Voter suppression

Georgia lines up in early voting during Oct. 2020 AJC photo

Voter Suppression and Right-wing Threats Fail to Keep Millions Away from the Polls

October 27, 2020 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Efforts aimed at thwarting the fundamental bourgeois democratic rights of the majority of people in the United States are well underway. President Donald J. Trump has said repeatedly that mail-in voting and […]

The AFL-CIO labor federation, headed by Richard Trumka, is seeing the terms general strike and resistance against tyranny, bandied about.

Community groups, Unions Taking Fascist Threats Seriously

October 26, 2020 fwstaff

By David Sole With less than two weeks left before the November 3 U.S. elections there are signs that some sectors of the population are taking Donald Trump’s threat seriously to refuse to recognize an […]

Trump supporters try to intimidate early voters in Fairfax, VA on Sept. 20.

Call to Create People’s Committees to Defend Democratic Rights

September 30, 2020 fwstaff

By David Sole Donald Trump is making it clearer every day that he will not peacefully give up the office of president if he loses the election. Now, it is possible that Trump will “win” […]

Hands Off USPS union worker holds postal workers sign

Trump: Hands Off the United States Postal Service!

August 24, 2020 fwstaff

By Detroit Fighting Words Staff Attacks by the Trump administration in Washington D.C. on the essential role of the USPS has drawn condemnation across the country. In Detroit on Thurs. Aug. 20, 2020 a demonstration […]

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp

Racial Politics in Georgia and the Presidential Elections

July 26, 2020 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe A contested gubernatorial election in 2018 involving Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp and former Georgia State House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams highlighted problems related to voter suppression based upon the national […]

Atlanta Wendy's turned into memorial for Rayshard Brooks gunned down by white cop

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. […]

Venezuela has the right to exist without imperialist intervention

February 18, 2019 fwstaff

By Katya Derevo On January 10, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a second six-year term after winning the election last May with the support of nearly 68 percent of Venezuela’s voters. Just […]

Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy make speeches at the Neshoba County Fair on August 2 during the Mississippi gubernatorial race

Midterm elections leave crisis in political leadership

December 5, 2018 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Results from the Mississippi Senatorial runoff elections where Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democratic candidate Mike Espy by an 11 percent margin illustrates the formidable obstacles placed before the opposition party within the […]

Coastal Georgia celebrates RiceFest amid racist voter suppression

November 29, 2018 fwstaff

By Johnnie Stevens Thousands gathered in Riceboro, Georgia, from November 3 to November 10 for the 12th annual RiceFest. The parade and festival celebrate the culture, heritage and resistance of the Gullah Geechee people, a […]

Georgia gubernatorial candidates Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp debate in an event in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 23, 2018.

Midterm elections generate further polarization in the U.S.

November 18, 2018 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe November 6 was a day in which people across the United States, and indeed the world, were watching for some indications of the future political prospects for the leading capitalist state. It […]

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