Michael Laxer
ALBA-TCP condemns US veto of UN Gaza ceasefire resolution
The ten member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) have issued a joint...
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Michael Laxer
9 hours ago5 min read
Yemen Appears to Have the Upper Hand in Its Conflict With the United States
Yemini commandos prepare to land on the Galaxy Leader, November 2023 By Vijay Prashad On November 14, 2023, a month into Israel’s...
Michael Laxer
1 day ago5 min read
Book Review: Family Ties: How a Ukrainian Nazi and a living witness link Canada to Ukraine today
Reviewed by Daniel McClelland On September 22nd, 2023, I was watching ‘The National’, Canada’s nightly news show on CBC. The first news...
Michael Laxer
1 day ago3 min read
Canada Reinvents the Xenophobic Wheel
By Saurav Sarkar Bikram Singh is running out of time on his post-study work visa in Canada. Singh is one of about 70,000 migrants who...
Michael Laxer
1 day ago3 min read
National General Strike in Greece: A workers’ uprising
Image via KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has released a statement about the massive general strike in the country on Wednesday,...
Michael Laxer
1 day ago2 min read
Communists in USA & Chile condemn Biden's authorization of Russia missile strikes
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and the Communist Party of Chile (CPC) have both issued statements denouncing the dangerous escalation of...
Michael Laxer
2 days 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
4 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
4 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
6 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
Nov 154 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
Nov 157 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
Nov 143 min read
We're taking on the most anti-union company in the US -- and we're going to win
Amazon’s union busting crusade doesn’t scare us. Organize Amazon Workers contingent in the 21st Annual Peoplehood Parade in Philadelphia,...
Michael Laxer
Nov 135 min read
The Choices That Australia Makes
The skyline of Perth seen from Kings Park, Western Australia -- Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>...
Michael Laxer
Nov 137 min read
What Will US Wars Look Like in Trump's Hands?
The team that Trump has assembled seems to offer some hope for an end to fighting in Ukraine, but little to none for peace in the Middle...
Michael Laxer
Nov 125 min read
U.S. Recruits South Korea to Help Colonize and Militarize Space
US president Joe Biden greets president Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea, August 18, 2023 at Camp David -- public domain image By...
Michael Laxer
Nov 113 min read
On Armistice Day, Veterans Call for an Armistice in Gaza and Beyond
One hundred and six years after the end of World War I, another such deadly concoction is brewing. War is permanent. Genocide is on TV. A...
Michael Laxer
Nov 85 min read
How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene. Haywood County North Carolina after...
Michael Laxer
Nov 83 min read
German communists call for strengthening the forces of peace after collapse of government
Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a statement during exercise Air Defender 2023 at Jagel Airfield, Germany, June 16, 2023 - public domain...
Michael Laxer
Nov 74 min read
Community Support Helps the Olympia, Washington Orca Book Cooperative Stay Afloat
When COVID-19 hit, U.S. bookshops were an endangered species. Olympia, Washington’s largest independent bookstore survived by embracing...
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