U.S. imperialism

Sudan mass demonstrations continue against coup
International News

Sudanese Mass Organizations Reject Overtures by Military Junta

November 21, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A new “Sovereign Council” has been inaugurated in the Republic of Sudan without the endorsement of the leading forces within the ousted administration. On October 25 the military leadership of General Abdel […]
ECOWAS delegation to Guinea on Sept. 17, 2021
International News

Guinea Coup Leader Rejects ECOWAS Initiatives

October 2, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a 15-member regional organization, visited the Guinean capital of Conakry on September 17 in a bid to have the leaders of […]
Sudan woman demonstrator protests against lack of democracy
International News

Sudan Interim Regime Says It Has Thwarted a Military Coup

September 22, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe People in the Republic of Sudan and across the world awoke on September 21 to an announcement by Interim Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok that the security forces had prevented a coup by […]
Afghanistan withdrawal by the Pentagon portrayed in Global Times
International News

Post-occupation Afghanistan Seeks to Build International Relations

September 19, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After twenty years of direct military engagement and over four decades of destabilization, the United States has left a trail of devastation in Afghanistan. The crises of food deficits, economic underdevelopment and […]
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 […]