Month: September 2025

Domestic News

Broadside Lotus Press Commemorates 60th Anniversary

September 29, 2025 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe On Sunday September 21, 2025, a capacity audience gathered at Trinosophes Hall on Gratiot Avenue near Detroit’s Eastern Market to honor six decades of publishing by an independent African American institution […]
Pro-Palestine activists gather outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 9 September 2025 .
International News

At UN, western powers push phantom ‘Palestine’ recognition to safeguard Israel

September 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Joseph Massad On 12 September, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in support of a resolution to revive a two-state solution. Adopted by 142 states, the “New York Declaration” paves the way for […]
Ghana picket of Israeli film festival
International News

Protests Denounce Israeli Film Festival in Accra

September 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Hundreds of cultural workers, public intellectuals and political activists have signed a petition expressing their strong opposition to the holding of an Israeli film festival in the capital of the Republic of […]
Malcolm X commemoration committee
Domestic News

Anthology film archives Malcolm X series continues

September 29, 2025 fwstaff
By The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee “I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand under its weight…” – […]
French union CGT rallies against austerity
International News

French Government Collapses as National Budget Deficit Reaches Critical Levels

September 21, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe France is grappling with a severe crisis in governance as repeated failures to address national problems have hampered its ability to address the burgeoning budget deficit. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a […]
Ghana president accepts Trump's racist deportation policy
Domestic News

Lawsuit Exposes White House Secret Agreement to Deport Migrants to Ghana

September 21, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A fifth African state, the Republic of Ghana, has been subjected to widespread criticism for its participation in illegal deportations from the United States. The other four governments, Eswatini, South Sudan, Uganda […]
Black Boy by Richard Wright
International News

Grave-lorn – a poem for Richard Wright’s 117 birthday | The capacity for joy – a Gaza poem | Gaza’s arks | Who are the blind ones?

September 21, 2025 fwstaff
GRAVE-LORN – A POEM FOR RICHARD WRIGHT’S 117 BIRTHDAY Greetings Folks, September 4th was the 117th birthday of my father. I wrote the poem below for him. This year is also the 80th year of […]
International News

Rising Fascism and the World Capitalist Crisis

September 17, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On September 13 in Central London, according to the Metropolitan Police, 150,000 far right and fascist elements held what they called the “Unite the Kingdom” rally which opposed migration into the United […]
3,350 of these ERAM missiles are being produced for Ukraine
International News

Poland Threatens NATO War Against Russia

September 17, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole On September 10 Poland reported that 19 Russian drones had entered its airspace and were shot down by NATO jet fighters stationed in that country.  There were no reported casualties. The drones […]
The Global Sumoud Flotilla in Barcelona
International News

A Symbol of Global Resistance: Why Israel Fears the Gaza Flotillas

September 17, 2025 fwstaff
By Ramzy Baroud The solidarity flotillas are a powerful expression of how far civil society is willing to go to do the work that should have been the responsibility of governments and international institutions. One […]