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Joseph-Etienne-Haiti-2020
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Stop the massacres in Haiti: End US and UN support for the criminal regime of Jovenel Moise

December 3, 2020 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee The human rights crisis under the US-backed dictatorship of Jovenel Moise has continued to widen and deepen with the proliferation of “Tonton Macoutes” style death squad repression across the country. In […]
Luis ArceMAS candidate for President
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Decisive Victory of MAS in Bolivia: A Blow to Anti-Indigenous and Anti-Socialist Coups in the Americas

October 29, 2020 fwstaff
Reprinted from Orinoco Tribune By William Camacaro The decisive electoral victory of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia may be a point of inflection on the continent that advances the construction of a new […]
Nigerian youth carry end sars banner
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Mass Rebellion in Nigeria Sparked by Police Brutality

October 28, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A series of incidents involving the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad police unit (SARS) in the Federal Republic of Nigeria has brought to the surface underlying societal contradictions which have been simmering for […]
Africa CDC graphic taken from website
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Africa Battles COVID-19 Pandemic Effectively

October 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic there was much concern about the impact the virus would have on the African continent. Predictions focused on the underdeveloped healthcare, transportation and educational […]
Federal law enforcement separating families at the southern border with Mexico
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Authoritarianism: the U.S. versus the People’s Republic of China

October 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On September 23, both Boss Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping presented virtual speeches to the UN General Assembly. An analysis by CNN, one of the most “liberal”, most anti-Trump of the […]
Chinese aid arriving in Italy, quoting the Roman poet Seneca
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Gung Ho

October 16, 2020 fwstaff
By Lee Ross When someone is called “gung ho” in English it generally means enthusiastic and dedicated, often with military connotations. This is ironic, because “gung ho” is actually Chinese and Communist in origin, meaning […]
Burundi and DRC demands reparations from imperialist states of Belgium and Germany
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Reparations Demand Expanding Among African People Worldwide

September 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During late August, the Central African state of Burundi appealed to the Belgian and German governments to pay reparations for the crimes committed during their colonial occupation of this country during the […]
Zimbabwe ZANU-PF and ANC delegation hold critical talks in Harare on September 9, 2020
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Zimbabwe Ruling Party Says There is No Crisis in the Country

September 13, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Over the last two decades the western imperialist states and their allies have imposed draconian sanctions on the Southern African nation of Zimbabwe. Not only has the economic embargo impacted the majority […]
Pro-Lukashenko “Women for Unity and Peace” demonstration in Belarus
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Stop meddling in the internal affairs of Belarus

September 13, 2020 fwstaff
By U.S. Peace Council The U.S. Peace Council (USPC) expresses its solidarity with the people of Belarus whose country is undergoing a campaign of destabilization and interference in their internal affairs by outside forces. USPC […]
SAPSN People's Summit in August 2020
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Southern Africa Region Calls for Solidarity with Mozambique

September 8, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Over the last several months the security situation in the Cabo Delgado province of the Republic of Mozambique has worsened in the aftermath of several armed attacks by a self-proclaimed Islamist group. […]