Articles by fwstaff

South Africa charges Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice
International News

International Coalition of Human Rights and Antiwar Organizations forms to Demand End to Genocide in Palestine

January 4, 2024 fwstaff
By International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On December 30, the newly-formed International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine convened around the urgent need for nations to invoke the Genocide Convention […]
Yemen security forces
International News

White House Denies Genocide in Gaza as Massacres and Targeted Assassinations Continue

January 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Former Republic of South Africa President Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) said during his lifetime that the people of his country would not be free until Palestine was liberated. Mandela, who spent over 27 […]
Palestine Solidarity in Detroit on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2023
Domestic News

New Year’s Eve Rally for Palestine – Detroit

January 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff All over the world billions of people have been rallying and demonstrating in solidarity with the Palestinian people over the siege of Gaza beginning on Oct. 7. In Detroit on New […]
UAW President Shawn Fain
Domestic News

EVs, batteries, and union organizing: the class struggle heats up

December 31, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry If 2023 was described as having the “summer of strikes” (which stretched into the fall and winter), then 2024 may become known as the “year of union organizing drives”. 2023 saw more […]
Ramzy Baroud
International News

On Gaza, Yemen, the Arabs, the Media and What’s Next – Q&A with Ramzy Baroud

December 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Below are excerpts from an interview conducted with Dr. Ramzy Baroud and published in the Hamshahri newspaper. Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is […]
A contingent from the Boston LGBTQ+ community joined in demanding a ceasefire
Domestic News

LGBTQ+ Contingent in Boston Palestine March

December 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Thousands of Boston area protesters filled the downtown area on Sunday, December 17 in support of a ceasefire in Gaza. One of the contingents represented the LGBTQ+ community.
Palestinian youth throws stones at Israeli troops
International News

THEIR HOLLOW HOUSE | AND SO, YES, THEY CAN THROW STONES | BLACKFACE LADY MACBETH |

December 30, 2023 fwstaff
  Please send your favorite Palestine related poem to bbttyd@gmail.com and cc freemumia@lists.people-link.net     THEIR HOLLOW HOUSE For Ralph Poynter “ Love is contraband in Hell Cause love is an acid That eats away […]
Genocidal slaughter of Palestinians is goal of Israel in Gaza
International News

Israel Goes From Apartheid to Genocide

December 26, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The apartheid Israeli state is pursuing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. But Israel is unlike the former South African apartheid regime. That racist government, also established […]
Yemen solidarity march in Yemen
International News

Yemen Resistance Remains Defiant as Pentagon Escalates Tensions in Red Sea

December 26, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe The administration of President Joe Biden claimed earlier on in the Al-Aqsa Storm launched on October 7 that the United States was opposed to the widening of the military struggle between the […]
Israel forces strip and detain a group of men they claim are militants in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. December 7, 2023
International News

Urinating on Prisoners: Why Humiliation is Functional In Israel’s War on Palestinians

December 26, 2023 fwstaff
By Dr. Ramzy Baroud The Israeli army, however, continues to act with the same old mindset, perceiving the humiliation of Palestinians as an expression of dominance, power and supremacy. Over the years, Israel has perfected […]