Month: August 2022

The great union leader, Moranda Smith
Domestic News

Moranda Smith: An African American Revolutionary Trade Union Leader (1915-1950)

August 15, 2022 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo On a hot dusty day in September 1949, 34-year-old Moranda Smith strode bravely down the main street of Apopka, Florida. The Klan was after her and she knew it. The night before, […]
Dr. Mutulu Shakur poster demanding his release
Domestic News

Nationwide Campaign Seeks Compassionate Release for Dr. Mutulu Shakur

August 15, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the 1970s, amid a draconian counter-intelligence program (COINTELPRO) launched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against African American organizations throughout the United States, a cadre of activists in New York […]
Amnesty International’s General Secretary, is under intense attack for report exposing Ukraine army’s violations of international law
International News

The First Casualty of War

August 14, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole It has often been said that “Truth is the first casualty of war.” This is especially true in the case of the conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation which began February […]
Sudanese Communist Party leader Mohamed Mokhtar al-Khatib forms new alliance
International News

Sudanese Communist Party Forms New Alliance Committed to Ending Military Rule

August 14, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since December of 2018, the Republic of Sudan has undergone general strikes, mass demonstrations, the forced removal of longtime former President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and the failed formations of several interim administrations. […]
Domestic News

Mutulu Shakur Files Suit Against U.S. Parole Commission

August 14, 2022 fwstaff
Press release August 8, 2022 CONTACTS: Brad Thomson, Attorney, People’s Law Office 1180 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642 Nyeusi Jami, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), Atlanta Coordinator nyeusi.jami@protonmail.com Today, on Dr. Shakur’s 72nd birthday, […]
U.S. oil giant Chevron plunders natural gas from the stolen waters off Palestine.
International News

Biden and the U.S.-Israel-GCC axis: It’s not the oil, it’s the money

August 7, 2022 fwstaff
By Bill Dores Reprinted from Struggle – La Lucha Joe Biden didn’t go to Arabia in July to beg for oil. That’s not the nature of the U.S.-Saudi relationship. He didn’t go to Palestine to […]
Protests in Taiwan as U.S. escalates tensions with China using Pelosi visit
International News

Editorial: Pelosi Visit to Taiwan – Prelude to Another Proxy War

August 6, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Let’s be perfectly clear! Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s trip marks a huge step towards the Pentagon reestablishing nuclear armed U.S. military bases in Taiwan, an island just 100 miles […]
Chairman Yeshitela of the African People’s Socialist Party.
Domestic News

FBI Targets U.S. Group for Opposing Ukraine Proxy War

August 6, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched several, coordinated, pre-dawn raids on the offices of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and its Uhuru Movement affiliate in St. Petersburg, Florida and St. […]
40 year record inflation devastates U.S. working class
Domestic News

Inflation and Recession: Roots in Imperialism – Part 3

August 6, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry A July 28th article from the website “Business Insider” provides a succinct description of the billionaires’ solution to the spike in inflation that is devastating the living standards of the workers and […]
Jayland Walker and his family members
Domestic News

Arrests Continue in Akron Targeting Demonstrators

August 6, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe It has been over a month since the police execution of Jayland Walker, 25, in Akron, Ohio on June 27. After public outrage over the death of Walker, who was shot 46 […]