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Jayland Walker and his family members
Domestic News

Arrests Continue in Akron Targeting Demonstrators

August 6, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe It has been over a month since the police execution of Jayland Walker, 25, in Akron, Ohio on June 27. After public outrage over the death of Walker, who was shot 46 […]
Sri Lankan demonstrators protest their removal from the encampment in Colombo
International News

Sri Lanka Democracy Movement at the Crossroads

August 4, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe For several months the nation of Sri Lanka has been imperiled with the looming threat of complete economic collapse as fuel, food and other commodity prices skyrocketed. Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa became […]
Community members hold a sign commemorating the 1967 Newark Rebellion in front of a memorial plaque engraved with the names of those killed.
Domestic News

Newark Activists Commemorate the 1967 Newark Rebellion

August 3, 2022 fwstaff
  By Terri Kay On July 12, 2022 the People’s Organization for Progress, along with other activists and allies, commemorated the 55th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion on Springfield Ave at a triangle plot of […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov
International News

Africa Remains at Center of 21st Century Cold War

August 1, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Several geopolitical powers are seeking to enhance their influence and cooperation with the continent of Africa. United States President Joe Biden announced during July that he would host a summit with African […]
Biden’s visit to Israel exposes imperialistzionist colonialism.
International News

Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the “Jerusalem Declaration”

July 23, 2022 fwstaff
By 137 Organizations Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the “Jerusalem Declaration” – Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity – reprinted from Samidoun – Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network The joint declaration of U.S. President […]
Sri Lanka protest over economic conditions
International News

Protest Movement Rejects Parliamentary Appointment of Sri Lankan President

July 23, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Sri Lanka, an island-nation of 22 million people, has been the center of political and economic turmoil since the United National Party government defaulted on $51 billion in foreign debt during May. […]
Africa drought report
International News

Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa

July 21, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There has been a deteriorating situation within various African states related to the impact of drought and the consequent lack of food for hundreds of millions of people. These events on the […]
US Transportation Command delivers tens of thousands of tons of military equipment to Ukraine for the proxy war against the Russian Federation
Domestic News

Another Sign of Ukraine’s Failing Proxy War

July 20, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole In another sign that Ukraine’s war on behalf of the U.S. and NATO is failing, President Volodymyr Zelensky “suspended” Ukraine’s top security officer and the Prosecutor General. Ivan Bakanov, a long-time friend […]
Europe has secured a huge deal to build planes for China, beating out U.S.’s Boeing corporation
International News

China: COVID, computer chips, airliners, and U.S. imperialism

July 20, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry The leadership of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) likes to describe its social and economic structure as “Socialism with Chinese characteristics.” But we can describe the U.S. system, driven by its […]
Angola MPLA founding President Agostino Neto
International News

Former Angolan President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Dead at 79

July 19, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe One of the most important heads-of-state in the struggle to end Portuguese domination in Africa died in a Spanish hospital on July 8. Jose Eduardo dos Santos served as president of the […]