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Zimbabwe billboard advertising ZANU-PF National People's Conference during Dec. 2019.
International News

ZANU-PF Holds 18th National People’s Conference with a Focus on Economic Revitalization

January 8, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Southern African Development Community (SADC) states are facing monumental challenges in the coming decade. Sixteen member-governments in the sub-continent have adopted strategies aimed at economic growth and sustainable development, which are connected […]
Unist’ot’en Camp
International News

Press Release: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Reject BC Supreme Court Decision!

January 7, 2020 fwstaff
By Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade Smithers (BC) – Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs representing all five clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation reject the BC Supreme Court decision to extend Coastal GasLink’s injunction order, which has criminalized the practice […]
French workers demonstrate over pension reforms
International News

France Disrupted by Unions Striking Over Pension Reforms

January 7, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Emmanuel Macron has been further exposed for his neo-liberal policies by proposing a series of pension reforms which have prompted a general strike among French workers. For over a month, hundreds […]
Major General Qassem Soleimani, commander the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (L), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units
International News

CWL statement condemning the assassination of Iranian General Qassim Soleimani

January 5, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff The Communist Workers League condemns the Trump regime’s assassination of Iranian General Qassim Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and one of the top  officials in Iran, by a drone […]
Detroit Climate Strike Dec 6 2019
Domestic News

Detroit Climate Strike targets gas and electric utility DTE Energy

December 30, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff On Friday, Dec. 6, the Detroit Climate Strike took place as part of globally coordinated climate strikes demanding that governments address the increasingly severe climate and environmental crisis. The global climate […]
No Picture
International News

Sudanese Transitional Government Faces Profound Challenges

December 14, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Interim Prime Abdallah Hamdok of the Republic of Sudan visited the United States during early December seeking to have sanctions lifted against his newly-created administration. In meetings with members of Congress and […]
Migrant families caged in a makeshift detention center
Domestic News

Groups tell Congress – Impeach Trump for hate crimes

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff The following letter was sent to the Democratic Party leadership in the House of Representatives urging that an article of impeachment be drawn up against President Trump for hate crimes against […]
Santa Rita jail
Domestic News

Santa Rita jail conditions worsen after prisoners’ strike

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee – Oakland Three weeks after a weeklong work stoppage and hunger strike inside Santa Rita Jail, conditions inside the Dublin, California facility have worsened and prisoners are suffering retaliation for […]
Harriet Tubman photograph from the antebellum period in the 19th century
Domestic News

Harriet Tubman Film Highlights the Leading Role of Africans in Their Own Liberation

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Film review Title: Harriet Director: Kasi Lemmons Producers: Gregory Allen Howard, Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg Screenplay: Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons Starring: Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman along with Leslie […]
Detroit demolition by private contractors created environmental problems with debris left on sites
Domestic News

Detroit Demolition Bond Proposal Defeated Amid Mass Discontent

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On November 19, the Detroit City Council voted down a bond proposal advanced by corporate-imposed Mayor Mike Duggan ostensibly designed to eliminate blighted residential properties in this overwhelmingly impoverished African American municipality. […]