Year: 2023

Detroit demonstration outside City Hall against water shutoffs
Domestic News

Detroit Days of Action Against Water Shutoffs

January 22, 2023 fwstaff
Photos: Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan-African News Wire   By Fighting Words Staff During the 20th Annual Detroit MLK Day, a special appeal was made to progressive forces to oppose the lifting of the moratorium on water […]
Detroit MLK Day 2023 march up Woodward
Domestic News

Detroit 20th Annual MLK Day Calls for United Struggle Against Racism, Poverty and Militarism

January 21, 2023 fwstaff
Photos: Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan-African News Wire By Fighting Words Staff On Monday, January 16, 2023, the federally recognized holiday in honor of the martyred Civil Rights and Antiwar leader, a broad spectrum of organizations, activists […]
Ukraine’s First Lady begs capitalists at the World Economic Forum for help
International News

Ukraine scrambles for more military aid

January 21, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole Ukraine’s leadership is desperate for a “magic bullet” to save its deteriorating military situation in its war with the Russian Federation. February 24 will mark the first anniversary of the start of […]
British rail workers strike along with many other unions
International News

British Strike Wave Approaches General Strike Levels

January 18, 2023 fwstaff
By Gerry Scopppettuolo Since Britain’s Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) went on strike last June a torrent of working-class anger throughout the United Kingdom has been unleashed that today resembles a general strike across […]
Peru mass demonstrations against coup
International News

Unrest Spreads Across Peru After Massacre of Civilians

January 18, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the ouster by the parliament of former leftwing President Pedro Castillo in December, demonstrations demanding his release from detention and the reversal of the military-backed coup have been unrelenting. Official figures […]
Russian troops in Soledar
International News

Again Bakhmut – Soledar Falls to the Russians

January 18, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The town of Soledar lies in the northwest of the Donetsk province annexed by Russia in the Ukraine conflict. Before the fighting between Ukraine and the Russian Federation Soledar had a population […]
Brazil pro-democracy demonstration
International News

Brazil President Lula Seeking Prosecution of Attempted Coup Leaders

January 18, 2023 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Just one week after the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was inaugurated for another term of office, right-wing elements aligned with the former neo-fascist head-of-state, Jair Bolsonaro, attacked government […]
MLK at 1963 Detroit march with CL Franklin
Domestic News

Honoring MLK Six Decades After the Mass Struggles of 1963

January 11, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On January 16 in the United States, the 94th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be commemorated as a federal holiday. Since 1986, the third Monday of January has been […]
Jackson volunteers distribute bottled water
Domestic News

Jackson Water Crisis Continues Despite Federal Government Interventions

January 8, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a city of more than 150,000 people which is the capital of the State of Mississippi, residents of Jackson were facing an all too familiar water crisis over the holiday period […]
Crypto-FTX
Domestic News

Crypto’s collapse strikes deep into Black community

January 8, 2023 fwstaff
  By Chris Fry Back in July 2014, Slate.com published an article by Black writer Jamelle Bouie titled “The Crisis in Black Home Ownership”, which described the catastrophic impact of the Great Recession on Black […]