Michael Laxer
Canada Reinvents the Xenophobic Wheel
By Saurav Sarkar Bikram Singh is running out of time on his post-study work visa in Canada. Singh is one of about 70,000 migrants who...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 137 min read
What Will US Wars Look Like in Trump's Hands?
The team that Trump has assembled seems to offer some hope for an end to fighting in Ukraine, but little to none for peace in the Middle...
Michael Laxer
Nov 85 min read
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 63 min read
Establishment "liberalism" fails yet again: On the victory of Donald Trump
A The Left Chapter Editorial. In the end it was not even close. The overtly fascistic and authoritarian Donald Trump easily defeated...
Michael Laxer
Oct 216 min read
Why Are Young Working-Class Men More ‘Conservative’?
It’s not just about women’s increasing power and independence—it’s about capitalism failing us all. By Sonali Kolhatkar It has been a...
Michael Laxer
Oct 143 min read
It won't just be Haitians who suffer due to anti-immigrant lies in the US
Politicians are attempting to redefine who counts as an “American,” with my Black immigrant family and people like us on the outside....
Michael Laxer
Oct 45 min read
Biden's Destructive Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran
Biden has been out of his depth throughout this crisis, relying on political instincts from an era when acting tough and blindly...
Michael Laxer
Oct 27 min read
US Hostility Toward China Threatens Global Climate Progress
The U.S. orders China to contribute more to countering climate change, all while treating China’s growing dominance over the “green...
Michael Laxer
Sep 293 min read
The Ugly Anti-Black Racism at the Heart of Trump's Attacks on Haitian Immigrants
One of the key lessons of the events in Springfield is that this type of hatred doesn’t just hurt the intended target, but whole...
Michael Laxer
Sep 123 min read
Why the US far right lies about immigrants
Springfield, Ohio’s immigrant influx is a success story, not a scandal. But when powerful people don’t want to share prosperity, they...
Michael Laxer
Sep 117 min read
Take Cuba off the list of sponsors of terrorism!: Open Letter
Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons From Casa de las Americas in Havana:...
Michael Laxer
Aug 308 min read
Growing Challenges for Dems in Arab and Muslim Voting Hotspots Across the U.S
While the Gaza War has brought attention to the political influence of Arab and Muslim Americans amid the election season, their growing...
Michael Laxer
Aug 216 min read
The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns
The combined dangers of nuclear war and climate catastrophe have pushed the hands of the Doomsday Clock all the way to 90 seconds to...
Michael Laxer
Aug 205 min read
75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NY
Rioters during the attacks in Peekskill By Nina Silber, Professor of History, Boston University Few Americans today know about the events...
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...
Michael Laxer
Aug 48 min read
Trump’s Battle for U.S. Sports
Donald Trump’s targeting of established sports leagues and promotion of alternatives have partly reshaped the American sports landscape....
Michael Laxer
Jul 314 min read
The fascist plan against Venezuela
By Francisco Arias Fernández, via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish If the abundant evidence of the crime, shown...
Michael Laxer
Jul 233 min read
KKE delegation visits Cuba, pledges to intensify solidarity efforts
Photos via Roberto Morales Ojeda on X The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that a delegation of the KKE, headed by the General...
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...
Michael Laxer
May 302 min read
KKE demand Cuba's removal from US "terrorism" list
In a letter to Greek Foreign Minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis, the MPs and the MEPs of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) are demanding...
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