Month: July 2023

East Africa food insecurity map
International News

East Africa Food Insecurity and the Role of AFRICOM

July 29, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On July 19, several media sources reported that airstrikes were carried out against what was claimed to be bases of the Islamist group fighting the central government in the Horn of Africa […]
Haitians continue protests against corruption and imperialist intervention
International News

Haitians Protest UN Occupation and Pending Foreign “Intervention”

July 24, 2023 fwstaff
By Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor The US and Canada have been arguing for a multilateral military intervention in Haiti led by the army of a third country, possibly even Rwanda, to support the puppet […]
Artificial Intelligence challenges working class from Hollywood to the Pentagon
Domestic News

Artificial Intelligence and the Class Struggle

July 24, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Since the earliest days of the industrial revolution, workers have fought company owners over their use of automated machinery to step up the pace of exploitation. “Programmable” looms in textile mills allowed […]
Grain graphic on rising costs
International News

Food Insecurity in Africa and the Politics of NATO Expansion

July 24, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe United Nations affiliated humanitarian and development agencies are reporting that many countries across the African continent are experiencing food insecurity. This phenomenon is related to at least three major factors: the sanctions […]
International News

What’s going on next door in Mexico – and why don’t we know?!

July 24, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff The Moratorium NOW! Coalition organized a webinar on July 10 entitled “What’s going on next door in Mexico – and why don’t we know?!”.  The idea for the forum was raised […]
Striking Writers and Actors on the picket line
Domestic News

SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strike Exposes Deteriorating Conditions in the Entertainment Industry

July 19, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Striking members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Announcers (SAG-AFTRA) along with the Writers Guild of America (WGA), have created a crisis for the Alliance […]
31 NATO leaders at Vilnius Summit cannot save Ukraine proxy war
International News

NATO Summit Won’t Stop Ukraine’s Declining Fortunes

July 19, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held a high level summit July 11-12 in the capital of Lithuania not far from the Ukrainian battlefields. Delegates included U.S. President Joe Biden, the leaders […]
SAG-AFTRA placard on strike
Domestic News

Screen Actors Join Writers in Entertainment Industry Strike

July 19, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Despite the enormous profits being made by film and television corporations in the United States, the writers, actors and announcers are undergoing pay cuts and threats to their future employment. Since early […]
Nahel (l) and his mother
International News

NAHEL’S FRANCE: NEO COLONIALIZED AND PAN AFRICAN VOICES SPEAK UP

July 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Julia Wright Two days ago, my client told me he was thinking of committing suicide because his profession has been attacked for two to three weeks now even though he is convinced he acted […]
Nazis show up in support of the ‘TERF ‘Let Women Speak’ rally in Australia
Domestic News

Forum: The Growing Fascist Threat to Transgender Lives

July 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Attend a Public Meeting on the Current Crisis The Growing Fascist Threat to Transgender Lives Saturday – July 22, 2023 – 6:00 PM Eastern time         Zoom participation […]