Year: 2021

Billions in international aid to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake went to enrich Haiti’s oligarchs.
International News

Was Moise killed to stop China’s Belt and Silk Road in the Caribbean?

July 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Did the Biden Administration violate Executive Order 12333 and Article 4 of the UN Charter by arranging the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse on July 17? If so, President Biden could […]
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 […]
July 4 Veterans for Peace display on Michigan war dead from Afghanistan and Iraq at Grand Circus Park
Domestic News

Leaving Afghanistan: Why Not Iraq and Syria?

July 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Joe Biden announced several months ago that the United States would end its two decades-long occupation of the Central Asian state of Afghanistan. Since the attacks on the World Trade Center […]
Haiti’s people have never stopped fighting for an end to corrupt, U.S. backed regimes
International News

In the Wake of Jovenel Moise’s Assassination: Building Solidarity with Haiti’s Popular Movement

July 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Robert Roth,  Haiti Action Committee Today, in Haiti, the violent rule of Jovenel Moise has come to a violent end.  Moise himself had recently said he had “about a million enemies”, and that was […]
Domestic News

Why Did Trump’s Coup Fail?

July 23, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The very real danger that former President Donald Trump would attempt a violent coup to stay in power following his electoral defeat has been confirmed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs […]
Cuba First Secretary of the Communist Party outgoing and incoming
International News

Washington Continues to Destabilize Haiti and Cuba

July 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Haitian President Jovenal Moise was assassinated in his private residence during the early morning hours of July 7 in Port-au-Prince. The circumstances surrounding his death continue to unfold within various news agencies […]
International News

Guyana Finally Admits Walter Rodney Was Assassinated

July 11, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Dr. Walter Rodney (1942-1980) was an acclaimed Pan-African historian and Marxist theoretician from the time he graduated from the London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 1966. Rodney soon took […]
International News

Pentagon Official Warns of War with China

July 6, 2021 fwstaff
[This  editorial  was one of two open letters to President Biden by retired Marine Colonel Franz Gayl, now a civilian working at the Pentagon. Although he is certainly not anti-military, his letter is so staunchly […]
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Domestic News

Anti Police-Terror Project Applauds City Council’s Vote to Reallocate $18M From Oakland Police to Violence Prevention Programs, Mental Health Services

July 6, 2021 fwstaff
By Anti Police-Terror Project June 24, 2021, Oakland, CA Since the murder of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station [2009], the Anti Police-Terror Project has fought to redefine public safety in the City of […]
Detroit Says Vote Yes on Proposal P press conference on June 24, 2021
Domestic News

Vote “YES” on Proposal P – Detroit

July 6, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Detroit is in desperate need for a new political awakening as represented by the advent of Proposal P which would adopt a new charter to govern the city. An amicus brief […]