International News

Sudan and South Sudan border crossing still open
International News

Fighting Continues in Sudan as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens

June 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a recent report published by the South African-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS), an argument was made for the mobilization and deployment of an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in the […]
Free Walid Daqqah
International News

Take Action to Free Walid Daqqah

June 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Palestinian Youth Movement The Palestinian Youth Movement is inviting you to participate in signing and circulating our petition to Free Walid Daqqah. This petition is the first step of our Free Walid Daqqah Campaign. […]
International News

Statement from banned Ukrainian communist group on developments in Russia

June 28, 2023 fwstaff
Statement by Borotba (Struggle), revolutionary Marxist organization banned by the Ukrainian government. Stop the armed conflict in the rear! The unity of anti-fascist forces is the key to our common victory June 24 — The […]
Members and supporters of SJP at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign demonstrate their support for a Free Palestine
Domestic News

Palestinian UIUC Law Alum Testimony Against the Dangers of IHRA

June 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Palestine Legal June 09, 2023 Palestine Legal is publishing the following testimony by Rifqa Falaneh, a Palestinian law graduate from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, about the dangers of the distorted definition of antisemitism […]
International News

World Refugee Day Marked by 108 Million Being Displaced

June 23, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe June 20th of every year is commemorated as World Refugee Day, an acknowledgment of those who have fled their countries of birth to seek relief from dangerous conditions which are human in […]
Russia's President Putin shakes hands with South Africa's President Ramaphosa at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg
International News

Ukraine Offensive – Week Three

June 23, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole As the Ukrainian offensive, now in its third week, seems to have stalled, new revelations expose how the U.S. torpedoed a signed peace agreement back in March 2022. Battlefield reports from both […]
Russian President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov meet with President Ramaphosa and other African leaders
International News

African Peace Initiative Seeks to End War in Eastern Europe

June 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African Union (AU) member-states have refused to remain silent on the crisis between the Russian Federation and Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation in late February 2022. As founding […]
Senegal students attempt to save archives at CAD University
International News

Behind the Unrest in Senegal: Economic Distress and the Shifting Character of Global Politics

June 19, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Senegal was the scene of demonstrations and widespread property damage in the wake of the conviction of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko who was tried by the courts in absentia in early June. […]
Domestic News

Justice for Nizar Banat: National Tour for Palestine

June 18, 2023 fwstaff
  By Fighting Words staff Supporters of Palestine liberation gathered in Detroit tonight to hear the brother of slain Palestinian activist Nizar Banat and members of Lawyers for Justice who are touring the United States. […]
Ukrainian Bradley fighting vehicles and Leopard 2 tank destroyed in Zaporizhzhia region by Russian Federation forces
International News

Weak Early Performance in Ukraine Offensive

June 14, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The second week of Ukraine’s spring offensive has shown, so far, few gains and serious losses. Intense fighting began on June 4 and 5 with Ukrainian reconnaissance columns probing Russian defenses in […]