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Students, Professors, and Workers Call for Resistance Against Milei’s Attacks on Public Universities

Michael Laxer

Sep 251 min read

Students, Professors, and Workers Call for Resistance Against Milei’s Attacks on Public Universities

By Global News Service Students, professors, and administrative workers at universities in Argentina are preparing for several weeks of...

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'Argentina Stopped': Unions Hold Second General Strike Over Milei Austerity

Michael Laxer

May 103 min read

'Argentina Stopped': Unions Hold Second General Strike Over Milei Austerity

"It is a day of resistance and demand," said trade groups that organized the action "in defense of democracy, labor rights, and the...

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Milei Celebrates Violent Repression of Thousands Protesting Hunger in Argentina

Michael Laxer

Apr 191 min read

Milei Celebrates Violent Repression of Thousands Protesting Hunger in Argentina

Image via X By Global News Service On April 10, the Federal Police and the Police of the city of Buenos Aires violently evicted and...

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5th People’s Health Assembly Begins in Mar del Plata

Michael Laxer

Apr 111 min read

5th People’s Health Assembly Begins in Mar del Plata

A panel at the assembly -- image via PHA website By Global News Service Over 600 activists from around the world have converged in Mar...

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Argentine Diplomats Expelled From Colombia Following Explosive Comments by Milei

Michael Laxer

Apr 21 min read

Argentine Diplomats Expelled From Colombia Following Explosive Comments by Milei

Public Domain Image By Global News Service Argentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei is under fire from his counterparts in the...

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Unions Lead Protests Against Milei's Anti-Worker Decree in Argentina

Michael Laxer

Dec 28, 20232 min read

Unions Lead Protests Against Milei's Anti-Worker Decree in Argentina

"The Argentine people chose Milei as president of the nation, not as emperor," asserted one Buenos Aires demonstrator. Thousands rally in...

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Argentinians Defy Milei's Crackdown With Mass Protests Against Austerity

Michael Laxer

Dec 21, 20233 min read

Argentinians Defy Milei's Crackdown With Mass Protests Against Austerity

"This country's problem is not protests," said one demonstrator. "The country's problem is that Milei took away 50% of our purchasing...

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Milei Couples 'Total Crackdown' on Protest With Economic Shocks in Argentina

Michael Laxer

Dec 16, 20233 min read

Milei Couples 'Total Crackdown' on Protest With Economic Shocks in Argentina

"Protest is elemental to Argentine social and political life, so it's not difficult to imagine how this ends," said one journalist. By...

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Are There Any Paranoids in the Stadium Tonight? Two Nights in Santiago With Roger Waters

Michael Laxer

Nov 28, 20236 min read

Are There Any Paranoids in the Stadium Tonight? Two Nights in Santiago With Roger Waters

Image via Vijay Prashad on X By Vijay Prashad No one does a stadium show like Roger Waters. The music, of course, is resplendent, but so...

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Far-Right Libertarian Javier Milei Is the Next President of Argentina

Michael Laxer

Nov 22, 20231 min read

Far-Right Libertarian Javier Milei Is the Next President of Argentina

Javier Milei By Global News Service Javier Milei, the candidate of the Liberty Advances far-right libertarian party, was victorious in...

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Argentina condemns Israeli attack on Jabalia as outrage grows in Latin America

Michael Laxer

Nov 1, 20231 min read

Argentina condemns Israeli attack on Jabalia as outrage grows in Latin America

Man holds up Palestinian flag at a Palestinian solidarity rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 19 Argentina's Foreign Ministry has...

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Ceasefire Now! Red Review #117 -- International Left and Labour Report

Michael Laxer

Oct 29, 202312 min read

Ceasefire Now! Red Review #117 -- International Left and Labour Report

With reports from Argentina, Canada, the USA, Cyprus, Iceland, Cuba, Kenya and elsewhere and with a very large section of news and...

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Elections in Argentina: A Working Class Perspective

Michael Laxer

Oct 26, 20234 min read

Elections in Argentina: A Working Class Perspective

Sergio Massa speaks on October 22 By Taroa Zúñiga Silva A few days before the October 22 elections in Argentina, almost 90 percent of the...

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Sergio Massa Pulls Ahead in First-Round Presidential Election in Argentina

Michael Laxer

Oct 25, 20231 min read

Sergio Massa Pulls Ahead in First-Round Presidential Election in Argentina

By Global News Service Argentina will head to runoff presidential elections after the Unión Por la Patria (Union for the Homeland)...

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Latin American Women Take to the Streets on International Safe Abortion Day

Michael Laxer

Sep 29, 20233 min read

Latin American Women Take to the Streets on International Safe Abortion Day

One activist in Mexico said the country's green wave movement now had the task of "decriminalizing abortion in the minds of the people."...

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The Perilous Path From Western Domination to De-Dollarization

Michael Laxer

Sep 28, 202312 min read

The Perilous Path From Western Domination to De-Dollarization

By Justin Podur Two interesting things happened at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. Several new members were invited to join...

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Red Review #54 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Apr 25, 20225 min read

Red Review #54 -- International Left and Labour News

With news from Cuba, Nicaragua, Greece, the USA, Mexico and elsewhere. Evo Morales with Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez in Cuba, April 23...

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Michael Laxer

Mar 10, 20226 min read

Che Guevara: 32 images from 1940-1967

Over the course of February we shared daily photos of Che Guevara, iconic revolutionary leader and hero. These came from a Soviet archive...

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Red Review #43 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Feb 6, 202211 min read

Red Review #43 -- International Left and Labour News

The forty-third edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Kenya, India, Portugal, Cuba,...

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Starbucks US union first: Red Review #35 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Dec 12, 20217 min read

Starbucks US union first: Red Review #35 -- International Left and Labour News

The thirty-fifth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the US, Australia, the UK, Nepal,...

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