Articles by fwstaff

Widespread public support for GIs who refused illegal orders during the Vietnam era
Domestic News

Attention! Refuse to Follow Trump’s Illegal Orders to Overturn the Election

January 6, 2021 fwstaff
In response to the attempted coup by Trump, Fighting Words is reprinting the call issued by Moratorium Now Coalition – Detroit;  Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement; and Peoples Alliance – Bay Area on November […]
Polisario Front women soldiers march in formation
International News

United States and Morocco Redraw Map of North African Territory

January 1, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There is a major effort underway to convince and coerce African and Asian nations to “normalize” relations with the State of Israel in exchange for promised United States financial, military and diplomatic […]
Bolivian President Luis Arce on Monday appointed the new high command of the Armed Forces, in an official ceremony held at the Great House of the People
International News

Latin America news

December 29, 2020 fwstaff
Evo Morales: Situation in Peru Reveals “Double Standards” of Lima Group and OAS Bolivian Police Confirms Former Jeanine Añez’s Ministers Escaping to Brazil and Panama President of Bolivia Changes Military Hierarchy Venezuela’s National Assembly Elections: […]
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Fight for $15 in Detroit on Strike on Dec. 7

December 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Detroit Staff On December 7 at noon, Fight for $15, an organization representing low-wage workers in Detroit, held a brief strike against McDonald’s to continue to press for a Federal minimum wage […]
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International News

GERD, Border Disputes and the Quest for African Unity

December 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since November 4, the focus of the international community in their observations of the internal conflict in Ethiopia has largely been centered on the central government’s suppression of a rebellion against its […]
Mumia
Domestic News

Mumia Abu-Jamal Urgent Legal Update FOP Loses for Now:

December 23, 2020 fwstaff
By Noelle Hanrahan and Jennifer Beach, Prison Radio Co-Directors The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge Five & Maureen Faulkner have lost this fight. But the rematch is going to be brutal. On December 16th […]
Detroit demonstration defends State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson
Domestic News

All Out – Support Michigan State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson

December 22, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Detroit Staff A rally to support State Representative Cynthia A. Johnson was held on the west side of Detroit on December 16 amid attacks on this African American political official. Supporters and […]
Black Lives Matter protest in Oshkosh, Wisconsin fall 2020 Photo wibailoutpeopleorg
Domestic News

The Coming Crisis for Republicans and Democrats

December 17, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole The extreme measures being taken by Donald Trump and most of the Republican Party to overturn the victory of Joe Biden in the November 3 election are not simply support for the […]
Compromise of 1876 between Tilden and Hayes
Domestic News

Lawsuit Filed to Halt Voter Suppression in the Runoff Senate Elections in Georgia

December 13, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After the third certification of the results of the presidential elections in the state of Georgia, efforts are underway to ensure equal access to the franchise leading up to the pivotal race […]
From left, Alfred Bourgeois, Cory Johnson, Dustin Higgs, Lisa Montgomery and Brandon Bernard
Domestic News

Stop Trump’s Racist Mass Executions!

December 12, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A vigil and demonstration was held at the McNamara Federal Building in downtown Detroit on Wednesday, December  9, 2020 to oppose and condemn the scheduled executions of four African American men […]