House to meet with United States President Donald Trump. These leaders were Presidents Joseph Boakai of Liberia; Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of […]
Arrest photo of Civil Rights icon, John Lewis, from 1961
Domestic News

Good Trouble civil rights protest in the spirit of Congressman John Lewis

July 21, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress The Good Trouble Lives On March and Rally to protest the disastrous policies of the Trump administration and to commemorate civil rights icon John Lewis will take place Thursday, July […]
National Guard troops occupied Newark, NJ in the summer of 1967 to put down a mass rebellion against racism and poverty
Domestic News

1967 Newark rebellion commemoration set for July 12th: can it happen again?

July 15, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for  Progress (POP) The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) will have a 1967 Newark Rebellion Commemoration March And Rally on the 58th anniversary of the uprising, Saturday, July 12, 2025, 12:00 noon […]
Memphis African American Tyre Nichols killed by cops
Domestic News

Jury Acquits Memphis Cops on Murder Charges in the Killing of Tyre Nichols

May 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Yet another group of violent police officers have been acquitted in the death of an African American, this time in the city of Memphis. Although the police officers involved in the brutal […]
National Black Farmers Association President John Boyd, Jr. speaking at 29th annual conference
Domestic News

African American Farmers Facing Complete Annihilation Under Trump Tariffs

April 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a recent interview with the Cable News Network (CNN), the Founder and President of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA), John Boyd, Jr., says that the agricultural policies of the administration […]
Arturo Schomburg quote
Domestic News

Attacks on African American History Continues

April 10, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe All recognitions and acknowledgements of African people in the United States and world history have come under vicious attack by the White House under President Donald Trump. Both Trump and the MAGA-dominated […]
Protesters at Trump Tower in New York City demand release of Mahmoud Khalil, facing deportation for supporting Palestine
Domestic News

The Other Dangers of Trumpworld

April 1, 2025 fwstaff
By Russ Bellant The following is a guest commentary being republished in Fighting-Words.net with permission of the author. The social needs cuts, the blatantly unconstitutional restructuring of government, the dismantling of disease prevention, the lawless […]
Lesotho Founder King Moshoeshoe I
International News

POTUS Ridicules Historic Kingdom of Lesotho in Rambling Address Before Joint Session of Congress

March 22, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In his first speech before the House of Representatives and the Senate during his second bifurcated term of office on March 4, United States President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the Kingdom […]
October 27, 1951 - Speakers at the Cincinnati founding convention of the National Negro Labor Council. Paul Robeson second from left
Domestic News

Labor Insurgencies: Past, Present and Future

November 18, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo The AFL-CIO’s top labor bureaucracy has often opposed rank and file labor insurgencies, especially where imperialist foreign policy or racism is brought up. In the 1980’s AFL-CIO head Lane Kirkland’s support of […]