Year: 2025

Iran rally in support of IRGC, June 24, 2025
International News

Global Responses to Pentagon Bombing of Iran

July 1, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After retaliatory strikes leveled against the United States military base in Qatar by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday June 23, the administration of President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire […]
Plaque commemorating General Sherman’s Field Order 15 for reparations in 1865
Domestic News

On Juneteenth activist group demands passage of reparations legislation

July 1, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress (POP) PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS (POP) PO BOX 22505 NEWARK, NJ 07101 973 801-0001 www.njpop.org CONTACT: LAWRENCE HAMM FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE Today, on the Juneteenth holiday to celebrate the […]
RIP Dr. Jerry Ward
International News

ON THE MAP OF OUR HEARTS | JERRY WARD | THE MADLEEN- THE TIP OF AN ICEBERG OF FLOTILLAS | GAZA’S SEASONS | AN ABSENCE OF DEER

June 30, 2025 fwstaff
“It is the 80th anniversary of the publication of “Black Boy”. To honor its author whose ashes were interred in 1960 in the French cemetery of Pere Lachaise, Paris, a Wright aficionado who is also […]
People gather to collect aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on 27 May
International News

In Gaza you can choose only humiliation or death

June 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Malak Hijazi, Electronic Intifada Israel has been starving us for months. It cut off all aid to Gaza in March, only to recently approve a US-led, militarized aid site run by the so-called “Gaza […]
Massive damage in Tel Aviv following Iran's retaliatory attack
International News

Without US Aid, Israel’s Missile Shield May Crumble Within Days

June 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Palestine Chronicle Staff  While Israeli officials claim that 90 percent of the roughly 400 missiles launched by Iran so far have been intercepted, signs of system fatigue are already visible. Israel’s air defense systems […]
Meriter strike
Domestic News

Meriter Nurses in Madison Win Strike with ‘Safe Staffing; Saves Lives!’ Fight

June 27, 2025 fwstaff
By Dorothy Brown and Gerry Scoppettuolo Healthcare workers do not decide to strike without good reason especially in a right-to-work (for less) state such as Wisconsin. But when unionized Nurses at Meriter hospital in Madison […]
Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman (killed) and Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman (wounded) - gunned down by Trump supporter
Domestic News

Political Arrests, Assassinations, Troops in the Streets Coming from Trump Regime

June 24, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole The fascist character of the Trump regime is coming into sharper focus as mass protests sweep across the United States. The rhetoric and actions of the president are encouraging and unleashing targeted […]
Detroit No Kings Day No Kings No Nazis sign
Domestic News

“No Kings Day” Brings Out Thousands in Detroit

June 24, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Saturday,  June 14, 2025 was coined “No Kings Day” in response to the domestic and foreign policies of the administration of President Donald Trump. An estimated two thousand demonstrations were held […]
David Huerta, head of SEIU California, was beaten and arrested by ICE agents
Domestic News

U.S. Labor must stand with the California SEIU!

June 18, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff It is not a coincidence that anti-union billionaire Elon Musk ended his feud with Donald Trump when David Huerta, president of the California Service Employees Union (SEIU) and SEIU – was […]
Detroiters demand “No Martial Law” and “No Troops in Our Streets”
Domestic News

Detroit City Council Pressed to Condemn “Troops on the Streets”

June 18, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A group of Detroiters gathered outside city hall in Detroit on June 10 to protest Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14288 which calls for putting troops onto the streets across the U.S. […]