Articles

U.S. warships a provocation to China as they patrol the Taiwan straits
International News

Taiwan elections: U.S. beats the war drums despite the vote

February 11, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry When the election results for Taiwan’s president and legislature were announced on January 13, the U.S. corporate media seemed jubilant. Three parties competed for president: The ruling pro-Taiwan-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), […]
French farmers block motorway to Paris
International News

Bankruptcy in Second Largest British Municipality Indicates Broader European Crisis

February 10, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the municipality of Birmingham, the second largest in the United Kingdom, the City Council filed for bankruptcy in September. The Council said that due to payments owed to women for years […]
United Nations relief agency under attack in Gaza.
International News

WORD-STONE THROWING | BIBI, KAPO-IN-CHIEF | BATTLE-TESTED | WORD-RUN

February 10, 2024 fwstaff
WORD-STONE THROWING “Why not die fighting … If this is a theme …” Words pronounced by Refaat Alareer at the end of a class where he was teaching Susan Abulhawa’s “Wala” – two years before […]
Pan-African Conference 1900 in London
Domestic News

Emancipation, the Nadir and Pan-African Awakenings – African American History Series #3

February 10, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “The unfriendly whites first drove the native American from his much-loved home. Then they stole our fathers from their peaceful and quiet dwellings, and brought them hither, and made bondmen and bondwomen […]
African slave revolt 1811
Domestic News

African Emigration and the United States Civil War – African American History Month Series #2

February 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After the United States Congress outlawed participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade in 1808, the kidnapping and importation of Africans into North America continued. From the geographical regions on the continent where […]
NATO planning how to move weapons quickly through Europe to fight Russia
International News

U.S. Neocon Rushes to Ukraine to Manage Crises

February 4, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole On January 31 Victoria Nuland, Acting Deputy Secretary of State, rushed to Kiev to meet with top political and military Ukrainian officials. Amid worsening battlefront news and reports that Ukraine President Zelensky […]
CLR James with Stokely Carmichael and Walter Rodney
Domestic News

Impact of the Haitian Revolution on Resistance History – African American History Month Series #1

February 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe This year represents the 98th anniversary of the launching of “Negro History Week” in 1926, later named Black History Month in 1976, after the federal government issued a proclamation in recognition of […]
Domestic News

Stop Nazis in Wisconsin

February 4, 2024 fwstaff
By People’s Unity Coalition The Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement and allies are mobilizing numerous individuals and organizations across Wisconsin to respond to a growing threat by Nazis and other fascists across that state […]
South Africans celebrate ICJ ruling on Jan. 26, 2024
International News

Court Rules S. Africa Charge of Israeli Genocide Plausible

January 31, 2024 fwstaff
 By Abayomi Azikiwe A landmark ruling handed down by the United Nations High Court on January 26 rejected the State of Israel’s attempt to dismiss the case brought by the Republic of South Africa demanding […]
Map shows proximity of Ukraine occupied Avdeyevka and Russian held Donetsk City
International News

Russia presses Ukraine on all fronts

January 31, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole The military situation across the long front lines shows that Ukrainian forces are being pressed hard by strong Russian Federation land and air forces. In the heavily fortified city of Avdeyevka the […]