Articles by fwstaff

Algeria supports Niger in attempted coup
International News

Niger Thwarts Attempted Coup Amid Ongoing Threats to the Alliance of Sahel States

September 18, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe For several years three landlocked West African states have undergone political transformations designed to turn the page on French neo-colonialism. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) […]
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, escorted by DEA agents upon their arrival in New York following their kidnapping
International News

Venezuela’s First Lady Cilia Flores Seeks Pretrial Release for Cardiac Treatment (+Conditions)

September 17, 2026 fwstaff
By Orinoco Tribune Venezuela’s first lady and National Assembly deputy, Cilia Flores de Maduro, has requested pretrial release under strict conditions, including home detention, citing a serious cardiac condition that her lawyers explain has deteriorated […]
Domestic News

Richard Wright Birthday Bulletin 2026

September 17, 2026 fwstaff
By Julia Wright In the December 31st 2025 Richard News Bulletin called ” Eras of silence : Re-reading “Black Boy” at 80″, I wrote about the absence of commemoration of the 80 years of “Black […]
Domestic News

Port Elizabeth 4 Trial Begins

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
Press release The Port Elizabeth 4 have been given a new trial date for the third time, this time on Monday, September 14th, 9 am, at 1 Police Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Before dawn, on […]
Palestine solidarity march
International News

Britain Shifts Policy on Occupied Palestine

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In an unprecedented address before the British parliament on September 8, the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Ed Miliband, criticized the growing Israeli settlements in the West Bank area of Occupied […]
Domestic News

Defend the MN 15! – Organizing is Not a Crime!

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
By Wisconsin Bailout the People Movement he 15 activists in Minneapolis are being framed on “conspiracy” charges for their efforts to repel the ICE invasion and also for their work in supporting Palestine (and other […]
International News

Poets against the machine | The many messages of a single flame – a secular prayer | Rachel’s arrival | A kiticide too?

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
  POETS AGAINST THE MACHINE it is said there is a plan for humans to become robots slowly according to the calculations of algorithmic lobotomy l should become a robot but as I see it […]
Domestic News

FEEDBACK 09 07 2026 (Labor Day Edition)

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
Discussion with Al Martin featuring Mark Fancher and Frank Hammer Some of the subjects discussed in this podcast: The role of unions in overcoming income inequality in relation to union density Workers combating super exploitation […]
Detroit Labor Day Solidarity US-Canada
Domestic News

Moratorium NOW! Coalition Demands “Medicare for All” at Detroit Labor Day

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Mon. Sept. 7, 2026 at the annual Labor Day Parade the Moratorium NOW! Coalition, Michigan Coalition Against Genocide and Labor for Palestine joined forces along Michigan avenue to campaign for […]
Eleven of the 15 thermal power generation units are out of service for maintenance Photo Jose M Correa
International News

“The blockade punishes the daily life of a people in every aspect”

September 15, 2026 fwstaff
By Laura Mercedes Giráldez “The long months living with only two or three hours of electricity a day or less, food spoiling, the heat that makes it impossible to sleep, parents fanning their babies, children […]