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United Nations General Assembly vote on Palestinian status
International News

UN General Assembly Votes to Upgrade Palestine’s Status

May 21, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On May 10, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City convened a special meeting to consider a resolution from the State of Palestine and other governments. The resolution provides […]
Gaza bombing at Rafah crossing
International News

Israeli Military Enters Rafah Blocking Aid to the Gaza Strip

May 15, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the aftermath of the attacks by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on the border crossing city of Rafah, from Gaza to Egypt, the United States administration claimed that it had paused […]
Jewish students at U of M encampment call for divestment from Israel
Domestic News

The genocide exposes friends and foes at the University of Michigan

May 15, 2024 fwstaff
By Bilal Irfan, guest opinion The last few months have been a turbulent time for campuses across the United States as students, staff, faculty, and administrators grapple with the consequences of our nation-wide and institutional […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expresses solidrity with Palestine
International News

South African Freedom Day 30 Years After

May 14, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected head-of-state in the Republic of South Africa, said during the final phases of the transition from apartheid settler-colonialism to non-racial democracy, that “our freedom remains […]
Palestine solidarity at WSU Library
Domestic News

Palestine Solidarity Activists Protest VP Harris in Detroit

May 7, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Monday, May 6, 2024, students and community members gathered outside the Purdy-Kresge Library on the campus of Wayne State University. The rally and later march were aimed at bringing attention […]
US trained and armed Taiwan troops
Domestic News

Gaza, Ukraine and China

May 7, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole Despite all the bitter division between Democrats and Republicans in Congress, a bipartisan series of foreign aid bills, totaling $95 billion was passed on April 20. The payouts, mainly in military assistance […]
Mass grave of victims of Zionist genocide in Gaza
International News

A NEW PALESTINIAN FRONT | BALLAD FOR PANTHER MAMAS WHO WERE NOT THERE | LOVE IS THEIR FOREIGN COUNTRY

May 7, 2024 fwstaff
A NEW PALESTINIAN FRONT ” If you stare into the abyss, the abyss will stare back at you “ Nietzche the opened mass graves in Gaza are the abyss we are made to stare into […]
Detroit JVP march and rally outside federal bldg.
Domestic News

Detroit JVP Holds Rally & March for a Ceasefire in Gaza

May 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Friday, April 26, 2024, members and supporters of the Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit  (JVP-D) gathered at the St. Peter’s Episcopal Church located on Trumbull and Michigan Avenue. The motivation for […]
2020 Freedom Flotilla for aid to Gaza
International News

Students Demand Guinea Bissau Stop Genocide By Delay

April 29, 2024 fwstaff
By Al-Awda NY STOP GENOCIDE BY DELAY OF HUMANITARIAN FLOTILLA  Following a call from the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation’s Law Commission on War Crimes, Justice, Reparations, and Return, students at campuses across the U.S., who […]
International News

The Devil’s in the Genocide | Our Shared Breath for Gaza | Kaleidoscoping the Paradigm | Each Red Sunrise is Dripping Gaza

April 27, 2024 fwstaff
The Devil’s in the Genocide ” Concentration camps ? They are a detail of history “. Jean -Marie Le Pen, French neo nazi leader who tortured in Algeria “The devil is in the detail “ […]