Michael Laxer
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...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20234 min read
There Was No Pinochet Miracle -- Only Menace and Dictatorship
Pinochet and Kissinger, 1976 By Thomas Palley, Common Dreams September 11, 2023, marks the fiftieth anniversary of General Pinochet’s...
Michael Laxer
Sep 10, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #1029
Venceremos, Salvador Allende election poster, 1970 -- Daily LIFT #1029 Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the US backed fascist coup...
Michael Laxer
Sep 8, 20235 min read
‘Chile Needs a Communist Party,’ an interview with General Secretary Lautaro Carmona
Carmona reflects on the political situation in Chile amid increased right-wing attacks, the death of the CP’s president, and the 50th...
Michael Laxer
Sep 7, 20232 min read
‘Imperialism Has Nothing to Offer Us, Only Threats’: Dilemmas of Humanity Conference Held
Panel discussion during the Dilemmas of Humanity Conference. Photo: Zoe Alexandra Global News Service “Today, the countries of the South...
Michael Laxer
Jun 7, 20232 min read
Chilean Communist Party Rejects U.S. Blockade Against Cuba
We mobilize against the criminal blockade suffered by the brotherly Cuban people, said Lautaro Carmona, secretary general of the...
Michael Laxer
Apr 26, 202316 min read
Red Review #95 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, Cuba, the USA, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the UK, Chile and elsewhere. There are also a number of stories...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 202312 min read
Red Review #94 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, the USA, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Canada, Cuba, Norway, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also a section...
Michael Laxer
Nov 14, 202214 min read
General Strike!: Red Review #80 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Canada, the UK, Honduras, Chile, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, France and elsewhere....
Michael Laxer
Oct 10, 20221 min read
Dr. Allende, print by Lea Grundig, 1974
Dr. Allende, print by Lea Grundig, 1974 Lea Grundig was a German artist who joined the Communist Party in 1924. After having been...
Michael Laxer
Sep 21, 20228 min read
Orlando Letelier, Chilean Socialist leader, murdered September 21, 1976
On September 21, 1976, Orlando Letelier -- who had held three different ministerial posts under the democratically elected Marxist...
Michael Laxer
Jul 11, 202212 min read
Uprising in Sri Lanka: Red Review #65 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Vietnam, Brazil, Ukraine, Sudan, Greece, Panama, Uruguay, the USA and elsewhere. There is also a section related to the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 4, 20221 min read
Happy 110th Anniversary to the Communist Party of Chile
The Communist Party of Chile (Partido Comunista de Chile, PCCh) was founded on June 4, 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party. We salute...
Michael Laxer
Mar 13, 202212 min read
Red Review #48 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Portugal, Cuba, Venezuela, the USA, Canada, Slovenia, the UK, India and elsewhere. There is also a section related to the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 20226 min read
2021: The year in review on The Left Chapter
2021 is done and what a year it was. Along the way we saw momentous victories for the left in Kerala, Chile, Peru, Honduras and...
Michael Laxer
Dec 26, 20215 min read
Boric takes the Presidency in Chile: Red Review #37 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirty-seventh edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the USA, Canada, Uruguay, China...
Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #606
Salvador Allende speaks at a rally in defense of the Cuban Revolution, Chile 1962 -- Daily LIFT #606
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #605
"Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to...
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20211 min read
Boric wins in Chile
In a hugely important victory for the left in South America Leftist Gabriel Boric has won the Presidency in Chile today. His far-right...
Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20212 min read
Daily LIFT #587
Castro and Allende greeted by huge crowds during Castro's visit to Chile in November, 1971 -- Daily LIFT #587 "When the revolution...
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