genocide

Iran embassy bombed by Israel
International News

After Six Months Daily Massacres Continue in Gaza

April 10, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since October 7, 2023, the United States foreign policy position on the Palestinian Question has come under fire by billions of people around the world. President Joe Biden, who is seeking reelection […]
Iran rep. at United Nations Security Council
International News

Iran Deputy Ambassador to the UN Condemns Israeli Attack on Embassy in Syria

April 9, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A deadly airstrike on the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, Syria has prompted outrage throughout the West Asia region. This attack continues a long line of atrocities committed […]
Dearborn Land Day youth and adult march
Domestic News

Palestine Land Day Commemorated from Detroit to Dearborn and Around the World

April 9, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff March 30, 2024 was Palestine Land Day which has been a focus for mass demonstrations around the world. In Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan, demonstrations were held downtown and outside the western […]
Ask the kites whether they hurt - a Julia Wright poem
International News

ANTI-CAPITALIST MOSQUITOS | TIME-SLIP HUNGER | THE ANCESTRALLY UNPROTECTED | ASK THE KITES WHETHER THEY HURT

March 31, 2024 fwstaff
ANTI-CAPITALIST MOSQUITOS for Michael Schifmann who told us the parable of the mosquito i give thanks for smaller and smaller blessings today i searched and found an emoji for Refaat Alareer’s kite and lining one […]
Millions in Gaza face starvation
International News

FRAGMENTATION OF THE SOUL | THE LUMINO OF THE PEOPLE’S EYES | PAPER WINGS TO FLY BACK HOME | THE GRIMM TALE OF GAZA | THE PEOPLE’S BANNER-HEADS

March 26, 2024 fwstaff
FRAGMENTATION OF THE SOUL Codepink showed photos of starving Gaza children to AIPAC lobbyists eating lunch – please don’t leave that stuff it makes us feel uncomfortable, a young man in a slick suit says […]
Domestic News

SO YOUNG BACK IN ACCRA | BREAKING SILENCE | DEAD CHILD WALKING

March 25, 2024 fwstaff
SO YOUNG BACK IN ACCRA to the Free Mumia Youth movement in memory of my one and only meeting with W.E.B. DuBois i was so young back in Accra so young that learning journalism at […]
British ship sunk in Red Sea
International News

Imperialists Continue Bombing Yemen as Famine Spreads in Gaza

March 20, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Warplanes from the United States and the British Royal Air Force (RAF) once again launched a series of airstrikes against the people of Yemen in several locations on March 14. Statements to […]
Red Bougainvillea in Gaza
International News

SUSAN ABULHAWA’S HUMILITY AND HOPE | SUSAN ABULHAWA’S CONTRABAND OF LOVE | THE PAPER BIRDS OF GAZA | THE MATHEMATICS OF IMPERIAL DEATH

March 14, 2024 fwstaff
SUSAN ABULHAWA’S HUMILITY AND HOPE “I didn’t register the absence of greenery until I happened upon a red bougainvillea. Its flowers were dusty and alone in a deflowered world, but still alive. The incongruity struck […]
South African legal team at the ICJ in case filed against Israel
International News

African Union Summit Condemns Israeli Genocide in Gaza

March 13, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In opening up its proceedings for the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in mid-February, the continental organization denounced the ongoing genocidal onslaught by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in […]
Gaza resistance ongoing
Domestic News

Shifting Rhetoric Cannot Conceal Genocidal Policy on Gaza

March 13, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe One of the critical historical conjunctures within the mass Civil Rights Movement took place in Selma, Alabama during the early months of 1965. Although local activists and members of the Student Nonviolent […]