Michael Laxer
ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas Leader
A panel of ICC judges said there are "reasonable grounds to believe" Israel's prime minister and former defense minister are guilty of...
top of page
Search
Michael Laxer
10 hours ago1 min read
Daily LIFT #1497
Still Life With Lenin, photograph, Vladimir Rufinovich Lagranzh, USSR -- Daily LIFT #1497
Michael Laxer
15 hours ago2 min read
KKE: Greece must be immediately disengaged from the imperialist war in Ukraine
With the alarming escalation of the imperialist war in Ukraine by the recent decision of the United States to permit its missiles to be...
Michael Laxer
21 hours ago1 min read
Mass General Strike in Greece
Image via X On November 20, the workers of Greece took to the streets in a massive general strike. Among other services it halted the...
Michael Laxer
1 day ago2 min read
The 17th Chess Olympiad, Havana 1966
The International Chess Federation's (FIDE) 17th Chess Olympiad was held in Havana, Cuba between October 23 and November 20, 1966. 52...
Michael Laxer
2 days ago1 min read
Daily LIFT #1496
Komsomol women at the ‘Svetlana Factory’, painting, A.G. Sittaro (1906-1942), USSR 1937 -- Daily LIFT #1496 Sittaro, a painter also...
Michael Laxer
2 days ago2 min read
Cuba condemns continued Israeli airstrikes
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, November 18 released a statement condemning continuing Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and...
Michael Laxer
2 days ago4 min read
This Chicago Community Envisions a World Without Prisons and Police
The #LetUsBreathe Collective offers a hub for art, activism, and healing to those impacted by mass incarceration. By Damon Orion Often...
Michael Laxer
3 days ago3 min read
Thousands march in Athens to commemorate Polytechnic Uprising and demand an end to imperialist war
Images via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that just a few days before the 24-hour national general strike planned...
Michael Laxer
4 days ago1 min read
Daily LIFT #1495
Enver Hoxha in his office, People's Socialist Republic of Albania, early 1980s -- Daily LIFT #1495
Michael Laxer
5 days ago3 min read
Thousands March in London to Demand End of Fossil Fuels and Gaza Genocide
"We won't stop until political leaders divest from war and destruction—and invest in a just, ecological, and equitable transition," said...
Michael Laxer
5 days ago1 min read
Daily LIFT #1494
The Victory of Communism is Inevitable, motor plant shopfloor, USSR 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1494
Michael Laxer
5 days ago5 min read
Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power Sweeps General Election
Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaks on the morning of the election -- image via X By Shiran Illanperuma On October 15, data from the Election...
Michael Laxer
6 days ago4 min read
Military Massacres in Sudan’s Breadbasket Are Fueling an Unprecedented Famine
Worsening the world’s largest displacement crisis, attacks by RSF killing hundreds have affected 120 villages in the Gezira, forcing...
Michael Laxer
6 days ago7 min read
Niger resists in the crosshairs of sanctions and climate catastrophe
Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of unprecedented...
Michael Laxer
6 days ago1 min read
Sri Lankan leftists win landslide parliamentary mandate
Dissanayake at a rally November 11 - image via X Various Sources Sri Lanka's leftist coalition, led by President Anura Kumara...
Michael Laxer
6 days ago4 min read
Abahlali baseMjondolo condemns forced evictions in South Africa
100 days into the Government of National Unity, the shack dwellers movement condemns a sharp uptick in forced evictions in informal...
Michael Laxer
6 days ago1 min read
Daily LIFT #1493
March on the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR, November 1940 -- Daily LIFT #1493
Michael Laxer
6 days ago2 min read
Valencia workers and residents demand accountability for October floods
Over 100,000 people marched in Valencia on November 9, demanding accountability from regional authorities following catastrophic floods...
Michael Laxer
7 days ago6 min read
Israel’s neighbors call for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon at Arab-Islamic Summit
The summit is the second of its kind since the aggression began in October 2023, though the participating nations have taken no concrete...
bottom of page