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As History Erasure Intensifies, Independent Internet Archives Are Helping Fortify the ‘Digital Preservation Infrastructure’
These online resources hold crucial information on history, social issues, and activism. Public domain image By Damon Orion Despite...

The Left Chapter
15 hours ago6 min read
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The People’s Network for Land and Liberation Is Building Alternatives to the Current ‘War-and-Empire Global Economy’
This consortium of community-based organizations is working toward decolonization and economic democracy. People's Network for Land and...

The Left Chapter
4 days ago6 min read
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Serbia’s Political Deadlock: Do Students Have a Plan?
Protestors in Belgrade, March 14 -- image via video screenshot By Biljana Vankovska For nearly five months, Serbia has lived in a state...

The Left Chapter
Mar 315 min read
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How Worker-Owned News Outlets Are Changing the Media Industry
For growing numbers of media companies, employee ownership offers journalistic freedom and job stability. By Damon Orion The arrival of...

The Left Chapter
Mar 295 min read
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Participatory Budgeting Includes Community Members in the Public Funding Process
As governmental authoritarianism intensifies, citizens “double down on democracy” through the participatory model. Participatory budget...
Michael Laxer
Mar 134 min read
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New Yorkers Protest Trump’s Arrest of Palestinian Student Activist
Protest in New York, Marc 10, 2025 -- Image via X By Saurav Sarkar As chants of ‘No ICE , No KKK , No Fascist USA!’ echoed through...
Michael Laxer
Mar 113 min read
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Why Wikis Are a Useful Tool to Protect Online Information From Being ‘Disappeared’
Wiki sites are at the forefront of a shift toward decentralized information sharing. Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons...
Michael Laxer
Mar 65 min read
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Why Education Reformers Will Find a Home in the Trump Administration
Trump’s inclination to mix policymaking with business deals and profiteering is an ideal situation for education reformers like his...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1612 min read
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How a Worker Cooperative Is Mitigating the Stray Animal Crisis in Texas
Houston’s Pet Care Co-op empowers humans and helps animals survive. Representational image -- Nhandler, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons...
Michael Laxer
Feb 84 min read
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This Clinic in Chicago Offers Free Legal Aid to Solidarity Economy Groups
The Community Enterprise and Solidarity Clinic is part of a growing mutual aid movement in Chicago, Illinois. The University of Illinois...
Michael Laxer
Feb 55 min read
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A New Military Strategy of French Neocolonialism in Africa: Reorganizing Under the Cover Retreat
Left parties of West Africa warn that announcements of withdrawal of troops by France-backed regimes in its former African colonies are...
Michael Laxer
Jan 2711 min read
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Abolish Climate Disasters
We need to apply an abolitionist framework to climate change, pouring money into a safe and resilient climate and out of the oil-based...
Michael Laxer
Jan 236 min read
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How a Community Collaborative in Arkansas Is Pioneering Solutions to Long-Standing Social Problems
Sankofa Village Arkansas is building an “intentional community centering Black healing, liberation, and regeneration.” Brandonrush, CC...
Michael Laxer
Jan 64 min read
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How the World Hides Liability for Climate Deaths
Unfair family planning regimes have stalled progress in the climate fight and prevent children from having a fair start in life. People...
Michael Laxer
Jan 413 min read
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How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship Works to Uproot Racism in the Food System
This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system. By Damon Orion Racism has been embedded in America’s...
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 202411 min read
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With Martial Law Defeated, Now Is a Decisive Moment for Change in South Korea
South Koreans protest against the president, December 4 -- image via Hashflu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Steven Lee Late at...
Michael Laxer
Dec 11, 20245 min read
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The Commercial Fishing Industry Is Destroying Vital Marine Ecosystems
Fish are sentient beings subjected to cruelty to maximize profits for the multibillion-dollar industry. By Vicky Bond The unsustainable...
Michael Laxer
Dec 8, 202410 min read
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Time for Truthful Narratives on Immigration
The “migrant crisis” was manufactured and is the fault of both Trump and Biden. We need to understand that the U.S. needs immigrants more...
Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20246 min read
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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
Nov 18, 20244 min read
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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 8, 20245 min read
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