Michael Laxer
Amílcar Cabral, Guinean Revolutionary Leader b. September 12, 1924
Amílcar Cabral, Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean revolutionary, theoretician and independence leader, was born September 12, 1924. He was...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20231 min read
The Highest Example of Heroism -- Salvador Allende: Video
The Highest Example of Heroism -- Salvador Allende Today is the 50th anniversary of the US and western backed fascist coup that overthrew...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20231 min read
Remembering W.E.B. Du Bois, scholar, civil rights activist, historian and communist: Video
W.E.B. Du Bois, the scholar, civil rights activist, historian and communist was born in 1868 in Massachusetts. He died on August 27, 1963...
Michael Laxer
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Video: A Visit to Soviet Frunze
During the Soviet era the capital of the Kirghiz SSR was Frunze. Frunze was named after the Bolshevik revolutionary leader Mikhail Frunze...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Sacco and Vanzetti Murdered August 23, 1927
Sacco and Vanzetti Murdered August 23, 1927 Shortly after midnight on August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were murdered...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Red Army wins the Battle of Kursk August 23, 1943: Video
Today marks the anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kursk (August 23, 1943) where the soldiers of the Red Army emerged victorious at...
Michael Laxer
Jun 13, 20201 min read
Paris Black Lives Matter March June 13
Huge crowds rallied against police racism and violence in Paris, France June 13, 2020.
Michael Laxer
Jun 10, 20201 min read
Statues of oppression
Around the world statues that were symbols of oppression are falling.
Michael Laxer
Jun 7, 20201 min read
Black Lives Matter Global Protests June 6
On June 6 hundreds of thousands marched in solidarity with Black Lives Matter around the world. Here is video from Paris, London Ontario...
Michael Laxer
May 30, 20202 min read
"I think we are witnessing America as a failed social experiment."
The full text of Cornel West's statement on CNN I think we are witnessing America as a failed social experiment. What I mean by that is...
Michael Laxer
May 28, 20201 min read
Thus Spoke Parenti
Hellworld Episode #10 In this episode, we take a look at the inspiring uprising in Minneapolis, and how it plays into the wider successes...
Michael Laxer
May 25, 20201 min read
Who is being sacrificed to reopen?
People are being and will be sacrificed to reopen the economy. These sacrifices are not falling at all equally. It is understandable that...
Michael Laxer
May 5, 20201 min read
Death Cult Capitalism
Despite what the politicians say the "curve" does not seem to be flattening as much as they are saying in places like Ontario and the...
Michael Laxer
Apr 29, 20201 min read
Bailouts for billionaires mean big gains for Wall St and Bay St. on the eve of May Day
If you were in any doubt who the bailouts are really for Wall St. stocks saw record gains in April even as millions of people lost their...
Michael Laxer
Apr 25, 20201 min read
Blockade No, Solidarity Yes! US imperialist sanctions need to end
In this dispatch, Michael Laxer looks at how -- in contrast to Cuban internationalism and humanitarianism -- the US government has...
Michael Laxer
Apr 20, 20201 min read
Social distancing is important...which is why our politicians need to stop being hypocrites about it
In this dispatch, Michael Laxer looks at the dark and dangerous cloud of hypocrisy that surrounds the calls by our politicians for social...
Michael Laxer
Apr 18, 20201 min read
Doug Ford does not deserve any praise...and neither do other neo-liberal politicians
In this first The Left Chapter audio dispatch, Michael Laxer looks at how we rally around "leaders" like Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau in...
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