NWU denounces Trump’s plan for U.S. “AI dominance”

The National Writers Union (NWU) calls on Congress, state legislators, and policy makers in other countries to reject President Donald Trump’s call for U.S. “dominance” in artificial intelligence (AI). We don’t want AI policy to be set by Executive Order rather than by legislation, and we’ve already spelled out our AI wish list in our […]

NWU Commits to the Fight Against Fascism

At NWU’s first quarterly virtual Delegate Assembly held on Saturday, March 29, delegates voted to adopt a statement committing our union to beating back fascism: The NWU opposes the fascist coup that has taken over the U.S. government. We commit our union to work for the restoration of constitutional rule in the U.S., and to […]

NWU Stands Unrelentingly with Gazan Journalists

“Every day that this war goes on, our commitment to Palestinian journalists and PJS grows stronger. They will not surrender and neither will we.” The National Writers Union (NWU) unequivocally condemns Israel’s ongoing, targeted murder of journalists. We are exasperated, incensed, and heartbroken over this massacre, with impunity, of our fellow journalists. An attack on […]

NWU Statement on the Assassinations of Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi

In solidarity with our sibling union the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), and in the strongest possible terms, the National Writers Union (NWU) condemns the assassinations of our comrades Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and photographer Rami al-Rifi on July 31, 2024. The pair were killed in an Israeli strike while covering events in al-Shati Refugee […]

NWU Statement on the Attacks on Rafah

The National Writers Union is devastated by the recent Israeli airstrikes on Rafah, where more than 1.2 million people are currently sheltering. We are outraged at the dozens of Palestinians who were burned to death by U.S.-made bombs in tent encampments that were designated “safe zones.” These actions violate the International Court of Justice’s recent […]

NWU Report Details Retaliation Against Western Media Workers Speaking Out on Gaza War

As the world recognized Press Freedom Day on May 3, Palestinian journalists continued to be incarcerated, injured, and killed in record numbers by the Israeli military. Western media workers, meanwhile, face retaliation and obstruction for seeking to elevate Palestinian voices or simply expressing concern about the media’s lopsided coverage of the Israel-Gaza war. Some are even being pepper-sprayed, detained, […]

El NWU se suma al manifiesto en contra del golpismo judicial y mediático en España

El Sindicato Nacional de Escritores de EE. UU. (NWU, por sus siglas en inglés) apela al espíritu democrático y al rigor periodístico y hace un llamado urgente para que las cabeceras españolas contrasten la información antes de difundir informaciones sobre cualquier dirigente o fuerza política incluyendo el Presidente español, Pedro Sánchez.  Nuestro llamado y apoyo […]

PJS Calls for Boycott of White House Correspondents’ Dinner

We support the call of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate to boycott tomorrow’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. More than 100 journalists and media workers have been killed in the past six months of Israel’s war on Gaza, backed by the United States government. As PJS writes, “By standing in solidarity with Palestinian journalists, we uphold the […]