Fascism

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaking to press the day after his being assaulted, arrested and detained by ICE agents
Domestic News

Trump Executive Order Lays Basis for Fascist Coup

May 15, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole An Executive Order issued by Donald Trump on April 28, 2025 takes a giant step toward a military takeover of the United States government. The document is titled “Strengthening and unleashing America’s […]
AFOC Forum Yvonne Chairing
Domestic News

Why We Must Fight the Fascist Threat Facing Us Today

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
  Note: These remarks were made at the “Detroit Fights Back! Community Forum which took place on Saturday April 12, 2025. The gathering was hosted by the Anti-Fascist Organizing Coalition (AFOC). This forum was chaired […]
Protesters at Trump Tower in New York City demand release of Mahmoud Khalil, facing deportation for supporting Palestine
Domestic News

The Other Dangers of Trumpworld

April 1, 2025 fwstaff
By Russ Bellant The following is a guest commentary being republished in Fighting-Words.net with permission of the author. The social needs cuts, the blatantly unconstitutional restructuring of government, the dismantling of disease prevention, the lawless […]
Immigrants deported to El Salvador prison without due process
Domestic News

New Steps on the Road to Fascism

March 23, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole We are only 58 days into the current Trump regime. From day one there have been numerous outrageous, overreaching and downright illegal actions by the chief executive and his minions. Now we […]
On the day of the vote on the Enabling Act, giving Hitler absolute power, the Nazi leadership sent Storm Troopers into the Kroll Opera where the parliament was meeting. March 23, 1933
Domestic News

Frustrated Trump May Turn to Stormtroopers

February 28, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole President Donald Trump is being described as angry and frustrated by what he considers the slow rate of deportations after only a few weeks into his new administration. NBC News headlined, on […]
Musk and Hitler
Domestic News

Resistance to Trump Grows from Day One

February 7, 2025 fwstaff
  By David Sole During his first hours following his inauguration, President Donald Trump managed to offend, antagonize and frighten millions of people across the United States. Issuing a flurry of executive orders, Trump attacked […]
Wilmington white mobs gather after burning African American newspaper
Domestic News

Documentary Review: “American Coup: Wilmington 1898”

November 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Review of “American Coup: Wilmington 1898”: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-coup-wilmington-1898/) A recently aired Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary as part of the “American Experience” series examined the history of the white supremacist coup which ousted […]
Supporters of Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv went on a violent rampage in Amsterdam before and after their side’s match against Dutch team Ajax in the Europa League on 7 November
International News

NY Times killed investigation of Israeli hooligans, internal email reveals

November 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Asa Winstanley The New York Times has killed an investigation by one of its own reporters into Israeli mob violence in Amsterdam earlier this month. In an internal Times email inadvertently shared with The […]
Domestic News

Anti-trans campaign incites violence, as Congress seeks federal bathroom ban

November 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Melinda Butterfield In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, Nancy Mace, a far-right representative from South Carolina, has been the figurehead for a move to ban transgender people from using restrooms on Capitol Hill […]
Trump’s AG pick Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress on Nov. 13, just days before the House Ethics Committee investigating him was meant to conclude. Gaetz is accused of sex trafficking minors, drug use, obstruction of justice, and more
Domestic News

Trump’s fascist cabinet picks and what will stop them

November 19, 2024 fwstaff
By Stephen Millies Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are a declaration of war against the entire working class. These choices are a domestic version of the Pentagon’s “shock and awe” invasion tactics and are meant to […]