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Fidel and Aristide
International News

Oppose US and UN military intervention in Haiti!

October 23, 2022 fwstaff
  Reposted from Haiti Action Committee:  SF/Bay Area! Come Out To Protest  Expanded Foreign Military Intervention in Haiti October 26 at 4pm  San Francisco Federal Building 90 – 7th Street, San Francisco Call on US […]
Domestic News

Open Letter to Maureen Faulkner

October 23, 2022 fwstaff
By Julia Wright Dear Maureen Faulkner, As Mumia Abu-Jamal’s October 26th court hearing approaches, you will be yet again letting the world know what a  stab of pain you feel at seeing the “murderer” of […]
French workers march during protest over inflation
International News

French Labor Unrest Illustrates Worsening Economic Crisis within the EU

October 22, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe French workers affiliated with the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) held a “Day of Action” work stoppage on October 18. This action came on the heels of an oil workers strike which […]
Nordstream
International News

U.S. Imperialism Drives a Wider Ukraine War

October 22, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole A number of indicators point to the real possibility of the Ukraine conflict expanding beyond the current scope of operations. From the Russian Federation side we have already seen the call up […]
Mali solidarity demonstration for Russian cooperation
International News

Demonstrations in Support of Recent Coup in Burkina Faso Highlighted Solidarity with Russia

October 16, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There have been two military coups in the West African state of Burkina Faso since January as attacks by rebel groupings are fueling anxiety over national security concerns. The latest putsch was […]
Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod
Domestic News

Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod, Civil Rights Leader Who Brought the Fight to Segregated Southwest Georgia, Dies at 85

October 16, 2022 fwstaff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  October 11, 2022  Contact: Clennon L. King   AugustineMonica MediaWorks  207.450.3585  clennon@augustinemonica.com  Albany, Georgia….Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod, whose grassroots organizing of unregistered Black voters sent shock waves through the segregated South, and kickstarted […]
Detroit youth Porter Burkes killed by police
Domestic News

Detroit City Council Expands “ShotSpotter” After Two More are Gunned Down by Police

October 16, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a 5-4 vote on October 11, the Detroit City Council provided yet another example as to why there must be a major defunding of the police in urban areas. The political […]
Inflation and energy crisis driven by the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine threaten world capitalist financial stability.
Domestic News

Will Fed’s Rate Hikes Spawn a Global Depression?

October 13, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry During the height of the Covid pandemic, the Federal Reserve, the central bank of U.S. finance capital, did two things to sustain giant corporations during that period when most had to shut […]
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International News

Stop Using Human Tragedy to Instigate “Velvet Revolution” in Iran

October 13, 2022 fwstaff
By U.S. Peace Council The United States Peace Council is deeply concerned about current events in Iran and the international reaction to them. As an initial matter, the USPC unequivocally condemns the events which led […]
Burkina Faso anti-French demonstration on Oct. 2, 2022
International News

COP27 and the Imperatives for a Renewed African Security Framework

October 11, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part for a webinar sponsored by the Canadian section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). The webinar was held in […]