Palestine

Iran mass funeral on June 30, 2025
Domestic News

Iran Remains Defiant as Millions Say Farewell to Martyrs of the 12-Day War

July 7, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On June 28, people in the Islamic Republic of Iran turned out in their millions to mourn the fallen leaders and fellow citizens who fell victim to the unprovoked war launched by […]
Domestic News

Higher Education Under Fire from U.S. Government

July 7, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since taking office on January 20, the presidency of Donald J. Trump has launched a full-scale assault on higher educational institutions across the country. Perhaps the most striking attacks have been leveled […]
Iran rally in support of IRGC, June 24, 2025
International News

Global Responses to Pentagon Bombing of Iran

July 1, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After retaliatory strikes leveled against the United States military base in Qatar by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday June 23, the administration of President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire […]
RIP Dr. Jerry Ward
International News

ON THE MAP OF OUR HEARTS | JERRY WARD | THE MADLEEN- THE TIP OF AN ICEBERG OF FLOTILLAS | GAZA’S SEASONS | AN ABSENCE OF DEER

June 30, 2025 fwstaff
“It is the 80th anniversary of the publication of “Black Boy”. To honor its author whose ashes were interred in 1960 in the French cemetery of Pere Lachaise, Paris, a Wright aficionado who is also […]
People gather to collect aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on 27 May
International News

In Gaza you can choose only humiliation or death

June 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Malak Hijazi, Electronic Intifada Israel has been starving us for months. It cut off all aid to Gaza in March, only to recently approve a US-led, militarized aid site run by the so-called “Gaza […]
Detroit No Kings Day No Kings No Nazis sign
Domestic News

“No Kings Day” Brings Out Thousands in Detroit

June 24, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Saturday,  June 14, 2025 was coined “No Kings Day” in response to the domestic and foreign policies of the administration of President Donald Trump. An estimated two thousand demonstrations were held […]
Rene Lichtman memorial photo with Ismail Noor
International News

Rene Lichtman (1937-2025), Artist, Film Director and Human Rights Activist, Memorialized in Detroit

June 18, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Dr. Rene Lichtman, 87, took his last breath on January 28, 2025, yet his legacy remains very much alive in Detroit and across the United States. Born in Paris, France in 1937, […]
A protester holds a banner during the “Move for Palestine” demonstration in Madrid on 10 May 2025
International News

Revulsion for Israel surges worldwide, new survey finds

June 16, 2025 fwstaff
By Ali Abunimah Twenty months into its livestreamed and accelerating genocide in Gaza, it would hardly be controversial to conclude that Israel is one of the world’s most hated countries. But a new global survey […]
Gaza aid center was overrun by starving crowds
International News

ISIS, CIA and the GHF: Israel’s New Frontier of Control through Hunger

June 3, 2025 fwstaff
By Robert Inlakesh Again, this plan will likely fail. But the mere fact that there is an active effort to launch this initiative represents a whole new level of depravity. The Israeli-backed Gaza aid distribution […]
Protester in Italian parliament
International News

ART FOR LOVE’S SAKE | A GHOST INTERRUPTS THE DEBATE ON GAZA AT THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT | FORCED SEVERENCE | GHOSTS WE CAN SEE | THE HOLE IS IN THE IMAGE OF THE DARKNESS OF THEIR SOUL

June 3, 2025 fwstaff
ART FOR LOVE’S SAKE “You can’t put a price on creativity but you can put a tariff on it” Robert de Niro’s acceptance speech on receiving the Palme d’Or at Cannes a few days ago. […]