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Chad Foreign Secretary speaks at UNGA 77th Session, Sept. 24, 2022
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U.N. General Assembly Marked by Sharp Debates

October 2, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Beginning on September 20, the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly held its annual gathering in New York City. This multilateral institution has its origins in 1945 after the conclusion […]
Aretha Franklin and former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
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Aretha Franklin and the Counterintelligence Program

October 2, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On August 16, 2018, Aretha Franklin, popularly known as the “Queen of Soul”, passed away at her home in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 76. Born in Memphis, Tennessee on March […]
Saladin Muhammad
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The Great Revolutionary Saladin Muhammad Joins the Ancestors

September 27, 2022 fwstaff
By The Executive Committee, Black Workers for Justice And thank you for your patience and support today. It is with great sadness and profound loss that we announce the passing of our exemplary revolutionary warrior […]
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Wisconsin Family Farm Defenders Support Striking UAW Workers

September 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Family Farm Defenders We, the membership of the Family Farm Defenders, are writing to extend our solidarity to United Auto Workers Local 180 of Wisconsin and United Auto Workers Local 807 of Iowa, in […]
Family members, activists, and others hold a rally outside of city hall to demand that the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams do more to address the crisis
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Human Rights Groups Urge UN to Call for Abolition of “Death by Incarceration”

September 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout Several human rights organizations submitted a 31-page complaint to United Nations experts today, alleging that the United States is committing torture and violating the prohibition against racial discrimination by condemning people […]
Anti-inflation rallies have hit England
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Inflation and energy protests explode in Europe

September 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry In the wake of the U.S. Ukraine proxy war against Russia, protests have erupted in Europe and around the world over the sky-high energy and food prices caused by the sanctions that […]
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Moratorium NOW! Coalition Housing Activists Being Sued by Slumlord

September 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Moratorium NOW! Coalition HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT! A Moratorium NOW! Coalition organizer is being sued for defaming a bad landlord by reporting violations of City of Detroit ordinances to city authorities. Munoz Realty, […]
Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
International News

The Blockade is an Act of Economic War in Peacetime

September 24, 2022 fwstaff
By Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Delegates: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, as never before, the true essence of the unjust and unsustainable prevailing international order. Humanity never had this formidable scientific-technical potential, nor […]
Dahomey Agojie Women Warrior Agojie
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“The Woman King”: Traditional Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade

September 24, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Film: The Woman King Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood Writers: Dana Stevens and Maria Bello Musical Score: Terrance Blanchard Edited By: Terilyn A. Shropshire Starring: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim and […]
Protesters confront war industry convention and Ukraine’s puppet president Zelensky in Austin, Texas
International News

The U.S./NATO Offensive in Ukraine

September 24, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole On August 29 Ukraine launched a serious thrust along the southern front which the Russian Federation forces have occupied, including the city of Kherson. This area is key to a main aim […]