Year: 2024

Angola President Joao Lourenco and US Secretary of State
International News

Blinken Tour of Africa Highlights Failed War Policy of the United States

February 19, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A recent four-nation trip by United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken was marked by efforts to denigrate China and Russia as development and security partners of the African Union (AU) member […]
Domestic News

Biden met by protestors in Michigan

February 19, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On February 1, 2023, demonstrators opposing the ongoing genocide in Gaza protested outside of the offices of UAW Region 1 in Warren, Michigan. Inside the Region 1 headquarters, President Biden was […]
Ukraine’s Zelensky replaces top general in midst of Russian advances
International News

Ukraine Changes Horses Midstream

February 11, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole It finally happened. Ukraine’s President Zelensky fired the commander of the Ukraine military, General Zaluzhny, on February 9. He was replaced by General Syrsky, another high ranking Ukrainian military figure. Zelensky also […]
U.S. warships a provocation to China as they patrol the Taiwan straits
International News

Taiwan elections: U.S. beats the war drums despite the vote

February 11, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry When the election results for Taiwan’s president and legislature were announced on January 13, the U.S. corporate media seemed jubilant. Three parties competed for president: The ruling pro-Taiwan-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), […]
French farmers block motorway to Paris
International News

Bankruptcy in Second Largest British Municipality Indicates Broader European Crisis

February 10, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the municipality of Birmingham, the second largest in the United Kingdom, the City Council filed for bankruptcy in September. The Council said that due to payments owed to women for years […]
United Nations relief agency under attack in Gaza.
International News

WORD-STONE THROWING | BIBI, KAPO-IN-CHIEF | BATTLE-TESTED | WORD-RUN

February 10, 2024 fwstaff
WORD-STONE THROWING “Why not die fighting … If this is a theme …” Words pronounced by Refaat Alareer at the end of a class where he was teaching Susan Abulhawa’s “Wala” – two years before […]
Pan-African Conference 1900 in London
Domestic News

Emancipation, the Nadir and Pan-African Awakenings – African American History Series #3

February 10, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “The unfriendly whites first drove the native American from his much-loved home. Then they stole our fathers from their peaceful and quiet dwellings, and brought them hither, and made bondmen and bondwomen […]
African slave revolt 1811
Domestic News

African Emigration and the United States Civil War – African American History Month Series #2

February 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After the United States Congress outlawed participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade in 1808, the kidnapping and importation of Africans into North America continued. From the geographical regions on the continent where […]
NATO planning how to move weapons quickly through Europe to fight Russia
International News

U.S. Neocon Rushes to Ukraine to Manage Crises

February 4, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole On January 31 Victoria Nuland, Acting Deputy Secretary of State, rushed to Kiev to meet with top political and military Ukrainian officials. Amid worsening battlefront news and reports that Ukraine President Zelensky […]
CLR James with Stokely Carmichael and Walter Rodney
Domestic News

Impact of the Haitian Revolution on Resistance History – African American History Month Series #1

February 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe This year represents the 98th anniversary of the launching of “Negro History Week” in 1926, later named Black History Month in 1976, after the federal government issued a proclamation in recognition of […]