capitalism in crisis

France student protests over budget cuts
International News

European Civil Unrest Highlights Social Crisis in Western Industrial States

October 27, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe From early October students have taken the lead in expressing their discontent with the economics of educational administration in France. The walkouts, strikes and rebellions did not erupt in a political vacuum […]
Domestic News

Currency Wars

August 16, 2026 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo Once you start a fire you don’t know where it will go Every penny that doesn’t go into a pay check is a penny stolen from a worker -Big Bill Haywood, IWW […]
Abayomi Azikiwe speaks at the Detroit Public Library event. | Cameron Harrison / People's World
Domestic News

Coalition forming in Detroit to resist rising fascist threat

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Cameron Harrison ”The MAGA movement wants to return to the days of legalized segregation, gender discrimination, the elimination of trade unions, civil rights organizations, and anyone in opposition to the fascist trajectory of the […]
UK Unite members picketing over labor dispute
International News

Birmingham Sanitation Strike Spawns Public Health Emergency in England’s Second Largest City

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A sanitation workers’ strike in the second largest city in England, Birmingham, has prompted the local authorities to declare a major incident in the municipality. Reports indicate that approximately 17,000 tons of […]
Some of Trump’s billionaire backers: Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bill Ackman
Domestic News

Ruling Class Factions Battled Over Trump’s Election

November 12, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole It would be a great mistake to think the election of Donald Trump on November 5 was “the will of the people.” Certainly, he garnered a majority of votes nationwide along with […]
Italian auto workers strike on October 18, 2024
Domestic News

Imperialism fails to quash China’s EV revolution

October 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On October 18 tens of thousands of Italian auto workers held a nationwide strike and marched through the streets of Rome. Organized by three unions, this action was led by workers from […]
US warships off the China coast. China’s socialist economy is seen as a threat to US capitalism so tariffs and war maneuvers are used to threaten the People’s Republic
International News

U.S. economists “expose” China’s economy

July 26, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Bourgeois economists, ever ready to proclaim the impending demise of the socialist economic model in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), find every opportunity to throw shade on China’s economic system. At […]
There is an underlying connection between the waves of protest that have swept the US in the past years
Domestic News

Perspectives on the Palestine Protests

May 23, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole A huge wave of protests for Palestine has swept across the US in the past months, especially on the campuses of many colleges and universities. It has been seven months since the […]
South African President wearing Khafiyah
International News

African Liberation Day and the Struggle for Freedom in Palestine

May 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: This statement was submitted at the request of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC) for its African Liberation Day rally being held on Sunday May 19, 2024 in Malcolm X Park […]
French farmers block motorway to Paris
International News

Bankruptcy in Second Largest British Municipality Indicates Broader European Crisis

February 10, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the municipality of Birmingham, the second largest in the United Kingdom, the City Council filed for bankruptcy in September. The Council said that due to payments owed to women for years […]