Fascism

April 2024 encampment at University of Texas, Austin in support of people of Palestine
International News

Israel: Gateway to U.S. Fascism and War

November 11, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry The Heritage Foundation is a rightwing think-tank that is one of the main authors of the infamous “Project 2025”, a guidebook for Trump to implement the gutting of women’s rights, voting rights, […]
Britain car burns in unrest in Middlesbrough
International News

Racists Riot in Britain and Northern Ireland

August 13, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Right-wing racist and fascists have staged violent attacks against suspected migrants, Muslims and people of color in Britain and Northern Ireland. () The violent groupings spread false rumors on social media involving […]
France New Popular Front wins largest bloc of votes in July 7 parliamentary elections
International News

Weeks After Elections in France and Still No New Government

July 27, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A broad-based coalition of leftist and centrist parties staved off the potential ascendancy of the neo-fascist Assemblee nationale (National Rally) which made significant gains in the European Parliamentary elections and the first […]
Thousands lost their government and non-government jobs during the “Lavender Scare”
Domestic News

It CAN Happen Here

June 2, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo Gay Pride month 2024 approaches in the United States in a political environment of both militant resistance and deep foreboding. For the past 75 years the queer community has  continuously struggled to […]
Ultra-right Christian Nationalists are strong supporters of Zionism
Domestic News

The Scourge of Christo-Fascist Zionism

May 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Marta Ilyich On the 17th of April, in Washington D.C., Columbia University’s president Minouche Shafik sat before a House committee. Shafik holds citizenship in the United States and Great Britain, where she was appointed […]
Upsurge among youth grows to confront US-Israel genocide
Domestic News

Abandon Biden Movement: What’s next?

April 29, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry and David Sole Before the Wisconsin Democratic Primary on April 2, pro-Palestinian activists campaigned to persuade voters to check the “Uninstructed” box on the ballot rather than vote for “Bomber” Biden. They […]
Part of the threat of fascism is the ultra-right Project 2025
Domestic News

Anti-Fascist Organizing Committee Launched

January 27, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff The new year was marked by the formation of a new Anti-Fascist Organizing Committee that seeks to begin discussions among unions and community organizations on how to fight back against the […]
Congressman Thaddeus Stevens helped draft the 14th Amendment
Domestic News

Proposed campaign to disqualify Trump, force Biden to step down while forcing Israel into a cease fire

January 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On December 19 the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump was disqualified from that state’s 2024 ballot because he engaged in the January 6, 2021, insurrection, which, according to Section 3 […]
January 6, 2021 was the dress rehearsal. The working class must prepare now for a possible Trump fascist coup
Domestic News

Tasks of the Progressive Movement for 2024

December 26, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole Concerns are widespread with what Donald Trump may do if he is elected president in November 2024. People are rightly worried about Trump’s fascist tendencies and the storm troopers who support him. […]
Picasso's Guernica captured the horror of the 1937 fascist bombing of civilians in that Basque village
International News

Who Will Be Gaza’s Picasso?

December 8, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole One of the most widely known political works of art of modern times is Pablo Picasso’s massive painting titled “Guernica.” This is the name of a town in northern Spanish Basque country […]