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U.S. control of Haiti began with U.S. Marines occupying in 1915
International News

The Assassination of Jovenel Moise: What Next for Haiti?

July 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Seth Donnelly Today, the people of Haiti are facing down the US-backed dictatorship of the ruling Haitian Tet Kale Party (PHTK) that came to power through the fraudulent election of Michel Martelly in 2010 […]
Domestic News

Racist Thought Police Attack “Critical Race Theory”

June 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe An exchange between the United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, and several Republican Congressmen in Washington, D.C. on June 23, illustrates the level of hysteria prevalent […]
Tulsa Massacre survivor Viola Fletcher is 107 years old
Domestic News

Tulsa Commemorates Centenary of 1921 Racist Massacre

June 11, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe May 31-June 1 represents the 100th anniversary of the attack by white mobs against an entire African American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This somber centenary is being marked with numerous press reports […]
No Picture
Domestic News

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 […]
Low wage workers march in Detroit for $15 minimum wage
Domestic News

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 […]
Ida B. Wells-Barnett - The Red Record
Domestic News

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. […]
Domestic News

Global Implications for the United States Political Crises

January 18, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Peoples and governments across the international spectrum have looked aghast at the burgeoning divisions within United States society centered around the legislative and administrative direction of the country. On January 6, thousands […]
African American voters line up in Georgia
Domestic News

Georgia Twin Runoff Election Results Fuel Right-wing Unrest

January 10, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A highly contested presidential election on November 3, coupled with the outcome of the runoff poll in Georgia which is determining the power relations within the United States Senate, has undoubtedly prompted […]
Lessie Benningfield Randle, Tulsa African American woman and survivor of the 1921 massacre
Domestic News

Scientists and Historians Uncover Further Details of Racist 1921 Tulsa Massacre

December 3, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During World War I (1914-1918) and the immediately following years (1919-1921), racial tensions escalated inside the United States resulting in numerous efforts by white racists to contain and in many cases remove […]
No Picture
Domestic News

Trump, Sessions and Miller, you can’t hide! The people charge you with genocide!

November 1, 2020 fwstaff
By Chris Fry From the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Article 6 Genocide For the purpose of this Statute, “genocide” means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole […]