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Gaza solidarity demonstrations around the world after the IDF bombing of al-Ahli hospital
International News

United States Facilitates Dire Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

October 18, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Joe Biden of the United States has emphasized daily that the principal foreign policy objective for Washington in West Asia and North Africa is to defend and bolster the State of […]
Nelson Mandela imprisoned 27 years for terrorism for opposing apartheid in South Africa
International News

Terrorism in the eyes of the imperial beholder – a poem by Julia Wright

October 18, 2023 fwstaff
By Julia Wright the French word for rabies is la rage – rage or outrage and the French have a saying – a man who wants to get rid of his dog accuses it of […]
Six year-old Wadea al-Fayoume killed in Illinois anti-Palestinian hate crime
International News

BEHEADED CHILDHOOD – a poem by Julia Wright

October 18, 2023 fwstaff
By Julia Wright July 22 1941 the girl next door is getting married so Anne Frank leans out of her Amsterdam window to get a peek and tosses her hair in childish excitement – it […]
Nat Turner's Insurrection Marker
International News

Nat Turner and Gaza

October 16, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The Zionist settlers of Israel have never needed an excuse to kill Palestinians. The very act of seizing and occupying someone else’s land demands violence toward the victims of the displacement. The […]
Gaza Palestinians under massive bombing attack by Zionist Israel
International News

Gaza Blues – a poem

October 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Julia Wright For Eric Garner, George Floyd and so many others – all lynched like Gaza today. For Henry Hagains who reminded me in Gaza the rubble reluctantly yields loved ones there is no […]
Jordan demonstration in support of Gaza
International News

Palestine Solidarity Grows Amid Israeli Siege of Gaza

October 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe As the Israeli government issued a declaration demanding that 1.1 million Palestinians must leave northern Gaza within 24 hours, protest demonstrations were carried out within several areas of the West Bank including […]
Thousands march for Palestine in Michigan
Domestic News

Thousands march for Palestine in Michigan

October 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Two thousand supporters of Palestine rallied and marched in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn on October 14. Just one week ago around 1500 Palestinian soldiers broke out of the prison that […]
Palestine civilians bombarded in Gaza
International News

Biden Deploys Secretary of State to Israel

October 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv on October 12 carrying out a mission to pledge unending military, economic and diplomatic support from Washington for the Zionist settler state. Since […]
Gaza levelled by IDF
International News

United States Foreign Policy Represents an Abysmal Failure in West Asia

October 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Well-armed columns of Palestinian combatants emerged from the Gaza Strip during the early morning hours of October 7 attacking European settler towns, cities and military bases in what is considered southern Israel. […]
Russia building up decisive military edge over Ukrainian forces
International News

What Next for Ukraine?

October 11, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole As the Ukraine military offensive drags on in its fifth month without achieving any of its ambitious goals, or for that matter any real gains, the question arises: “What next for Ukraine?” […]