Voter suppression

Tennessee Democratic state reps. attacked by Republican majority
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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 […]
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 […]
Catherine Coleman Flowers Detroit MLK Day keynote speaker, Jan. 17, 2022
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The Continuing Struggle for Voting Rights

January 18, 2022 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part to the 19th Annual MLK Day virtual webinar held in the city of Detroit. The event has been held online for the […]
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. […]
Black soldiers- civil war
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Lessons of the Civil War – Then and Now

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole While April 15, 1861 is given as the official start of the United States’ Civil War, most historians recognize that the outbreak of military hostilities was preceded by decades of controversy and […]
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 […]
New Georgia law makes it illegal to give water to anyone on line to vote.
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Voter Suppression and Mass Struggle

April 1, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole On November 3, 2020 the Republican Party suffered a stinging defeat in the elections when they lost control of the presidency and the U.S. Senate. Trump and his allies then made a […]
Park Cannon, African American legislator arrested in Georgia state capitol building.
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Black Georgia Rep arrested for knocking on a door

March 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Klan thugs dressed in Georgia State Trooper uniforms handcuff and drag Black Georgia State Representative Park Cannon backwards to a cop car, arresting her for defending her constituents’ voting rights by […]
Ida B. Wells-Barnett - The Red Record
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1898 to 2021: From Wilmington to Washington and the Role of Racism in Right-wing Coups

February 16, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe At the time of this writing (Feb. 1q0, 2021 – editor) the Senate impeachment trial was well underway where evidence was being presented aimed at convicting former United States President Donald J. […]
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14th Amendment: a tool Congress should use to oust neo-Klan Reps and Senators

February 5, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry In the aftermath of the ferocious January 6th attack on the Capitol building as well as the vote by most of the Republican House members and many of their Senators to discard […]