Articles by fwstaff

After Aramco, Yemenis Capture 2,000 Saudi Troops
International News

Report from Yemen

October 4, 2019 fwstaff
By Randi Nord Speaking to press on Sep. 28, Brigadier-General Yahya Saree announced the success of an operation dubbed “Victory from God” carried out in Najran province by Yemen’s Army and Popular Committees. Revealing only […]
Venezuela Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez Speaks to the United Nations General Assembly Sept 27 2019
International News

Venezuela Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez speech to the United Nations General Assembly, September 27, 2019

October 4, 2019 fwstaff
Distinguished General Assembly of the United Nations Organization, a very respectful greeting to the President of this Assembly, a greeting also to all the heads of delegation who are in this hall sacred to international […]
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla at UN on Sept 28 2019
International News

Threats and coercion will not extract a single concession from Cuba

October 4, 2019 fwstaff
 Speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, during the general debate of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, September 28, 2019. Reprinted from Granma (Council of State […]
International News

Anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Revolution

October 3, 2019 fwstaff
  By Chris Fry October 1 marks the 70th anniversary of the announcement by Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), of the victory of the Chinese Revolution in 1949. This […]
Detroit facial recognition spying comes under scrutiny by the public
Domestic News

Detroit Struggle to End Facial Recognition Spying Continues

October 3, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After a long-delayed vote by the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners (DBOPC), a resolution to essentially endorse the existing facial recognition technology being utilized in the city was passed by a margin […]
ILWU Local 10. | Photo: Terri Kay
Domestic News

Coalition Led by ILWU Fights for Jobs and Against Gentrification

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Terri Kay A community/labor meeting was held in West Oakland on Saturday, September 21, as part of a series of meetings which have been held on the greedy land grab planned by the billionaire […]
National Trade Union Central of Brazil
Domestic News

International solidarity will help beat GM

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg A recent bourgeois commentary on Market Watch, predicted that the UAW strike against General Motors could not win. Why? Because “Today GM carries large stockpiles of inventory, and its suppliers and assembly […]
Domestic News

Corruption charges used to undermine workers resolve

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg On a daily basis, the bourgeois media attempts to undermine the UAW/GM strike with unrelenting articles on corruption within a significant sector the UAW leadership. There is no doubt that seeing these […]
Detroit Annual Labor Day Parade where trade unionists held a banner in solidarity wiith injured Colombian GM workers, Mon. Sept. 2, 2019
Domestic News

GM robs both workers and communities

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff The community at large has a material interest in solidarity with the UAW-GM strike and its battle to reverse General Motors illegal plant closings and lay-offs. In 2009, GM received $68.1 […]
UAW workers walk the picket line at GM's Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant
Domestic News

UAW strikes GM

September 26, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg The national strike by 49,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) workers against General Motors that started on September 15, 2019, has captured the enthusiasm of the working class. There have been numerous mass […]