U.S. imperialism

Guinea coup leader Col. Mamady Doumboya
International News

Guinea Coup Deepens Crisis of Governance in West Africa

September 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Members of the Special Forces in the West African state of Guinea-Conakry seized power from the government of President Alpha Conde, 83, on September 5. There were reports of heavy gunfire surrounding […]
Women will continue the decades long fight to protect their rights.
Domestic News

Afghanistan and the Texas Fanatics

September 9, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The United States government suffered a humiliating defeat as it finally withdrew from Afghanistan on August 31, 2021. For over 20 years, 1979 to 2001 the CIA and State Department financed and […]
Oct7-antiwar demo1_taken by Kim DeFranco
Editorials

United States Withdraws from Afghanistan After Humiliating Defeat

August 29, 2021 fwstaff
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]