Articles by fwstaff

food aid distribution in Haiti by grassroots org
International News

Urgent: Haiti Struck by 7.2 magnitude Earthquake

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee Dear Friends of Haiti: A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Haiti leaving devastation in its wake. Hundreds of people have been killed, and the terrible counting has just begun. Centered […]
Cuba and China, both targets of U.S. imperialism, strengthen ties
International News

Biden fails to isolate Cuba

August 24, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry With U.S. officials and their Afghan collaborators engaged in a mad scramble to escape from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, now is the time to note another huge international failure by the Biden Administration: i.e., […]
Peru President Pedro Castillo among the people
International News

Attempts Continue to Remove Peru’s Socialist President

August 24, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Daily efforts are continuing aimed at the overthrow of the recently elected administration of President Pedro Castillo of Peru. Castillo, a member of the Free Peru Party, a socialist organization which grew […]
Peru President Pedro Castillo
International News

Peru’s Progressive President Under Attack

August 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Right-wing political interests within the Peruvian parliament backed by international finance capital have sought to besiege the newly elected socialist president of the South American state of Peru. There was a tremendous […]
Amazon-Union Busting
Domestic News

Labor Board official calls for union revote at Bessemer

August 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), who challenged the union recognition vote at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse in April won a significant victory on August 2. A hearing officer from […]
Sali Piblic (Kreyol for public safety)
International News

Fanmi Lavalas Position Statement, July 31

August 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Executive Committee of Fanmi Lavalas POSITION STATEMENT OF FANMI LAVALAS POLITICAL ORGANIZATION (Unofficial translation from the Kreyol by Haiti Action Committee) July 31, 2021 Since the electoral coup d’etat that put in power the […]
Jonathan Jackson and his comrades on Aug. 7, 1970 in Marin County, California
Domestic News

Black August and the Legacy of Liberation Struggles

August 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since 1979 when prisoners at the San Quentin Correctional Facility in California declared the month of August as a period of commemoration honoring political detainees along with those who have sacrificed their […]
April 5, 2021 Rally Against Racism, Manitowic, Wisconsin
Domestic News

ALL OUT! – Tuesday, 8/10 STOP The HATE RALLY, MANITOWOC, WI

August 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Manitowoc Human Rights Coalition STOP THE HATE RALLY!  TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 at 6 pm  LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL 1433 S 8th St., MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN   The Manitowoc Human Rights Coalition is calling a rally immediately […]
Block the Boat NY-NJ action
International News

NYC/NJ activists picket Port of New York to block Israeli-operated cargo ship

July 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Terri Kay Elizabeth, New Jersey – Sunday, July 25 at 6am, about 100 pro-Palestine community activists in the New York metropolitan area picketed Israeli shipping giant ZIM in an attempt to block their cargo […]
Freeway banner drop on July 28th, 2021 in Oakland, California over highway
Domestic News

July 28th Protests Across the SF Bay Area Demand that Biden Stop Supporting Dictatorship in Haiti

July 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee The freeway banner drops were done in conjunction with protests on the east coast, along with those in Haiti, making the following demands on the Biden Administration: Cut off all US […]