capitalism in crisis

COP28 solidarity demonstration with Palestine
International News

COP28 Summit Concludes with Contradictory Agreement

December 21, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A two week-long annual climate conference sponsored by the United Nations in Dubai ended on December 13 with an agreement to “transition from” the use of fossil fuels on a global scale. […]
Gaza child at hospital after bombing
International News

Western Media Bias Against Palestine Reaches Unprecedented Heights

October 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe United States President Joe Biden delivered a live television address on the evening of October 19 to demand that the Congress authorize another $106 billion to expand the wars in Ukraine and […]
Auto workers battle the Big 3 auto companies across the U.S.
Domestic News

Capitalist Politics and the Auto Workers’ Strike

October 5, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The rush to Detroit by President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump just two weeks into the United Auto Workers strike exposes deep problems in the political arena of the capitalist […]
Sailors on the USS Gerald Ford are reported to be reading poetry, disturbing Senator Tuberville
Domestic News

Shocking Report: Sailors Are Reading Poetry!

September 12, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) is on a collision course with the U.S. Empire’s main support, the United States military. For over six months now Tuberville has been blocking 300 military promotions, […]
Big battle shaping up as Trump and his criminal gang face numerous charges in Atlanta
Editorials

Fulton County Georgia indictments: Atlanta Black community strikes back

August 27, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On August 5, the world was thrilled to see members of the Black community exercise their “Black Panther Party right of self-defense” on a dock in Montgomery, Alabama. When a group […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is continuing the January 6, 2021 insurrection
Domestic News

Supreme Court Continues the Insurrection

July 13, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The failure of the rightwing coup d’etat of January 6, 2021 has not stopped other forms of attacks on the poor and working people of the United States. One arena for the […]
Why is Trump indicted for boxes of documents but not the January 6 insurrection
Domestic News

What to do about Trump?

June 22, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole If we had a government run by and for workers and oppressed people there would be no question and no delay in delivering justice to Donald J. Trump. In fact the vile […]
Democrats and Republicans vote to raise debt ceiling benefits Wall Street banks and corporations - hurts workers and poor
Domestic News

Debt ceiling deal means austerity for workers and the poor

June 14, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry With tremendous media fanfare, President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy agreed to allow the so-called “debt ceiling” to be raised until 2025. Despite assuring the public that cutting […]
Atlanta Cop City banner at City Council meeting on June 5, 2023
Domestic News

Atlanta Struggle to Stop “Cop City” Continues After Council Approval

June 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There is much at stake for the ruling class and its law-enforcement surrogates in the mass campaign taking place in Dekalb County, Georgia to prevent the construction and operation of a police […]
French workers remain in the streets
International News

France Remains Tense After Pension Reform Bill is Signed into Law

April 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A Constitutional Council decision in Paris on April 14 upheld the legality of the pension reform legislation which has been the spark for a series of general strikes across France since the […]