U.S. imperialism

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Editorials

United States Withdraws from Afghanistan After Humiliating Defeat

August 29, 2021 fwstaff 0
Fighting Words Editorial We welcome the defeat of U.S. imperialism in the Central Asian state of Afghanistan in the aftermath of a two decades-long occupation. This completely unnecessary war since 2001 was initiated under the […]
Cuba and China, both targets of U.S. imperialism, strengthen ties
International News

Biden fails to isolate Cuba

August 24, 2021 fwstaff 0
By Chris Fry With U.S. officials and their Afghan collaborators engaged in a mad scramble to escape from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, now is the time to note another huge international failure by the Biden Administration: i.e., […]
Peru President Pedro Castillo among the people
International News

Attempts Continue to Remove Peru’s Socialist President

August 24, 2021 fwstaff 0
By Abayomi Azikiwe Daily efforts are continuing aimed at the overthrow of the recently elected administration of President Pedro Castillo of Peru. Castillo, a member of the Free Peru Party, a socialist organization which grew […]
Peru President Pedro Castillo
International News

Peru’s Progressive President Under Attack

August 15, 2021 fwstaff 0
By Abayomi Azikiwe Right-wing political interests within the Peruvian parliament backed by international finance capital have sought to besiege the newly elected socialist president of the South American state of Peru. There was a tremendous […]
Freeway banner drop on July 28th, 2021 in Oakland, California over highway
Domestic News

July 28th Protests Across the SF Bay Area Demand that Biden Stop Supporting Dictatorship in Haiti

July 30, 2021 fwstaff 0
By Haiti Action Committee The freeway banner drops were done in conjunction with protests on the east coast, along with those in Haiti, making the following demands on the Biden Administration: Cut off all US […]
Domestic News

Detroit Says “Hands Off Cuba”

July 28, 2021 fwstaff 0
By Fighting Words Staff A rally was held in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution outside Detroit’s Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Monday, July 26, 2021. Scores of activists and organizers gathered and spoke on […]
Billions in international aid to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake went to enrich Haiti’s oligarchs.
International News

Was Moise killed to stop China’s Belt and Silk Road in the Caribbean?

July 28, 2021 fwstaff 0
By Chris Fry Did the Biden Administration violate Executive Order 12333 and Article 4 of the UN Charter by arranging the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse on July 17? If so, President Biden could […]
U.S. control of Haiti began with U.S. Marines occupying in 1915
International News

The Assassination of Jovenel Moise: What Next for Haiti?

July 28, 2021 fwstaff 0
By Seth Donnelly Today, the people of Haiti are facing down the US-backed dictatorship of the ruling Haitian Tet Kale Party (PHTK) that came to power through the fraudulent election of Michel Martelly in 2010 […]
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 0
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 […]
Haiti’s people have never stopped fighting for an end to corrupt, U.S. backed regimes
International News

In the Wake of Jovenel Moise’s Assassination: Building Solidarity with Haiti’s Popular Movement

July 23, 2021 fwstaff 0
By Robert Roth,  Haiti Action Committee Today, in Haiti, the violent rule of Jovenel Moise has come to a violent end.  Moise himself had recently said he had “about a million enemies”, and that was […]