Belgian imperialism

HIV/AIDS activists’ direct action at the White House on World AIDS Day
Domestic News

HIV/AIDS: a Global Class Struggle

December 30, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo These are worrisome and dangerous times for the 41 million people living with HIV/AIDS on the globe (1.2 million in the United States). In the past forty years for which there is […]
Trump’s recent cuts to HIV foreign aid condemns millions to death
Domestic News

Silence Equals Death

April 26, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo I visited Jack (not his real name) at Boston’s Tufts Medical Center Hospital in 2005.He was near death from AIDS-related opportunistic infections caused by the collapse of his immune system. He was […]
DRC anti-west demonstrations
International News

Rwanda Backed M23 Declares Ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo

February 12, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe For several weeks fighting has flared once again in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel grouping has moved into the North Kivu city […]
Berlin Conference slicing the African cake
International News

Berlin Conference – 140 Years Later

December 11, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe From November 15, 1884, until February 26, 1885, the Berlin West Africa Conference was held in Germany where numerous European states convened to carve up the continent based upon their own economic […]
Uranium mines in Niger exploited by French capitalism
International News

What Niger is About…

August 6, 2023 fwstaff
By Julia Wright As usual, the narcissist, entitled white supremacist mindset needs the affairs of the State to evolve around the majestic ” I .” “L’Etat, c’est moi”( “The State is me” ) , decreed […]
Patrice Lumumba remains returned to DRC
International News

Belgium Returns the Remains of Congolese Leader Patrice Lumumba

July 11, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since January 17, 1961, the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba have remained a symbol of the legacy of colonialism on the African continent. Lumumba rose […]