Month: January 2022

Burkina Faso ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore
International News

Burkina Faso Military Coup Reflects Wave of Insecurity in West Africa

January 31, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There has been yet another military coup in West Africa following the events of Mali and Guinea during 2020-2021. This time lower-ranking army officers staged a mutiny in Burkina Faso over the […]
Only mass struggle won voting rights
Domestic News

The U.S. Senate – Bastion of Reaction

January 27, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole On January 19 the U.S. Senate voted 48 -52 against changing its rules. This doomed efforts to protect voting rights in the country. Two Democrats joined 50 Republicans to keep voting rights […]
No Picture
International News

“U.S. Claims of Russian Threat to Ukraine Are Groundless”

January 26, 2022 fwstaff
By Dmitry Strauss The following interview with Struggle La Lucha co-editor Greg Butterfield was originally published by the website Ukraina.ru. Dmitry Strauss: Greg, Russia has raised the issue of nonproliferation of U.S. and NATO missile […]
Sudan demonstration on Jan. 17, 2022
International News

Imperialism Coordinates Effort to Prevent People’s Revolution in Sudan

January 21, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Two United States envoys from the State Department visited the Republic of Sudan on January 19 in their continuing campaign to neutralize the mass democratic movement which is demanding the exit of […]
Recent POP demonstration
Domestic News

Remembering All of Martin Luther King’s Social Justice Agenda

January 18, 2022 fwstaff
By Larry Hamm, Chairman of People’s Organization for Progress Reprinted On January 15th — the actual birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the People’s Organization For Progress held its annual march in his […]
Catherine Coleman Flowers Detroit MLK Day keynote speaker, Jan. 17, 2022
Domestic News

The Continuing Struggle for Voting Rights

January 18, 2022 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part to the 19th Annual MLK Day virtual webinar held in the city of Detroit. The event has been held online for the […]
Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project
Domestic News

Implications of the Expanded 1619 Project

January 16, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American woman journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has released a nearly 600-page hardcover book entitled “A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project” as a continuation of the work which began with the release […]
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Domestic News

U.S. Generals Warn of Coming Civil War

January 16, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole Around the first anniversary of the violent attack on the United States there have been endless commentaries about the continuing “threat to democracy” here in the U.S. Those in the mass media […]
Detroit retirees and supporters fought cuts to pension in 2013
Domestic News

Detroit Retirees Fight for Pension Booster

January 12, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole The COVID-19 pandemic year 2021 has seen the highest rate of inflation in about 40 years in the United States. The rapid increase in prices for all sorts of consumer goods is […]
Assange, Snowden and Manning exposed US war crimes
Domestic News

Pentagon Drone Attacks Killed Many Innocent People with Impunity

January 11, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A frontpage New York Times Magazine report on Sunday January 2 revealed in chilling detail the systematic targeting of peoples in territories where the United States government had declared a frontline battlefield […]