Palestine

International News

World Federation of Trade Unions statement on the new barbaric military attack and deliberate starvation of the people of Gaza

May 21, 2025 fwstaff
By Central WFTU The World Federation of Trade Unions expresses its deepest outrage and unequivocal condemnation of the new barbaric military attack and deliberate, systematic, and inhumane policy of starvation being imposed upon the Palestinian […]
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International News

WFTU Statement on the 77th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba Day

May 21, 2025 fwstaff
BY Central WFTU The World Federation of Trade Unions, commemorates the 77th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, “The Day of Catastrophe,” a defining moment in modern history that marked the forced displacement of over 750,000 […]
Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara’a
International News

While Gaza Starves, Damascus Shifts: Al-Shara’a’s Embrace of Israel – Analysis

May 21, 2025 fwstaff
By Robert Inlakesh The Syrian government has openly confirmed indirect negotiations with Israel, deepening fears that Damascus is shifting away from the Palestinian cause even as Israeli attacks continue across the country. Following his cordial […]
Domestic News

Victory in Ann Arbor: Dismissed Felony Charges Expose State Weakness, Fuel Global Struggle for Liberation

May 14, 2025 fwstaff
By Sammie Lewis The recent dismissal of felony charges against those of us charged from protesting during the University of Michigan’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment is not just a legal victory, it is a testament to […]
Gold in Fort Knox
Domestic News

CHILDREN IN PIECES | TRUMP’S GOLDEN DOME FANTASY | WINNING WITHOUT ANSWERS | TO THE MAMAS AND BABAS IN OUR STRUGGLE

May 11, 2025 fwstaff
CHILDREN IN PIECES one child her bare feet crusted with the gray dust from her destroyed home is locked in a robotic repetitive worrying of her bomb-deafened ear the roar has not subsided in her […]
Protests in Thomas Paine Park against the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil
Domestic News

Deporting Dissent: The Dangerous Precedent Set by the Persecution of Pro-Palestine Activists

April 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Ramzy Baroud While US activists advocating for justice in Palestine deserve unwavering support and defense for their profound courage and humanity, Americans must also recognize that they, and the remnants of their democracy, are […]
Na'eem Jeenah in conversation with Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo in the FloodGate podcast interview
International News

South Africa and Palestine’s Struggle: Seven Takeaways from FloodGate Interview with Na’eem Jeenah

April 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Romana Rubeo Na’eem Jeenah draws parallels between South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and Palestine’s fight against Israeli occupation, highlighting seven key insights. In the latest episode of the FloodGate podcast, Ramzy Baroud and I delved […]
“we will fly colorful banners billowing with the titles of our assaulted books” - Julia Wright about Trump banning books in Pentagon libraries
Domestic News

THE TRUTH WILL NOT BE BLURRED | CONNECTING THE BULLET DOTS | GIVING BIRTHDAY | UNDERGROUND BOOKROAD

April 26, 2025 fwstaff
  THE TRUTH WILL NOT BE BLURRED For little Mira whose poignant story of survival after being targeted in the head by a quadcopter was told in Josh Rushing’s “Kid’s Under Fire” Al-Jazeera – for […]
Israel is About to Empty Gaza
International News

Israel is About to Empty Gaza

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Chris Hedges / SheerPost srael is poised to carry out the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since the end of World War II. Since March 2, it has blocked all food and humanitarian aid into Gaza and cut off electricity, […]
WSU Medical School rally holds sign for Doctors Against Genocide
Domestic News

Wayne State University Medical School Demonstration Against Genocide and Repression

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Faculty members and community activists gathered outside the Wayne State University Medical School and the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital in the Midtown District in Detroit to protest the ongoing genocide in […]