HIV/AIDS

African nations resist US demands for rare earth minerals for AIDS assistance
International News

African nations say “NO!” to US extortion

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo Recently the U.S. State Department has been trying to force African countries to trade weapons-grade rare earth minerals and other raw materials for the very lives of their citizens currently living with […]
HIV/AIDS activists’ direct action at the White House on World AIDS Day
Domestic News

HIV/AIDS: a Global Class Struggle

December 30, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo These are worrisome and dangerous times for the 41 million people living with HIV/AIDS on the globe (1.2 million in the United States). In the past forty years for which there is […]
Trump’s recent cuts to HIV foreign aid condemns millions to death
Domestic News

Silence Equals Death

April 26, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo I visited Jack (not his real name) at Boston’s Tufts Medical Center Hospital in 2005.He was near death from AIDS-related opportunistic infections caused by the collapse of his immune system. He was […]