Michael Laxer
KKE demands "immediate and unconditional release" of Chilean Communist Daniel Jadue
Lefteris Nikolaou - Alavanos, Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Member of the European Parliament released a statement Friday (August 23)...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 236 min read
Will Bangladesh Be Another Egypt?
Image via X By Vijay Prashad The day after former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka, I was on the phone with a friend...
Michael Laxer
Aug 2310 min read
Ten Grim Climate Scenarios When Global Temperatures Rise Above 1.5 Degrees Celsius
Here’s a frightening peek into our climate-addled future. Smoke from 2023 Quebec wildfires in New York City -- Anthony Quintano, CC BY...
Michael Laxer
Aug 216 min read
The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns
The combined dangers of nuclear war and climate catastrophe have pushed the hands of the Doomsday Clock all the way to 90 seconds to...
Michael Laxer
Aug 205 min read
75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NY
Rioters during the attacks in Peekskill By Nina Silber, Professor of History, Boston University Few Americans today know about the events...
Michael Laxer
Aug 203 min read
Biden's Cruel and Orwellian Remarks on Gaza at the DNC
A speech that denied the suffering of Palestinians was a journey into an alternative universe of political guile from a president who...
Michael Laxer
Aug 198 min read
The Status of Europe’s Autonomous Movements
While the EU plays a dominant role in managing autonomous and separatist movements in member states, non-EU countries have their own...
Michael Laxer
Aug 194 min read
Partners in Genocide: Israel Is Slaughtering Palestinians with Western Arms
When the U.S. urges an end to the war in Gaza while continuing to flood Israel with more weapons, the logic seems utterly flawed and...
Michael Laxer
Aug 192 min read
Communists in India demand action, justice after rape and murder of doctor
Activists of DYFI - Democratic Youth Federation of India and SFI - Students' Federation of India protest in Delhi -- image via the CPI(M)...
Michael Laxer
Aug 176 min read
Home Improvement
The North Missoula Community Development Corporation brings permanent affordable housing to Montana. Image via the North Missoula...
Michael Laxer
Aug 162 min read
Sudanese Communist Party calls for "broadest grassroots popular movement to confront the ongoing famine and flood disaster"
Refugee camp for people fleeing the war -- image via X The Sudanese Communist Party has released a statement calling for the ""broadest...
Michael Laxer
Aug 155 min read
How to Decolonize Our Battle Against Climate Change
Rich countries have exported climate breakdown through extractive industries, creating a “carbon colonialism.” Deforestation in Papua New...
Michael Laxer
Aug 145 min read
Every Place in Gaza—Including Schools—Is a Target
Absolute devastation in Gaza -- image via the Palestinian People's Party By Vijay Prashad It is almost as if the Israeli army is trying...
Michael Laxer
Aug 129 min read
Capitalism, Mass Anger, and 2024 Elections
Public domain image By Richard D. Wolff In the wake of his huge defeat on June 30, 2024, when 80 percent of voters rejected French...
Michael Laxer
Aug 112 min read
China denounces US imperialist National Endowment for Democracy for "carrying out subversion, infiltration and sabotage across the world"
In a remarkable recent document, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China has unequivocally denounced the...
Michael Laxer
Aug 118 min read
OCLAE: 58 years of solidarity, struggle and commitment
A look at the Latin American and Caribbean Continental Organization of Students (OCLAE) on the 58th anniversary of its founding. By...
Michael Laxer
Aug 102 min read
US and 6 western ambassadors shamefully skip Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial ceremony
A scene from the ceremony -- image via X By Michael Laxer In a truly shameful decision, ambassadors from the United States, the UK,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 103 min read
Anti-abortion centers in the US deceive patients. Here is how we fight back.
“Crisis pregnancy centers” deceive patients, putting their health at risk. Education can help patients avoid these dangerous centers. By...
Michael Laxer
Aug 94 min read
Refusing to call out Islamophobia has emboldened the far right – and the current violence is the result
Image via video screenshot By Chris Allen, Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester As someone who has...
Michael Laxer
Aug 93 min read
Mass deportations in the US would be a nightmare
The popular GOP slogan would tear millions of families apart, including mine. It would also be a moral, logistical, and economic...
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