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A Palestinian's Year in Review: Genocide in Gaza
While Israel's desperate attempt to control the global narrative on the Gaza genocide largely failed, the ethnic cleansing continues....
Michael Laxer
Dec 30, 20247 min read
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Thousands march in Havana as Díaz-Canel denounces US blockade
Images via the PCC Translated from the Spanish The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and...
Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20242 min read
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US Political Economy Contradictions as We Lurch Into 2025
President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, in the Oval Office -- public domain image By...
Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20245 min read
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The Democratic Party Faces Its Day of Reckoning
By Leonard C. Goodman Following its crushing defeat in the 2024 election, the Democratic Party might finally face its day of reckoning....
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 20247 min read
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How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship Works to Uproot Racism in the Food System
This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system. By Damon Orion Racism has been embedded in America’s...
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 202411 min read
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Time for Truthful Narratives on Immigration
The “migrant crisis” was manufactured and is the fault of both Trump and Biden. We need to understand that the U.S. needs immigrants more...
Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20246 min read
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Mexico's Leftist President Rips Trump Tariff Threat
"If even a small percentage of what the United States allocates to war were instead dedicated to building peace and fostering...
Michael Laxer
Nov 27, 20243 min read
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A Reformist Program on Immigration (or What Harris Might Have Said)
Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Richard D. Wolff The immigration issue...
Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20246 min read
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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...
Michael Laxer
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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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 13, 20247 min read
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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 8, 20245 min read
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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
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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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 21, 20246 min read
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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 14, 20243 min read
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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 4, 20245 min read
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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
Oct 2, 20247 min read
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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 29, 20243 min read
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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 12, 20243 min read
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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
Sep 11, 20247 min read
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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 30, 20248 min read
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