U.S. imperialism

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
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
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 […]
Cuba First Secretary of the Communist Party outgoing and incoming
International News

Washington Continues to Destabilize Haiti and Cuba

July 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Haitian President Jovenal Moise was assassinated in his private residence during the early morning hours of July 7 in Port-au-Prince. The circumstances surrounding his death continue to unfold within various news agencies […]
International News

Pentagon Official Warns of War with China

July 6, 2021 fwstaff
[This  editorial  was one of two open letters to President Biden by retired Marine Colonel Franz Gayl, now a civilian working at the Pentagon. Although he is certainly not anti-military, his letter is so staunchly […]
Palestinian refugees in flee in the aftermath of the 1948 war
International News

Einstein Warned About Zionist “Fascism”

June 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff This is a letter written and signed by Albert Einstein and several other prominent Jews to the NY Times on December 4, 1948 about the massacre at Deir Yassin that same […]
Chinese fleet patrolling the South China Sea
International News

Wall Street’s Drumbeat for War with China Continues Under Biden

May 5, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Biden has pledged to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan, a move that is 20 years overdue. But as welcome as that news is, if it is actually carried out, it appears one […]
Domestic News

Lift Up Filipino Working Women This May Day

May 4, 2021 fwstaff
By GABRIELA USA – National Alliance of Filipino Women For Immediate Release May 1, 2021 Reference: Irma Shauf-Bajar, Chairperson, gabrielawomen@gmail.com On May 1st, International Workers’ Day, GABRIELA USA highlights the rise of Filipino women workers […]
Ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet threaten China
International News

Wall Street’s Drumbeat for War with China Continues Under Biden

May 4, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry In March 2016, alt-right chief Trump adviser Steve Bannon announced: We’re going to war in the South China Sea in five to 10 years. There’s no doubt about that. They’re taking their […]
Protest in Bogota, Colombia of the massive assassinations
International News

Colombia: A Glimpse into a Sad Reality

April 16, 2021 fwstaff
By Alice Loaiza When people ask me if it is safe to visit Colombia, I always answer that it is fine if you don’t speak Spanish and stay on the well-guarded tourist trail. But you […]
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on Monday released photos from inside a facility where the Biden administration is housing migrants, offering the public's first glimpse inside overflow facilities as the administration has restricted press access amid a surge of border crossings.
Domestic News

Failed Foreign and Immigration Policies Underline Crisis on the Southern Border

March 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since coming to office on January 20, the administration of President Joe Biden has faced a mounting problem of managing the influx of migrant workers and their families on the southern border […]