Month: August 2023

Rally at Elizabeth Development Center for Shutdown of Elizabeth Detention Center
Domestic News

NJ Congressional Delegation Urges President Biden to Withdraw Support for Elizabeth Detention Center’s Private Operator CoreCivic

August 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Jenny Garcia, Detention Watch Network, and Amy Torres, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice For Immediate Release: August 25, 2023 NJ Congressional Delegation Urges President Biden to Withdraw Support for Elizabeth Detention Center’s Private […]
BRICS Summit leaders in RSA
International News

BRICS Summit Expands by Six Members

August 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa served as the host of the recently held 15th BRICS Summit which turned out to be one of the most significant gatherings in […]
Domestic News

Senator Booker, Pick a Side: Shut Down Elizabeth Detention Center

August 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Kathy O’Leary, Common Dreams On Monday August 14, in Trenton, New Jersey, CoreCivic, the private-for-profit prison giant, had its day in court as it argued for an injunction against a 2021 New Jersey law […]
Big battle shaping up as Trump and his criminal gang face numerous charges in Atlanta
Editorials

Fulton County Georgia indictments: Atlanta Black community strikes back

August 27, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On August 5, the world was thrilled to see members of the Black community exercise their “Black Panther Party right of self-defense” on a dock in Montgomery, Alabama. When a group […]
U.S./NATO pulling all strings of Ukraine puppet regime
International News

Ukrainian Puppet Regime Can’t Really Celebrate “Independence”

August 27, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole With nothing to celebrate in week 11 of their Spring/Summer Offensive against the Russian Federation the Ukrainian government is focused on festivities for the 31st anniversary of that nation’s separation from the […]
Niger occupies central position in west Africa
International News

France Plays Checkers, The U.S. Plays Chess in Niger

August 23, 2023 fwstaff
By Julia Wright The consensus of most Left to Pan Africanist media is that President Emmanuel Macron of France is a very immature statesman – unseasoned in african affairs for which he holds no particular […]
Niger youth sign up to defend CNSP government
International News

Tens of Thousands Pledge to Resist an Imperialist-backed Intervention in Niger

August 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Millions across the West Africa Sahel region and around the world have loudly objected to the imperialist-instigated threats against the newly installed National Council for the Defense of the Homeland (CNSP) government […]
African American journalism Professor Kathleen McElroy
Domestic News

Ban on Affirmative Action Part of Broader Wave of Racism in Education

August 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe When the conservative-dominated United States Supreme Court on June 29 ruled 6-3 that any program implemented in a higher educational setting which facilitates racial diversity and inclusion was a violation of the […]
Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, facing internal split over battlefield failures
International News

Ukraine Leaders Split in Face of Offensive Failure

August 20, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole Reports surfacing in Western media indicate a serious split developing among political and military leaders in Ukraine. With almost no progress after eleven weeks into their much vaunted Spring Offensive, Newsweek magazine […]
SAG-AFTRA strike graphic
Domestic News

Entertainment Strikes Have Profound Economic Impact

August 20, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There was enormous publicity surrounding the box office revenues generated from the newly released movie “Barbie” during the first two weekends of August. In its second week after release, the corporate and […]