Michael Laxer
The US People Must Stand up Against an Unwinnable War With China
It’s time to tell our government that war with China is not only unacceptable, but global suicide. An F-35C Lightning II launches from...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 82 min read
Looking at AMLO's radical new housing plan for Mexico
Dignified, affordable housing for working people provided by the government with constitutional guarantees. Leftists in the west should...
Michael Laxer
Aug 78 min read
Capitalism’s Unequal Distribution Deprives You of True Freedom
By Richard D. Wolff As the French economist Thomas Piketty most recently exposed, capitalism, across time and space, has always tended to...
Michael Laxer
Aug 79 min read
The Conundrums of Bangladeshi Politics
Image from the street protests in Bangladesh that brought down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina -- image via X By Vijay Prashad On Monday,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 73 min read
Bangladesh: A Popular Upsurge
Protesters in Bangladesh storm the residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina -- image via video screenshot Statements from the Communist...
Michael Laxer
Aug 62 min read
Hiroshima and Nagasaki admonish: Abolish all nuclear weapons!
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial - Alec.cortez, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons...
Michael Laxer
Aug 56 min read
The Role of Ancient DNA in Modern Traits
Ancient human retrovirus DNA could be one of the markers of susceptibility to mental illness—specifically schizophrenia, bipolar...
Michael Laxer
Aug 48 min read
Trump’s Battle for U.S. Sports
Donald Trump’s targeting of established sports leagues and promotion of alternatives have partly reshaped the American sports landscape....
Michael Laxer
Aug 36 min read
Community in Motion
Bike co-ops uphold a tradition of self-empowerment through cycling. Vegasjon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4....
Michael Laxer
Aug 35 min read
The Undemocratic Reality of Capitalism
Composite By Richard D. Wolff Fans of capitalism like to say it is democratic or that it supports democracy. Some have stretched language...
Michael Laxer
Aug 12 min read
Left parties in India call for national Palestine solidarity protest August 3
Leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party, All India Forward Bloc and...
Michael Laxer
Jul 314 min read
The fascist plan against Venezuela
By Francisco Arias Fernández, via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish If the abundant evidence of the crime, shown...
Michael Laxer
Jul 305 min read
The Venezuelan People Stay With the Bolivarian Revolution
Image via X By Vijay Prashad On July 28, the 70th birthday of Hugo Chávez (1954-2013), Nicolás Maduro Moros won the Venezuelan...
Michael Laxer
Jul 293 min read
US National Lawyers Guild electoral observers praise fairness, transparency of Venezuelan election
Maduro celebrating the election win, July 28 -- image via X Press Release: National Lawyers Guild electoral observers praise fairness,...
Michael Laxer
Jul 275 min read
Little Free Library’s Not-So-Little Commitment to Getting the Word Out
These book-sharing boxes promote literacy and strengthen communities. A Little Free Library in Toronto, J.Addams.62, CC BY-SA 4.0...
Michael Laxer
Jul 273 min read
The US must stop arming Israel
Congress should listen to the American people, not an Israeli prime minister who may be guilty of war crimes. Kamala Harris and...
Michael Laxer
Jul 264 min read
The Science of Twins and the Human Fascination With Them
Twins at a gathering of twins in Iran, 2012 - Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via...
Michael Laxer
Jul 263 min read
The legacy of July 26 is one of hope and struggle
By Marlen Carrasco Barrientos, translated from the Spanish Much more remains of that glorious July 26, 1953 than the marks of the bullets...
Michael Laxer
Jul 255 min read
Venezuela Faces a Test This Sunday
Maduro rally July 20 -- Image via X By Vijay Prashad On July 28, the people of Venezuela will go to the polls to conduct the sixth...
Michael Laxer
Jul 254 min read
A Standing Ovation for Genocide
If a man like Netanyahu had walked through their home and mangled their children’s bodies so much that they could never forget the way...
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