Abayomi Azikiwe

South African miners’ strike enters second month

A major struggle between the National Union of Mineworkers and the bosses at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde facilities is turning out…

December 4, 2013

Federal judge rules in favor of banks and political dictatorship in Detroit bankruptcy decision

Dec. 3 — Judge Steven Rhodes has ruled that a state-imposed emergency manager was acting legally when bankruptcy was filed…

December 3, 2013

Film review: “12 Years a Slave” illustrates horrors of U.S. slavery

Africans were enslaved by Britain and the United States in continental North America for nearly 250 years (1619-1865). The profits…

December 3, 2013

U.N. climate conference fails to agree to reduce pollution

More than 190 countries attended the 19th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, this one in Warsaw, Poland, which…

December 2, 2013

Charges filed in killing of Renisha McBride

A Dearborn Heights, Mich., homeowner, Theodore P. Wafer, has been charged with second-degree murder in the Nov. 2 shooting death…

December 2, 2013

Lessons from Detroit: Socialist ideology and mass organizing

  From a WWP Conference talk by Abayomi Azikiwe. Detroit has been and will continue to be at the forefront…

November 22, 2013

Detroit bankruptcy means people versus banks

Federal Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Rhodes heard closing arguments Nov. 8 in the eligibility trial for what could be the largest…

November 17, 2013

Sin recuperación de la Gran Recesión los/as afroamericanos/as

Pese a las afirmaciones de que el país se encuentra en una gradual recuperación económica, millones de personas están siendo…

November 12, 2013

African economy produces billionaires while poverty persists

Press reports from Africa indicate that there are unprecedented levels of economic growth taking place throughout the continent, which includes…

November 12, 2013

African Americans still not recovered from Great Recession

Despite claims that the country is in a gradual economic recovery, millions are being thrown into poverty and prolonged joblessness.…

November 10, 2013