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Michael Laxer
Oct 19, 202418 min read
The ‘Blue Economy’ Myth: We Have to Stop Thinking the Ocean Can Be Run Like a Business
Protecting the Earth’s oceans is problematic when profit is the leading concern. kees torn, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/lic...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 17, 20242 min read
Greek Communists denounce Greece's participation in NATO nuclear exercises
A Greek F-16 Viper The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that fighter planes worth millions of euros, bought with the money of the...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 17, 20243 min read
Warped US government priorities make climate disasters worse
When the US funds wars and fossil fuel subsidies instead of green jobs and disaster recovery, it punishes those who can least afford it....
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Michael Laxer
Oct 17, 20246 min read
Not Just Its Neighbors, Israel Makes War on the Entire World
Israel’s relationship with the UN and the rest of the world is at a breaking point, and U.S. obstruction offers no solution to this...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 15, 20245 min read
When Children Are Murdered, What Is There to Celebrate?
By Vijay Prashad After news broke that Han Kang—the South Korean author—had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, her father—the novelist...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 14, 20243 min read
It won't just be Haitians who suffer due to anti-immigrant lies in the US
Politicians are attempting to redefine who counts as an “American,” with my Black immigrant family and people like us on the outside....
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Michael Laxer
Oct 13, 20244 min read
Mapping the Solidarity Economy
The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations. The community owned Wild Onion...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 13, 20244 min read
Corporate Politics and the Big Party Debate in BC
Image via X By Gabriel Haythornthwaite Leading up to the Oct 19th BC general election, corporate media giant Global TV hosted an elite...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 9, 202411 min read
What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like?
The seven steps that could help build a social movement and ensure a sustainable future. kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 9, 20242 min read
British Communists slam Labour's "big business and war" priorities
Keir Starmer on October 2, 2024 - Number 10, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Communist...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 9, 20243 min read
The mounting costs to the US people for enabling Israel's war on Gaza
Most Americans oppose this horrific war, but a year in we’re still paying for it — at the expense of our own safety, security, and...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 8, 20242 min read
Being like Che: Inspiration for the new generations
By Marlen Carrasco, Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Today, the world faces complex challenges: social inequality,...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 7, 20243 min read
We stand against the widening of war in the Middle East!: Joint Statement of Communist and Workers Parties
Flags of Palestine and Lebanon fly at a protest in Sydney, Australia, January 2024 -- image via X A number of Communist and workers'...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20245 min read
What We Can Learn from Gen Z Workers
Rather than blame young workers for bad attitudes, we need to understand why Gen Z prioritizes its well-being over company health—and...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20247 min read
Highlander Research and Education Center Brings Old-School Expertise to Present-Day Issues
Formed in the early 1930s, this Tennessee institution is still fighting for social and racial justice. Image via Highlander By Damon...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20241 min read
Cuba denounces US complicity with violent acts against the socialist nation
Cuban embassy in Washington DC -- Difference engine, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20241 min read
Sudanese Communists condemn attack on Central Committee member
Sudanese Communist rally before the civil war. The Sundanese Communist Party has released a statement condemning the shooting and...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 5, 20244 min read
Urgent appeal to stop the spiral of war and defend global peace
Public domain image The internationalist Patrice Lumumba Association for International Solidarity has launched an urgent appeal to the...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 4, 20243 min read
Getting shorter and going hungrier: how children in the UK live today
Tom Axford 1, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 4, 20243 min read
Highway Robbery: How Bad Trade Policies Make Life Unaffordable
A lawsuit over toll booths in Honduras shows how corporate trade policies make life unlivable in poor countries — and send people fleeing...
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