Iraq

Iran damages US bases
International News

Iran Undermines US Economic Warfare in West Asia

October 6, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since January 2026 the United States administration of President Donald Trump has been attempting to crash the economy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. There was the manipulation of the currency within […]
Illustration: Thinking Palestine
International News

The Axis of Resistance: Indigenous Movements United against Zionism, Imperialism

September 26, 2026 fwstaff
By Robert Inlakesh Robert Inlakesh traces the Axis of Resistance’s indigenous roots, showing how shared opposition to Zionism and imperial domination forged an alliance across national and sectarian lines. In an attempt to divide the […]
Iran missiles fired at US bases
International News

Iran Retaliates Striking Pentagon Bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan

July 20, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since April 7 when the administration in Washington claimed it would seek a peace agreement with Tehran, Iran has been viewed internationally as the victor in the war which was launched by […]
International News

US Strategic Decline Exposed in War Against Iran

April 13, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On April 7 an announcement was made that a mediated agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States would result in a two-week ceasefire. This agreement was made after […]
Detroit Panel on Palestine and West Asia with Julia Kassem
International News

Detroit Panel on Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and the Struggle Against Imperialism in West Asia

December 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Monday, December 16, 2024, a capacity audience in person and online attended an important discussion featuring speakers well versed on the historical and contemporary crises in West Asia. This event […]
Lebanon Resistance leader Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah killed by IDF
International News

Imperialism Makes Mockery of UN General Assembly

October 8, 2024 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Next year will represent the 80th anniversary of the formation of the United Nations Organization in San Francisco which took place in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Since 1945 […]
Yemen security forces
International News

White House Denies Genocide in Gaza as Massacres and Targeted Assassinations Continue

January 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Former Republic of South Africa President Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) said during his lifetime that the people of his country would not be free until Palestine was liberated. Mandela, who spent over 27 […]
July 4 Veterans for Peace display on Michigan war dead from Afghanistan and Iraq at Grand Circus Park
Domestic News

Leaving Afghanistan: Why Not Iraq and Syria?

July 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Joe Biden announced several months ago that the United States would end its two decades-long occupation of the Central Asian state of Afghanistan. Since the attacks on the World Trade Center […]
Detroit MECAWI demonstration against war provocations against Iran, Jan. 4, 2020.
Domestic News

Detroit Demonstration Against Threats on Iran Descends on Financial District

January 18, 2020 fwstaff
By FW Detroit Staff These photographs were taken at a demonstration in downtown Detroit opposing the recent targeted assassinations in Iraq of Iranian Lt.Gen. Qasam Soleimani and a Deputy Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis of the […]
David Sole, a MECAWI spokesperson, speaks to Channel 4 TV
Domestic News

Condolence letter to Iraq and Iran

January 18, 2020 fwstaff
On Tuesday, January 7,  a delegation of 8 Detroit anti-war and community activists delivered the following letter to the Iraq Consulate in metro-Detroit. A number of media figures were given the letter and some interviews […]