U.S. elections

African American voting advocates hold signs
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Election Results Affirm Continuing Far Right Threat

December 4, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Stewart Rhodes, the national leader of the far-right Oath Keepers, along with his Florida chapter chief, Kelly Meggs, were both convicted of seditious conspiracy on November 29 in connection with the attempted […]
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
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Midterm Election Results Will Further Polarize U.S. Politics

December 4, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Although the Democratic Party leadership has praised the electorate for maintaining their razor-thin majority in the United States Senate, the administration of President Joe Biden will have an even more difficult period […]
Protesters march down 5th Avenue in New York City in Black Lives Matter demonstration on June 10, 2020
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Elections: The Empire Strikes Back

November 9, 2022 fwstaff
By Stephen Milles Whatever happens in the midterm elections, a mudslide of racist and bigoted filth is pouring down from the heights of capitalist society. Teaching Black history is under attack by labeling it Critical […]
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 […]
Congressman Brooks attack on Senator Charles Sumner, 1856- prelude to the Civil War
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Congressman Gosar, Vigilantism and the Class Struggle

November 29, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole On November 17, 2021 the U.S. House of Representatives voted to censure right-wing Congressman Paul Gosar, (R-Arizona) and remove him from his two committee seats. Gosar had posted an Anime  cartoon of […]
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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Why Did Trump’s Coup Fail?

July 23, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The very real danger that former President Donald Trump would attempt a violent coup to stay in power following his electoral defeat has been confirmed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs […]
Mass protest can secure voting rights and important change.
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Voting Rights, the Democrats and the Capitalist Class

April 4, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The campaign by the Republican Party is easy to understand as they work to suppress voting rights. In a fair fight the Republicans are losing ground as they  cater to the vilest […]
Mass mobilizations along with legal action can stop the fascists.
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Lawsuits filed against Trump and neo-Klan groups using Reconstruction’s anti-Klan Law

March 7, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On November 20, 2020, the Detroit NAACP filed a lawsuit in Washington District Court on behalf of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization against the Michigan Trump Campaign. Utilizing the 1871 Ku Klux […]
Low wage workers march in Detroit for $15 minimum wage
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The Fracture Lines in U.S. Politics

February 19, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole It has been long and widely acknowledged that the Republican Party could not be a serious contender in national U.S. politics without building a mass base. The “party of big business”, as […]