Month: May 2024

SJP WSU encampment
Domestic News

State Repression and Palestine Solidarity

May 31, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A nationally coordinated effort to shut down Palestine solidarity encampments across the United States on university and college campuses has further exposed the links between imperialism and the ongoing genocide which has […]
Margaret Kimberley addresses the UN Security Council
International News

Western Arms Supplies to Ukraine Prevent Peaceful Solutions

May 31, 2024 fwstaff
By Margaret Kimberley Margaret Kimberley, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, was invited to brief the United Nations Security Council on May 20, 2024, as a civil society representative. The subject of the meeting was […]
Kevin "Rashid" Johnson poster, 2005
International News

ISRAEL A SOCIETY OF HUMAN SHIELDS (2024)

May 31, 2024 fwstaff
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson The Zionists kill Palestinian children claiming terrorists attack from behind civilians yet they created Israel use it as a whole society of human shields a nation of settlers where Jewish identity […]
Doctors Against Genocide Panel on Medical Advocacy two women at panel
Domestic News

Inaugural Conference of Doctors Against Genocide Held

May 31, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On May 18, 2024, the first conference of Doctors Against Genocide took place at the Dearborn Performing Arts Center, right outside the city of Detroit. The event was organized by physicians, […]
Former political prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney is fighting water shutoffs in Benton Harbor, Michigan
Domestic News

Appeal from Rev. Pinikney in Benton Harbor

May 31, 2024 fwstaff
By Rev. Edward Pinkney Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO) led the fight to solve Benton Harbor’s lead in drinking water crisis. But we are now in the middle of another water crisis that is […]
Detroit People's Food Coop banner photo
Domestic News

Detroit People’s Food Co-op Holds Grand Opening

May 31, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the long-awaited Detroit People’s Food Co-op held its grand opening. The building located at 8324 Woodward Avenue at East Euclid has been open for business since […]
Mount Tambora in Indonesia
International News

FROM TAMBORA TO GAZA, TWO WORLD-CHANGING SUMMERS | VERONZA’S STIFF RESISTANCE | PAN ABOLITIONISM | NO CHILD’S LAND | BETWEEN UNSPEAKABILITY AND SILENCE | COUNTDOWN TO HISTORY

May 23, 2024 fwstaff
FROM TAMBORA TO GAZA, TWO WORLD-CHANGING SUMMERS to Mary Shelley who authored the narrative of an era to Lord Byron who helped the Greeks fight for their independence to Refaat Alareer and the recently killed […]
There is an underlying connection between the waves of protest that have swept the US in the past years
Domestic News

Perspectives on the Palestine Protests

May 23, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole A huge wave of protests for Palestine has swept across the US in the past months, especially on the campuses of many colleges and universities. It has been seven months since the […]
South African President wearing Khafiyah
International News

African Liberation Day and the Struggle for Freedom in Palestine

May 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: This statement was submitted at the request of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC) for its African Liberation Day rally being held on Sunday May 19, 2024 in Malcolm X Park […]
US national security agencies have a lot to worry about
Domestic News

Ten Reasons Why the National Security State is Worried

May 22, 2024 fwstaff
By Julia Wright ” How do we break the cycle ? “ Angela Davis The U.S. National Security State is worried, very worried behind its mask of bravado. Just as Israel early on lost the […]