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Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Struggles and the Cuban Revolution – Black August Series #3

August 18, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe As far back in history as the period of enslavement of African people in North America, resistance and rebellion has been met with retaliatory repression from the ruling interests. Freedom fighters such […]
Amnesty International’s General Secretary, is under intense attack for report exposing Ukraine army’s violations of international law
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The First Casualty of War

August 14, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole It has often been said that “Truth is the first casualty of war.” This is especially true in the case of the conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation which began February […]
Sudanese Communist Party leader Mohamed Mokhtar al-Khatib forms new alliance
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Sudanese Communist Party Forms New Alliance Committed to Ending Military Rule

August 14, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since December of 2018, the Republic of Sudan has undergone general strikes, mass demonstrations, the forced removal of longtime former President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and the failed formations of several interim administrations. […]
U.S. oil giant Chevron plunders natural gas from the stolen waters off Palestine.
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Biden and the U.S.-Israel-GCC axis: It’s not the oil, it’s the money

August 7, 2022 fwstaff
By Bill Dores Reprinted from Struggle – La Lucha Joe Biden didn’t go to Arabia in July to beg for oil. That’s not the nature of the U.S.-Saudi relationship. He didn’t go to Palestine to […]
Protests in Taiwan as U.S. escalates tensions with China using Pelosi visit
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Editorial: Pelosi Visit to Taiwan – Prelude to Another Proxy War

August 6, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Let’s be perfectly clear! Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s trip marks a huge step towards the Pentagon reestablishing nuclear armed U.S. military bases in Taiwan, an island just 100 miles […]
Sri Lankan demonstrators protest their removal from the encampment in Colombo
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Sri Lanka Democracy Movement at the Crossroads

August 4, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe For several months the nation of Sri Lanka has been imperiled with the looming threat of complete economic collapse as fuel, food and other commodity prices skyrocketed. Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa became […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov
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Africa Remains at Center of 21st Century Cold War

August 1, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Several geopolitical powers are seeking to enhance their influence and cooperation with the continent of Africa. United States President Joe Biden announced during July that he would host a summit with African […]
Biden’s visit to Israel exposes imperialistzionist colonialism.
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Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the “Jerusalem Declaration”

July 23, 2022 fwstaff
By 137 Organizations Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the “Jerusalem Declaration” – Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity – reprinted from Samidoun – Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network The joint declaration of U.S. President […]
Sri Lanka protest over economic conditions
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Protest Movement Rejects Parliamentary Appointment of Sri Lankan President

July 23, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Sri Lanka, an island-nation of 22 million people, has been the center of political and economic turmoil since the United National Party government defaulted on $51 billion in foreign debt during May. […]
Africa drought report
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Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa

July 21, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There has been a deteriorating situation within various African states related to the impact of drought and the consequent lack of food for hundreds of millions of people. These events on the […]