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French CGT banners in evidence during the Jan. 19 general strike
International News

French Unions Stage One-Day General Strike Against Pension “Reforms”

January 27, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Over a million French workers and students participated in a general strike on January 19 demanding that the proposed pension reforms drafted by President Emmanuel Macron be halted. The bill to be […]
Jackson volunteers distribute bottled water
Domestic News

Jackson Water Crisis Continues Despite Federal Government Interventions

January 8, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a city of more than 150,000 people which is the capital of the State of Mississippi, residents of Jackson were facing an all too familiar water crisis over the holiday period […]
Domestic News

Trillion Dollar War Budget Crushes People Here and Abroad

December 27, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole On December 15 the U.S. Senate passed a “Defense Appropriations Act” of $858 billion, moving this piece of legislation on to President Joe Biden for signing. The Senate, often split between the […]
Domestic News

Unjust Measures Imposed on Labor and African Americans After Midterm Elections

December 5, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe United States President Joe Biden, while running for office in 2020, pledged to become the most pro-union head-of-state in the history of the government. However, many within the labor movement are incensed […]
Jackson volunteers distribute bottled water
Domestic News

Jackson Water Crisis Reflective of National Pattern in Urban Racism

September 22, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Water systems throughout the United States are in serious disrepair and decline while corporate interests continue to dominate the political priorities of municipal and state governments. Jackson, Mississippi, the capital and the […]
Detroit retirees and supporters fought cuts to pension in 2013
Domestic News

Detroit Retirees Fight for Pension Booster

January 12, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole The COVID-19 pandemic year 2021 has seen the highest rate of inflation in about 40 years in the United States. The rapid increase in prices for all sorts of consumer goods is […]
Detroit MLK Day 2011 March Down Woodward Ave.
Domestic News

We Need a Peoples Movement – Not the World Economic Forum

December 9, 2021 fwstaff
Note: This presentation was written and delivered in part to the New York City People’s Forum during a webinar on the struggle against the opening of an office of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in […]
Demonstration of workers protesting the Detroit bankruptcy outside of Federal bankruptcy court on Oct. 23, 2013.
Domestic News

Detroit activists form coalition to oppose the World Economic Forum

November 9, 2021 fwstaff
Editor’s note: The World Economic Forum announced that they will be establishing a global center in Detroit. In response, a number of organizations have formed  People Against Corporate Theft to oppose the WEF. Below is […]
Detroit rally to release CERA funds, Sept.. 8, 2021
Domestic News

Implications of the Electoral Defeat of the Detroit People’s Charter

September 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A grassroots initiative to rewrite the municipal charter of the City of Detroit, Proposal P or the People’s Charter, was drowned out by a multi-million dollar propaganda and psychological warfare campaign aimed […]
November 2018 Moratorium Now Coalition planning meeting
Domestic News

World Economic Forum Targets Detroit

September 2, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced plans to open a “Global Center for Urban Transformation” in Detroit in October 2021. The WEF is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that describes itself […]