Month: October 2026

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
Domestic News

National Women’s Political Caucus Statement in Support of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

October 28, 2026 fwstaff
 As President of the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC), I stand in solidarity with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and every woman in public service who has faced threats, intimidation, personal attacks or attempts to silence her […]
Domestic News

Detroit No Kings Day Rally Condemns Efforts to Disrupt Midterm Elections

October 28, 2026 fwstaff
  By Fighting Words Staff On Saturday  morning October 17, 2026, activists gathered at Detroit’s Eastern Market to call for the emergence of a movement to defeat tyranny and fascism. Various organizations endorsed and participated […]
Demonstrators in Caracas hold a banner depicting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores with the slogan "Bring Them Back," demanding their release from illegal US imprisonment
International News

US Judge Denies Venezuela’s Cilia Flores Medical Bail as Solidarity Campaigns Demand Her Release

October 27, 2026 fwstaff
By Orinoco Tribune US federal judge Alvin Hellerstein has rejected a request for medical bail submitted by Venezuela’s First Lady and National Assembly Deputy Cilia Flores, keeping her imprisoned in New York despite her defense’s […]
France student protests over budget cuts
International News

European Civil Unrest Highlights Social Crisis in Western Industrial States

October 27, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe From early October students have taken the lead in expressing their discontent with the economics of educational administration in France. The walkouts, strikes and rebellions did not erupt in a political vacuum […]
Domestic News

2026 International Month of Action Against AFRICOM

October 27, 2026 fwstaff
By Black Alliance for Peace October 3, 2026 marks 18 years since the establishment of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). As one of 11 U.S. Department of War combatant commands, AFRICOM has worked to […]
French students protest October 8, 2026
International News

The centre emptied by the people cannot hold | From 1789 to 2026: A tale of two Bastilles | A child has lost his hand | A classroom far bigger than a battlefield

October 27, 2026 fwstaff
THE CENTRE EMPTIED BY THE PEOPLE CANNOT HOLD Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold (…) W.B. Yeats “92% of the general […]
French students demonstrate in Lyon
International News

French Government Closes Hundreds of Schools Amid Protests Against Austerity

October 22, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe High school students in France have engaged in strikes and mass demonstrations as funding cuts and lay-offs have created intolerable conditions in the education sector. On October 12, the government shut down […]
Domestic News

“When ICE Melts – Testimonies from the Frontlines”

October 22, 2026 fwstaff
  By Wisconsin Bailout the People Movment When ICE Melts – Testimonies from the Frontlines” is a documentary film, made by activists in Minneapolis, that examines how ordinary people organized across neighborhoods, workplaces, unions and […]
International News

Why 17th October in France is Set to be Historic

October 22, 2026 fwstaff
By Julia Wright October 16, 2026 We know the police State does not select the dates of its oppression against us without design. The date of Mumia Abu-Jamal ‘s execution fixed by the state of […]
International News

Genocidal Coverage in Real Time Has Reinforced the International Struggle for Palestine Liberation

October 22, 2026 fwstaff
Note: These remarks were delivered at a public meeting held on Saturday October 10, 2026 in Detroit to commemorate the last three years of the genocidal onslaught in occupied Palestine. This event was hosted by […]