Year: 2021

Armani Sharpe rally at Ferndale City Hall with Tameka Citchen Spruce speaking
Domestic News

Charges Dropped Against Armani Sharpe

September 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On August 23 there was another successful demonstration in support of Black autistic youth Armani Sharpe who was facing criminal charges in Ferndale and Hazel Park, two suburbs just northeast of […]
Domestic News

Wisconsin Activists Announce MLK Freedom School

September 4, 2021 fwstaff
MLK Day Manitowoc Press Release Members and supporters of the MLK Day Manitowoc are officially announcing the Fall 2021 Freedom School at an August 28 press conference. A rainbow of labor and community participants will […]
November 2018 Moratorium Now Coalition planning meeting
Domestic News

World Economic Forum Targets Detroit

September 2, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced plans to open a “Global Center for Urban Transformation” in Detroit in October 2021. The WEF is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that describes itself […]
Oct7-antiwar demo1_taken by Kim DeFranco
Editorials

United States Withdraws from Afghanistan After Humiliating Defeat

August 29, 2021 fwstaff
Fighting Words Editorial We welcome the defeat of U.S. imperialism in the Central Asian state of Afghanistan in the aftermath of a two decades-long occupation. This completely unnecessary war since 2001 was initiated under the […]
Black soldiers- civil war
Domestic News

Lessons of the Civil War – Then and Now

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole While April 15, 1861 is given as the official start of the United States’ Civil War, most historians recognize that the outbreak of military hostilities was preceded by decades of controversy and […]
Stop the Hate Rally 8-10-21
Domestic News

Dozens Rally to “Stop the Hate” in Rural Wisconsin

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By FW Staff Manitowoc, WI, 8/10/21 — Dozens rallied at Lincoln High School, in response to a call by the Manitowoc Human Rights Coalition, before a scheduled Board of Education meeting. The rally was called […]
food aid distribution in Haiti by grassroots org
International News

Urgent: Haiti Struck by 7.2 magnitude Earthquake

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee Dear Friends of Haiti: A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Haiti leaving devastation in its wake. Hundreds of people have been killed, and the terrible counting has just begun. Centered […]
Cuba and China, both targets of U.S. imperialism, strengthen ties
International News

Biden fails to isolate Cuba

August 24, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry With U.S. officials and their Afghan collaborators engaged in a mad scramble to escape from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, now is the time to note another huge international failure by the Biden Administration: i.e., […]
Peru President Pedro Castillo among the people
International News

Attempts Continue to Remove Peru’s Socialist President

August 24, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Daily efforts are continuing aimed at the overthrow of the recently elected administration of President Pedro Castillo of Peru. Castillo, a member of the Free Peru Party, a socialist organization which grew […]
Peru President Pedro Castillo
International News

Peru’s Progressive President Under Attack

August 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Right-wing political interests within the Peruvian parliament backed by international finance capital have sought to besiege the newly elected socialist president of the South American state of Peru. There was a tremendous […]