Michael Laxer
Right-wing Chilean University Finds Itself at the Center of Multiple Corruption Allegations
By Global News Service According to an investigation by the newspaper El Mostrador, the San Sebastián University (USS) may have paid an...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 76 min read
The Strange Case of the Persecution of Daniel Jadue
By Vijay Prashad Daniel Jadue, the former mayor of Recoleta (a part of Santiago, Chile), opens the door to his modest home. It is late in...
Michael Laxer
Aug 241 min read
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)...
Michael Laxer
Jul 241 min read
After 45 Days in Prison, Daniel Jadue is Dismissed as Mayor of Recoleta
Image via X By Global News Service On July 26, the commune of Recoleta in Santiago, Chile, will be forced to elect a new mayor to replace...
Michael Laxer
Jul 29 min read
Final Declaration of the XXVII Meeting of the São Paulo Forum
Photo of the final plenary session of the XXVII FSP Meeting, June 27 -- photo via the FSP The XXVII Meeting of the leftist and...
Michael Laxer
May 224 min read
Why Chile has a Palestinian football team – the bigger history
Supporters of Club Deportivo Palestino at a match v Deportes Copiapó, at Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago, Chile. Carlos yo /...
Michael Laxer
Apr 192 min read
Communist Parties of Cuba and Chile sign Exchange and Cooperation Agreement
With the signing both parties reaffirm their commitment to promote greater exchange on issues of common interest and to work towards...
Michael Laxer
Apr 182 min read
Communist elected as president of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies in historic first
Karol Cariola - image from the Library of the National Congress of Chile/CC via Morning Star As the Communist Party of Chile (CCP)...
Michael Laxer
Jan 18 min read
2023: The year in review on The Left Chapter
Palestinian flags fly at a Solidarity with Gaza march in Toronto, Canada on October 21 -- from our post: "End the Siege of Gaza Now!":...
Michael Laxer
Dec 18, 20232 min read
Chile Rejects Effort to Extend Pinochet's 'Extremist Neoliberal Model'
The proposed right-wing constitution would have further imperiled abortion rights and boosted the private sector's role in key areas,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20238 min read
Good Fucking Riddance: HK Finally Kicks His Bucket of Blood
By Abby Zimet, Common Dreams In gratitude, we mark the death of Henry Kissinger, America's peerless war criminal. As U.S officials laud...
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...
Michael Laxer
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Bolivia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel over Gaza slaughter
Minister of the Presidency, María Nela Prada, in her capacity as Acting Foreign Minister, together with the Deputy Minister of Foreign...
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."...
Michael Laxer
Sep 25, 20234 min read
Communist Party of Chile picks new General Secretary and President
New GS of the Communist Party of Chile, Bárbara Figueroa, speaks in 2021 - Mediabanco, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by...
Michael Laxer
Sep 23, 20237 min read
Treated Wastewater Is a Growing Source of Irrigation in Chile’s Arid North
The reuse of treated wastewater in vulnerable rural areas of Chile’s arid north is emerging as a new resource for the inhabitants of this...
Michael Laxer
Sep 12, 20232 min read
Boric and Former Chilean Presidents Sign Commitment for Democracy on 50th Anniversary of Coup
Thousands of women march in front of the Chilean Presidential Palace on the night of September 10, 2023 remembering the fascist coup of...
Michael Laxer
Sep 12, 20233 min read
Lessons of the fascist coup in Chile
The Presidential Palace -- in which Salvador Allende fought to the death -- is bombed during the fascist coup, September 11, 1973....
Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #1030
Incredibly powerful sculpture by Chilean artist Carlos Altamirano of the broken glasses of fallen Socialist President of Chile Salvador...
Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20233 min read
KKE on the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile and the "formulation of a revolutionary strategy"
One of the most horrific photos from the terrible day of the fascist coup in Chile There is a large section of the western liberal or...
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