International News

DRC Cobalt mining with women
International News

DRC-Rwanda Agreement Could Prove Disastrous for African Great Lakes

May 14, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe United States President Donald Trump, during a White House meeting on April 18 with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, made several comments about the detentions and deportations of migrants to a maximum-security […]
Burkina Faso leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore
International News

Attempted Coup Thwarted in Burkina Faso

May 11, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Another plot to destabilize Burkina Faso was reported last week over the national television network in the West African state. Minister of Security Mahamadu Sana made the announcement to great dismay and […]
Gold in Fort Knox
Domestic News

CHILDREN IN PIECES | TRUMP’S GOLDEN DOME FANTASY | WINNING WITHOUT ANSWERS | TO THE MAMAS AND BABAS IN OUR STRUGGLE

May 11, 2025 fwstaff
CHILDREN IN PIECES one child her bare feet crusted with the gray dust from her destroyed home is locked in a robotic repetitive worrying of her bomb-deafened ear the roar has not subsided in her […]
Trump met Zelensky in Italy before the pope's funeral
International News

What’s Happening With Ukraine?

April 29, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole Anyone following the war in Ukraine knows one thing for sure – President Donald Trump has not fulfilled his promise to “end the war in 24 hours.” Not before his inauguration nor […]
Na'eem Jeenah in conversation with Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo in the FloodGate podcast interview
International News

South Africa and Palestine’s Struggle: Seven Takeaways from FloodGate Interview with Na’eem Jeenah

April 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Romana Rubeo Na’eem Jeenah draws parallels between South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and Palestine’s fight against Israeli occupation, highlighting seven key insights. In the latest episode of the FloodGate podcast, Ramzy Baroud and I delved […]
Will trade war lead to shooting war between U.S. and China?
Domestic News

Trump’s tariffs: Prelude to shooting war?

April 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Beginning on April 2, king Trump has conducted a chaotic global tariff “tribute” campaign, with the goal of forcing the rest of the world to “bend the knee” to U.S. imperialism. From […]
Trump’s recent cuts to HIV foreign aid condemns millions to death
Domestic News

Silence Equals Death

April 26, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo I visited Jack (not his real name) at Boston’s Tufts Medical Center Hospital in 2005.He was near death from AIDS-related opportunistic infections caused by the collapse of his immune system. He was […]
“we will fly colorful banners billowing with the titles of our assaulted books” - Julia Wright about Trump banning books in Pentagon libraries
Domestic News

THE TRUTH WILL NOT BE BLURRED | CONNECTING THE BULLET DOTS | GIVING BIRTHDAY | UNDERGROUND BOOKROAD

April 26, 2025 fwstaff
  THE TRUTH WILL NOT BE BLURRED For little Mira whose poignant story of survival after being targeted in the head by a quadcopter was told in Josh Rushing’s “Kid’s Under Fire” Al-Jazeera – for […]
International News

WFTU 2025 Mayday Declaration

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
The International Class-oriented Trade Union Movement, the workers, and the militant unions all over the globe honor with struggles the 139th anniversary of the workers’ struggle in Chicago in 1886.  The World Federation of Trade […]
AES supporters
International News

Alliance of Sahel States Officials Travel to Moscow for Joint Summit

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In December 2023, three countries in West Africa, formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) with Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger coming together to proclaim their commitment to building an independent existence […]