Year: 2022

NATO war impacts African states
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Western Sanctions Against Russia Create Food Deficits Globally

April 13, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Leading up to and after the Russian special military operation in Ukraine beginning on February 24, the United States and its allies within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European […]
Starbucks Workers United
Domestic News

New Labor Organizing

April 13, 2022 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo Long time labor organizers and activists are detecting new signs of life in organized labor in the U.S. Starbucks and Amazon workers are leading a remarkable rank and file led upsurge that […]
Algerian women in the national independence movement
International News

After 60 Years of Independence Algeria Remains a Center of International Affairs

April 13, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In March 1962, after eight years of armed, diplomatic and mass struggles, the National Liberation Front (FLN) of Algeria compelled the colonial leadership in Paris to commit to relinquishing its control to […]
Greek workers block railroad tracks carrying NATO tanks going to Ukraine.
International News

Anti-imperialists Worldwide Oppose U.S./NATO Proxy War in Ukraine

April 10, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole Everyone who watches TV knows that if a crime has been committed the crime scene investigators are called to sift through the evidence. And the coroner is employed to carefully examine a […]
Rev. Pinkney speaking in Detroit
Domestic News

Stop the State Police Harassment and Targeting of Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor

April 10, 2022 fwstaff
The following letter was sent by the Detroit based Moratorium Now Coalition to top Michigan officials. Rev. Edward Pinkney, an African American community leader in Benton Harbor in western Michigan, needs your support. Please go […]
Irish speakers Paul Doherty and Ciara O'Connor on April 2, 2022 (Photo by Abayomi Azikiwe)
International News

Derry Delegation Visits Detroit to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

April 8, 2022 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe On January 30, 1972, British military forces opened fire on a peaceful demonstration of 15,000 in Derry, Northern Ireland leaving 14 dead and many others wounded. This massacre became known as […]
Detroit Moratorium NOW! Coalition demonstration outside Wayne County Treasurer on March 30, 2022
Domestic News

Foreclosure Moratorium Extended One Year in Detroit and Wayne County

April 7, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A Wayne County judge on March 29 granted a motion by Treasurer Eric Sabree extending the ban on owner-occupied homes being placed in jeopardy of seizure and public auction. This decision came […]
Pentagon sources are leaking some info contradicting media lies about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.
International News

The Truth Will Out

March 31, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole Shakespeare wrote that “at the length truth will out” (Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 2). A month has passed since the start of the Russian Federation’s “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine. […]
Wall Street sees big profits in continuing the Ukraine war
International News

Biden: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”

March 29, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, French President Macron and many other U.S. and European officials scrambled to walk back Joe Biden’s March 27th Russian regime-change statements from a speech he gave in […]
Detroit demonstration to halt property tax foreclosures
Domestic News

Tens of Thousands Threatened with Property Tax Foreclosures in Detroit

March 29, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe March 31 has been designated as the deadline for Wayne County residents to pay back property taxes from 2019 and before, despite the failure of the relevant authorities to provide adequate assistance […]