Year: 2022

Afghanistan protest against US theft
International News

Afghanistan Funds Seized by Biden Administration

February 18, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe While the administration of President Joe Biden is consistently escalating tensions between the Russian Federation and the United States over the status of Ukraine, the people of Afghanistan are condemning the expropriation […]
Domestic News

Self-defense, Punishment and the Legacy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett

February 17, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Nikole Hannah-Jones, a New York Times journalist and Howard University journalism professor, is the architect of the revised and expanded book version of “A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project, published in […]
Truckers in Canada not fighting for the working class.
International News

Canadian Truckers’ “Convoy of Hate”

February 15, 2022 fwstaff
By Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada This statement is reprinted from the website of the Communist Party of Canada. The original title was “‘Freedom Convoy’: a dangerous movement for the working class, but […]
African Union logo in Ethiopian Herald
International News

African Union Summit Addresses Continental and Global Issues

February 12, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed of the Democratic Federal Republic of Ethiopia welcomed presidents, ministers and other delegates to the first African Union (AU) Summit held since the advent of COVID-19 in […]
African enslaved harvesting cotton
Domestic News

African Enslavement and the Rise of Capitalism in North America and Beyond

February 5, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has continued to make an impact with the revised publication of “The 1619 Project” as an extension of the original work which coincided with the 400th […]
Political prisoner Aafia Siddiqui
Domestic News

Aafia Siddiqui, Political Prisoner

February 5, 2022 fwstaff
By Linda Ford, CounterPunch magazine The media coverage of the hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas has been predictably hysterical, Islamophobic and inaccurate about Aafia Siddiqui, the apparent political cause of the hostage-taker Malik Faisad […]
Domestic News

Inflation: Capitalist Robbery of the Oppressed and Working Class

February 3, 2022 fwstaff
  By Chris Fry All past history proves that whenever such a depreciation of money occurs, the capitalists are on the alert to seize this opportunity for defrauding the workman. – Karl Marx, Value Price […]
No Picture
Domestic News

No war on Russia and Donbass! U.S./NATO out of Ukraine!

February 2, 2022 fwstaff
Coalition Statement The Biden administration has put 8,500 U.S. troops on standby for deployment, on top of 64,000 already stationed in Europe. Millions of dollars in U.S. “lethal aid” (weapons) is arriving daily in Ukraine. […]
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 […]