Imperialist Underpinnings of the Women’s March on Washington

13 Dec '16

Imperialist Underpinnings of the Women’s March on Washington

December 13, 2016

About a week after white people overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump, the Women’s March on Washington was born. The March, also known as the white women’s march, in some black women circles, burst onto the scene claiming to come to the defense of marginalized women who were targeted by the […]

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15 Nov '16

No such thing as women in general: White women and their support of imperialism

November 15, 2016

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Early in the 2016 electioneering for the seat of U.S. president, the most visible advocates for either candidate, were women. In Republican Donald Trump’s camp were the likely open white nationalist “good ole’ girls” and the unlikely African supporters like YouTubers Diamond and Silk and Omarosa Manigault. In Democrat Hillary […]

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16 Sep '16

ANWO Sweden busts up Feminist Who Targeted the African Community

September 16, 2016

Anti-Colonialism, Black Power

Special Note: Throughout this post we will use African/Muslim interchangeably, not to hold Islam up as special or protected, but to help the reader understand the basis for why attacks were launched against the African community. While Islam is the religion of many groups in Sweden; when violence is involved, […]

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9 Sep '16

Brent Council Buckles Under International Pressure

September 9, 2016

Anti-Colonialism, Birth and Reproductive Justice, Black Power

Up until August 2016, Kushinda Olanrewaju, Vice President of the African National Women’s Organization (ANWO) had been under serious attack by the state in London’s borough of Brent. We aren’t talking about the type of attacks, that make national headlines or draw international outrage, but the types of attacks that […]

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28 Aug '16

#BlackGirlsWrapWednesday

August 28, 2016

Anti-Colonialism, Black Power, Colonialism

The #BlackGirlsWrapWednesday is a movement started by the African National Women’s Organization when our young organizers at Gibbs High School were told that they could not wear their African headwraps to school. A 17-year-old student was told that her headwrap was a violation of school dress code and was forced […]

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27 Aug '16

Phoenix Protest – Solidarity with Kushinda

August 27, 2016

Anti-Colonialism, Birth and Reproductive Justice

In solidarity with Kushinda Olanrewaju’s month-long protest against London Borough of Brent , the African National Women’s Organization Phoenix (ANWO PHX) branch held a two-hour demonstration in front of Arizona Science Center. During the two hours, organizers passed out ANWO PHX’s branch letter of support explaining the campaign. There were […]

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