Articles by fwstaff

One of the 53,000 homes destroyed by the earthquake
International News

Crisis in Haiti Continues

September 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee On August 14th, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the Southern Peninsula of Haiti, killing over 2,200 people and wounding 12,000. More than 300 people are still unaccounted for. 53,000 homes were […]
Stop The Hate Rally in Manitowoc, WI August 10, 2021
Domestic News

Stop the Right Wing Hate Machine

September 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement September 16, 2021: Stop The Hate! Rally – Green Bay (STOP RACISM & UNION BUSTING!) They came for our unions, our educators, our public sector union jobs and […]
Detroit rally to release CERA funds, Sept.. 8, 2021
Domestic News

Implications of the Electoral Defeat of the Detroit People’s Charter

September 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A grassroots initiative to rewrite the municipal charter of the City of Detroit, Proposal P or the People’s Charter, was drowned out by a multi-million dollar propaganda and psychological warfare campaign aimed […]
Women will continue the decades long fight to protect their rights.
Domestic News

Afghanistan and the Texas Fanatics

September 9, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The United States government suffered a humiliating defeat as it finally withdrew from Afghanistan on August 31, 2021. For over 20 years, 1979 to 2001 the CIA and State Department financed and […]
Armani Sharpe rally at Ferndale City Hall with Tameka Citchen Spruce speaking
Domestic News

Charges Dropped Against Armani Sharpe

September 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On August 23 there was another successful demonstration in support of Black autistic youth Armani Sharpe who was facing criminal charges in Ferndale and Hazel Park, two suburbs just northeast of […]
Domestic News

Wisconsin Activists Announce MLK Freedom School

September 4, 2021 fwstaff
MLK Day Manitowoc Press Release Members and supporters of the MLK Day Manitowoc are officially announcing the Fall 2021 Freedom School at an August 28 press conference. A rainbow of labor and community participants will […]
November 2018 Moratorium Now Coalition planning meeting
Domestic News

World Economic Forum Targets Detroit

September 2, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced plans to open a “Global Center for Urban Transformation” in Detroit in October 2021. The WEF is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that describes itself […]
Oct7-antiwar demo1_taken by Kim DeFranco
Editorials

United States Withdraws from Afghanistan After Humiliating Defeat

August 29, 2021 fwstaff
Fighting Words Editorial We welcome the defeat of U.S. imperialism in the Central Asian state of Afghanistan in the aftermath of a two decades-long occupation. This completely unnecessary war since 2001 was initiated under the […]
Black soldiers- civil war
Domestic News

Lessons of the Civil War – Then and Now

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole While April 15, 1861 is given as the official start of the United States’ Civil War, most historians recognize that the outbreak of military hostilities was preceded by decades of controversy and […]
Stop the Hate Rally 8-10-21
Domestic News

Dozens Rally to “Stop the Hate” in Rural Wisconsin

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By FW Staff Manitowoc, WI, 8/10/21 — Dozens rallied at Lincoln High School, in response to a call by the Manitowoc Human Rights Coalition, before a scheduled Board of Education meeting. The rally was called […]