Month: September 2023

Detroit UAW strike solidarity rally, Fri. Sept. 15, 2023
Domestic News

Detroit UAW March in Solidarity with “Stand Up Strike”

September 17, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Fri. September 15, 2023, thousands of UAW members and their supporters marched through downtown Detroit outside the Annual International Auto Show in solidarity with the recently called strike against Stellantis, […]
RAF Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets take to skies in Ukraine war zone
International News

Threat of Wider War Grows Around Ukraine Conflict

September 17, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole As the Ukraine Spring Offensive becomes a Fall Offensive without gaining ground, Ukraine’s western masters have increased the danger of a much wider war by announcing new war games. MSN.com described the […]
UAW picket day 1
Domestic News

The Class Struggle of the Auto Workers

September 16, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The author worked for 17 years at the (now closed) GM Fleetwood Plant and later served as president of UAW Local 2334. Every auto worker in the United States for the past […]
Libya damage from Storm Daniel
International News

Libya Climate Crisis Linked to Pentagon-NATO Intervention of 2011

September 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Two devastating events have struck the North African states of the Kingdom of Morocco and Libya leaving thousands dead and tens of thousands more unaccounted for by international humanitarian agencies. The flooding […]
Marching protesters in Atlanta, Georgia holding banner that says “Stop Cop City”, Friday, March 10, 2023
Domestic News

Black Alliance for Peace Statement on Cop City Indictments

September 15, 2023 fwstaff
On September 5th, 2023, Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr issued RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) indictments against 61 individuals who they allege to be part of a “criminal” conspiracy related to the Stop Cop […]
People rally in support of Niger coup - “Down with France - Long live Putin” reads the sign
International News

Ten Myths, Counter-narratives or Contradictions Around the Western Neo Colonialist War in Niger

September 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Julia Wright As is observed in all imperial onslaughts against the Global South, their wars are increasingly fought at the level of disinformation and manufactured narratives to create a climate of smoke and mirrors […]
Georgia AG aims to criminalize all protest movements
Domestic News

NLG Condemns Indictments of Anti-Cop City Protesters

September 12, 2023 fwstaff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Suzanne Adely, President of the National Lawyers Guild: president@nlg.org September 5, 2023 NEW  YORK/ATLANTA – The National Lawyers Guild condemns in the strongest terms the state of Georgia’s indictments, announced today, […]
Sailors on the USS Gerald Ford are reported to be reading poetry, disturbing Senator Tuberville
Domestic News

Shocking Report: Sailors Are Reading Poetry!

September 12, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) is on a collision course with the U.S. Empire’s main support, the United States military. For over six months now Tuberville has been blocking 300 military promotions, […]
Africa Climate Summit 2023 protests outside the KICC
International News

Africa Climate Summit Issues Nairobi Declaration

September 12, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Nairobi, Kenya, the commercial center for the East Africa region, hosted the Africa Climate Summit which attracted thousands of delegates, investors and observers to discuss the worsening plight of the continent as […]
Secretary of State Blinken visits Kiev urging Zelensky to keep fighting the U.S. proxy war to the last Ukrainian
International News

Ukraine Defense Chief Fired Amid Military Defeats

September 12, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky fired his Minister of Defense on September 4. This comes in the midst of the highly touted “Spring Offensive” which began on June 4 against the formidable Russian […]