2019 – Page 13 – Fighting Words

NGOs and “humanitarian aid”

February 21, 2019 fwstaff

By J. Kassem The Trump administration ratcheted up the aid sent to the Venezuela, deploying U.S. military aircraft to deliver over 250 tons of aid at the request of Juan Guaidó, backed by the U.S. […]

No wall, no ban, no state of emergency

February 20, 2019 fwstaff

By Communist Workers League The only crisis at the border is the one Trump and the ruling class are creating. Thousands of refugee and immigrant children have been held in camps at the border, and […]

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 […]

Defense of Ilhan Omar: Anti-zionism is not anti-semitism

February 16, 2019 fwstaff

By Jerry Goldberg As an activist from a Jewish background, I completely defend Ilhan Omar’s remarks pointing to the role of AIPAC, the Zionist lobby in Washington, of paying politicians (both Republicans and Democrats) to […]

In August 1619, slaves began arriving in Jamestown. Over the next couple hundred years, slavery would explode in Virginia and surrounding states.

400 years (1619-2019) after the beginning of African enslavement in the British colony of Virginia

February 15, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikywe In late August of 1619, approximately 20 Africans were brought to the shore of Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, then a colony of Britain, after having been captured by Portuguese colonizers in the […]

Oakland hosts “Hands off Venezuela” rally

February 15, 2019 fwstaff

By Terri Kay Over 100 people turned out Sunday, February 10, on a rainy Oakland weekend to say, “No U.S. intervention in Venezuela: No troops, no sanctions, return Venezuelan money to the Maduro government, and […]

COFINA Puerto Rican PROMESA settlement means further robbery of the people

February 15, 2019 fwstaff

By Jerry Goldberg A big step in the robbery of the Puerto Rican people through the PROMESA bankruptcy proceedings occurred on February 4 when the NY District Court Judge Laura Swain approved a settlement on […]

Laquan McDonald case highlights need for unity among the masses

February 8, 2019 fwstaff

By Fighting Words Staff – Chicago On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, over 150 activists gathered in 10-degree weather to march in protest and to reflect on years of the struggle to secure some justice […]

Crises of governance escalates in the capitalist states

February 2, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe France has once again been the scene of the gilet jaunes (yellow vests) demonstrations against the worsening social conditions of workers under the neoliberal policies of La Republique en Marche government of […]

Bill Wylie-Kellermann gives his closing argument in the Gilbert 7 case

February 2, 2019 fwstaff

By Elena Herrada Reverend Bill Wylie-Kellermann and co-defendants were at 36th District Court in Detroit for charges of shutting down the QLine, a pet project of the gentrifiers. In fact, the “Q” stands for “Quicken […]

Fighting Words

Journal of the Communist Workers league

Year: 2019

NGOs and “humanitarian aid”

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No wall, no ban, no state of emergency

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Venezuela has the right to exist without imperialist intervention

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Defense of Ilhan Omar: Anti-zionism is not anti-semitism

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400 years (1619-2019) after the beginning of African enslavement in the British colony of Virginia

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Oakland hosts “Hands off Venezuela” rally

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COFINA Puerto Rican PROMESA settlement means further robbery of the people

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Laquan McDonald case highlights need for unity among the masses

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