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Chad declares food emergency during June 2022
International News

Chad Declares Food Emergency

June 9, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Two of the major agencies affiliated with the United Nations are warning of the potential for widespread hunger and famine in several geo-political regions of the world. The World Food Program (WFP) […]
Domestic News

95 Days

June 8, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole It took 95 days. Since the beginning of the February 24 special military operation in Ukraine by the Russian Federation the New York Times and the rest of the mass capitalist media […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Senegalese President Mack Sall head of the AU, June 3, 2022
International News

African Union Leaders Meet with Russian Government Amid Escalating Food Crisis

June 6, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In at least two regions of the African continent food deficits are a major concern for political officials and humanitarian organizations. The Russian special military operations in neighboring Ukraine have brought to […]
Africa and Russia Summit during 2019
Domestic News

Congress Passes Anti-Russia Bill Reinforcing Neo-colonialism in Africa

June 2, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A United States Congressional bill has been approved by a wide margin that would target and punish African states that maintain political and economic relations with the Russian Federation. The hostile action […]
Domestic News

Labor Council opposes $40 billion in military aid to Ukraine

May 22, 2022 fwstaff
Source:  @troyarealaborcouncil The Troy Area (NY) Labor Council passed the following resolution in opposition to the $40 billion in military aid to Ukraine. The resolution could be summarized as saying, “Money for housing, education and […]
International News

Biden Redeploys Pentagon Troops to Somalia

May 20, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Joe Biden of the United States has announced through the Department of Defense the redeployment of Pentagon troops to the Horn of Africa state of Somalia. This is not the first […]
Lenin - Right of Nations to Self-Determination
International News

Self-Determination – But not in the service of imperialism

May 16, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole The right of oppressed nations to self-determination was a concept argued for and implemented by the great Russian revolutionary V. I. Lenin. Some socialist contemporaries of Lenin in the early 1900s argued […]
Detroit demonstration at Wayne County Treasurer against tax foreclosures
Domestic News

Detroit’s Fiscal Budget: A Case Study in Corporate Domination

May 13, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A recent debate over the fiscal budget for 2022-2023 for the City of Detroit revealed the political character of the current administration and City Council. The budget was approved for $2.4 billion […]
International News

Mayday declaration against NATO’s proxy imperialist war on Russia

May 7, 2022 fwstaff
On May Day, the international day of solidarity of the workers of the world, the following groups and individuals proclaim our united opposition to the greatest threat to the global working class: imperialist war. We declare our […]
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov holds press conference with UN Secretary General Guterres
International News

U.N. Secretary General Hold Talks in Moscow and Kyiv on Ukraine War

May 2, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres traveled on April 28 to the Russian Federation holding high-level talks with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The topic of the discussions centered on […]