China | The Left Chapter 3/17

Why Poverty Reduction Under Capitalism Is a Myth

Michael Laxer

Aug 265 min read

Why Poverty Reduction Under Capitalism Is a Myth

Skid Row Los Angeles By Richard D. Wolff From its beginnings, the capitalist economic system produced both critics and celebrants, those...

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Vietnam and China release joint statement aiming to strengthen "the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries"

Michael Laxer

Aug 2611 min read

Vietnam and China release joint statement aiming to strengthen "the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries"

In a clear sign of how close and important relations between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of China are,...

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Michael Laxer

Aug 131 min read

Daily LIFT #1420

Getting the Herds Back from the Enemy, Chinese PLA Red Army woodcut by Yao Chah from near the end of the War of Resistance against...

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Capitalism, Mass Anger, and 2024 Elections

Michael Laxer

Aug 129 min read

Capitalism, Mass Anger, and 2024 Elections

Public domain image By Richard D. Wolff In the wake of his huge defeat on June 30, 2024, when 80 percent of voters rejected French...

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China denounces US imperialist National Endowment for Democracy for "carrying out subversion, infiltration and sabotage across the world"

Michael Laxer

Aug 112 min read

China denounces US imperialist National Endowment for Democracy for "carrying out subversion, infiltration and sabotage across the world"

In a remarkable recent document, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China has unequivocally denounced the...

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The US People Must Stand up Against an Unwinnable War With China

Michael Laxer

Aug 95 min read

The US People Must Stand up Against an Unwinnable War With China

It’s time to tell our government that war with China is not only unacceptable, but global suicide. An F-35C Lightning II launches from...

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Michael Laxer

Aug 61 min read

Daily LIFT #1414

Mao Zedong and the Red Guards, papercut, People's Republic of China -- Daily LIFT #1414

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Michael Laxer

Aug 31 min read

Daily LIFT #1412

Brigade Repair Shop, Wu Jim-lung, People's Republic of China 1976 -- Daily LIFT #1412

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Michael Laxer

Jul 311 min read

Daily LIFT #1410

Mao Zedong playing ping pong -- Daily LIFT #1410 This photo was first published in an edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung...

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Michael Laxer

Jul 271 min read

Daily LIFT #1406

The Young Worker, photo People's Republic of China, Zhang Congmi 1981 -- Daily LIFT #1406

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Michael Laxer

Jul 221 min read

Daily LIFT #1401

Kim Il Sung and Zhou Enlai shake hands after the signing of the Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty, July 1961...

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NATO Accelerates Its Conflict With China

Michael Laxer

Jul 195 min read

NATO Accelerates Its Conflict With China

Public domain image of the NATO Summit By Vijay Prashad At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington, the focus...

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Solidarity with the PRC! - South African Communist Party

Michael Laxer

Jul 192 min read

Solidarity with the PRC! - South African Communist Party

The South African Communist Party (SACP) released a powerful statement on Thursday, July 19 condemning ongoing US and NATO imperialist...

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Sustainable development is a chimera for the vast majority of nations - Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez

Michael Laxer

Jul 174 min read

Sustainable development is a chimera for the vast majority of nations - Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez

The China International Development Cooperation Agency reports that on July 12, senior "government officials and scholars from more than...

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Tariffs Don’t Protect Jobs. Don’t Be Fooled.

Michael Laxer

Jul 108 min read

Tariffs Don’t Protect Jobs. Don’t Be Fooled.

Biden signing the Made in America executive order, 2021 -- public domain image By Richard D. Wolff Both Trump and Biden imposed high...

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NATO’s Endgame Appears to Be Nuclear War

Michael Laxer

Jul 95 min read

NATO’s Endgame Appears to Be Nuclear War

It is downright puzzling that millions of people aren’t protesting in the streets every day to deescalate the crisis between Russia and...

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Michael Laxer

Jul 61 min read

Daily LIFT #1388

A New Teacher Arrives, poster, People's Republic of China 1954 -- Daily LIFT #1388 "Production has increased again this year, the new...

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Michael Laxer

Jul 21 min read

Daily LIFT #1385

On-the-Spot Meeting at the People's Commune, Ma Chien-ya, People's Republic of China c. 1976 -- Daily LIFT #1385

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Final Declaration of the XXVII Meeting of the São Paulo Forum

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...

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Sao Paulo Forum condemns Cuba blockade, denounces NATO imperialism and warmongering

Michael Laxer

Jul 12 min read

Sao Paulo Forum condemns Cuba blockade, denounces NATO imperialism and warmongering

By the International Relations Department of the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The Final Declaration of the XXVII...

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