Articles by fwstaff

Nigeria protest against bad governance and hunger
International News

Nigerian Economic Crisis Underlies Mass Demonstrations

August 12, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After weeks of anticipation, the #endbadgovernance campaign began on August 1 amid the worsening cost of living situation in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous state. The largely youth-led protests […]
Call for protests in Chicago at the Democratic Party Convention stirs memories of the 1968 demonstrations against the Vietnam War at that Democratic Convention
Domestic News

Join the fight against the genocide in Gaza!

August 7, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Lost in the tumultuous events around the 2024 presidential election, with Biden’s incoherent debate performance in the face of Trump’s racist anti-migrant rant, followed by the Trump shooting, then Biden’s dropping […]
A growing number of unions support the call for a ceasefire and an end to U.S. military aid to the zionist settler state
Domestic News

Union Rumblings

August 6, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppuottelo It has been nine months since the United Electrical Workers (UE) and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 3000 issued an online petition calling for a ceasefire to the ongoing […]
Nigeria demonstration against bad governance
International News

Youth-led Demonstrations in Kenya Spread to Other African States

August 6, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Demonstrations erupted during mid-June in the East African state of Kenya which encompasses the largest economy in the sub-region. The now withdrawn Finance Bill, which would have imposed large tax hikes on […]
Venezuela’s far-right and Washington working to overturn President Maduro’s election for a third term
International News

Venezuela: Far-Right Opposition Rejects Election Results, Attempts to Launch Guarimbas

August 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Orinoco Tribune staff As the leaders of the Venezuelan government have already announced, the Venezuelan far-right opposition led by María Corina Machado and supported by Washington has rejected the results of Sunday’s Venezuelan presidential […]
President Maduro of Venezuela has won a third term as president
International News

Venezuela Expels Diplomats From 7 Countries After Blatant Interference in Election

August 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Orinoco Tribune Staff The Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Yván Gil, through a statement, announced that the Venezuelan government decided to withdraw all diplomatic personnel from its embassies in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
International News

For these reasons Israel assassinated Hamas’ political leader, Ismail Haniyeh – Analysis

August 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle Israel’s assassination of the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, on July 31 is part of Tel Aviv’s overall desperate search for a wider conflict. It […]
Ismail Haniyeh during a video statement marking the 34th anniversary of the founding of the Hamas movement, December 2021
International News

Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran after Israel bombs Beirut

August 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada Hamas announced early Wednesday that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian faction’s political wing, was assassinated in Tehran, where he was present for the inauguration of the […]
Russian Federation troops fighting in Donetsk People’s Republic
International News

Western Media, Ukraine Commander Admit Ukraine Losing the War

July 31, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole In a startlingly frank interview in The Guardian, Ukraine’s top military commander, Oleksandr Syrsky, is publicly admitting Ukraine is losing its proxy war against the Russian Federation. For over two years Ukraine […]
At Watertown Pride July 27, 2024
Domestic News

Wisconsin Pride Activists Support Palestine

July 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Dorothy Brown, Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement On July 27, a Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement (WI BOPM) delegation participated in the 3rd Annual Watertown Pride. WI BOPM helped to promote the […]