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Domestic News

Detroit Says “Hands Off Cuba”

July 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A rally was held in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution outside Detroit’s Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Monday, July 26, 2021. Scores of activists and organizers gathered and spoke on […]
Cuba First Secretary of the Communist Party outgoing and incoming
International News

Washington Continues to Destabilize Haiti and Cuba

July 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Haitian President Jovenal Moise was assassinated in his private residence during the early morning hours of July 7 in Port-au-Prince. The circumstances surrounding his death continue to unfold within various news agencies […]
FCA Warren Truck plant workers returned to work amid COVID-19 pandemic
Domestic News

COVID-19 Infection Rates Surge While Millions Are Forced Back to Work

July 7, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There were more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States on July 2. These figures represent a pattern of a rapid escalation of people being sickened by the potentially […]
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Domestic News

Detroiters Demand: Allow Emergency Medical Aid from Cuba

June 2, 2020 fwstaff
By Jason Tschantre As quarantine-weary crowds flocked to beaches over Memorial Day weekend, scientists and health-conscious people in the United States had to face, once again, the well-founded fear that COVID-19 is far from over. […]
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Domestic News

COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socialist View on the Capitalist Crisis

May 14, 2020 fwstaff
Note: The following remarks are excerpted from the Detroit Marxism Class held via teleconference on Saturday May 9, 2020. The course was sponsored by the Communist Workers League (CWL). By Abayomi Azikiwe At present the […]
Cuban healthcare workers arriving in South Africa
International News

Cuba Continues African Solidarity in COVID-19 Battle

April 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe High-ranking governmental and military leaders in the Republic of South Africa greeted a Cuban medical mission which arrived on April 27. The 217 Cuban healthcare workers are in the country to assist […]
Medical worker with Cuban flag
International News

The COVID-19 pandemic makes clear the need to cooperate despite political differences

April 22, 2020 fwstaff
Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement The impact of COVID-19 can already be measured and will be assessed in the future by the striking numbers of people infected, the unacceptable numbers of deaths, the unquestionable […]
World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Domestic News

Trump Administration Suspends Funding to WHO amid Global Pandemic

April 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After a series of verbal attacks against the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the United States administration of President Donald Trump has announced that funding […]
Dr. Tedros Adhanom, WHO Director General meets with Chinese President Xi Jinpinge
International News

As COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the nation, U.S. blames China

April 15, 2020 fwstaff
By Mike Shane The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to kill 100,000 to 250,000 people or more in the U.S. As it sweeps across the country, exposing stark inequalities in many areas of social life, the deficiencies […]
World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Domestic News

Trump Administration Attacks on the WHO Highlights Imperialist Policy on COVID-19 Pandemic

April 12, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe United States President Donald Trump has launched a verbal attack against the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Director General Dr. Tedros Ahhanom Ghebreyesus. The WHO is an international agency affiliated with […]