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Algerian war of national liberation during the 1950s and early 1960s
International News

Africa Condemns the Continuing Imperialist Legacy of France

October 27, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe France for centuries had been involved in the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism making it one of the leading imperialist powers to emerge from the tumultuous conquering of large swaths of territory […]
Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi
Domestic News

SFSU Faculty Hearing Committee Upholds Grievance by Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi

October 19, 2021 fwstaff
PRESS RELEASE: October 14, 2021 – FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION ACADEMIC SPEECH AND FREEDOM ON PALESTINE – IMPORTANT RULING AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY CONCERNING THE POWER OF BIG TECH OVER ACADEMIA In a decision with […]
Paul Robeson delivers “We Charge Genocide” document to the U.N. in 1951.
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Tribunal on U.S. Human Rights Abuses – October 22-25, 2021

October 14, 2021 fwstaff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 6, 2021 https://www.tribunal2021.com/ @TribunalJurists21 In the spirit and legacy of the Russell Courts on Vietnam (1966-67) and Latin America (1973- 76), and the Permanent People’s Tribunals which followed (1979-present), a newly […]
Shanghai’s Nanpu Bridge
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U.S. Cold War with China Heats Up

October 2, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry When the Chinese giant privately-owned Evergrande property developer company failed to pay its bondholders on Sept. 23 some $83 billion that was due, financial analysts around the capitalist world called this China’s […]
ECOWAS delegation to Guinea on Sept. 17, 2021
International News

Guinea Coup Leader Rejects ECOWAS Initiatives

October 2, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a 15-member regional organization, visited the Guinean capital of Conakry on September 17 in a bid to have the leaders of […]
Domestic News

Emergency Week of Actions for Haitian Refugees!

September 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Emergency Week of Actions for Haitian Refugees! Biden: Halt Your Racist Border Patrol and Stop the Whippings and Racist Deportations NOW! When: Friday September 24 – October 2nd Who/What: Progressive organizations […]
Sudan woman demonstrator protests against lack of democracy
International News

Sudan Interim Regime Says It Has Thwarted a Military Coup

September 22, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe People in the Republic of Sudan and across the world awoke on September 21 to an announcement by Interim Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok that the security forces had prevented a coup by […]
Afghanistan withdrawal by the Pentagon portrayed in Global Times
International News

Post-occupation Afghanistan Seeks to Build International Relations

September 19, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After twenty years of direct military engagement and over four decades of destabilization, the United States has left a trail of devastation in Afghanistan. The crises of food deficits, economic underdevelopment and […]
Guinea coup leader Col. Mamady Doumboya
International News

Guinea Coup Deepens Crisis of Governance in West Africa

September 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Members of the Special Forces in the West African state of Guinea-Conakry seized power from the government of President Alpha Conde, 83, on September 5. There were reports of heavy gunfire surrounding […]
One of the 53,000 homes destroyed by the earthquake
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Crisis in Haiti Continues

September 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee On August 14th, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the Southern Peninsula of Haiti, killing over 2,200 people and wounding 12,000. More than 300 people are still unaccounted for. 53,000 homes were […]