Michael Laxer
Niger resists in the crosshairs of sanctions and climate catastrophe
Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of unprecedented...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 222 min read
France’s Persecution of Pan-Africanist Kemi Seba
By Global News Service One of Francophone Africa’s leading anti-colonial activists, Kemi Seba, was arrested in Paris on October 14. Seba...
Michael Laxer
Sep 181 min read
Fête de l’Humanité 2024: 450,000 Stand for Palestine and Against Macron’s Power Grab
Image via X By Global News Service The 89th edition of the Fête de l’Humanité brought together over 450,000 participants for three days...
Michael Laxer
Sep 82 min read
100,000+ People Across France March to Decry Macron's 'Denial of Democracy'
"Expressing one's vote will be useless as long as Macron is in power," said one demonstrator. Protestors march in France, September 7 --...
Michael Laxer
Aug 272 min read
'This Election Is Being Stolen From Us': French Left Calls Mass Protest Against Macron
"The people must get rid of Macron for the good of democracy," said the leader of France's Green Party. Nouveau Front Populaire rally...
Michael Laxer
Jun 212 min read
KKE General Secretary critiques new French Popular Front
Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks at an election rally in Athens, June 5 -- image via the KKE on X In the recent European elections the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 148 min read
Elections for the European Parliament and the need for anti-capitalist struggle: A Communist analysis
An excellent and thorough analysis of the results of the recent European election from the Brazilian Communist Party. Elections for the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 121 min read
Left parties in France form a new Popular Front
Taking a page from the dark days of the 1930s and the rise of fascism and nazism, the major left wing parties in France are forming what...
Michael Laxer
Apr 55 min read
The Unremarkable Death of Migrants in the Sahara Desert
Djebel al-Akakus (Tadrart Acacus) mountains in a desert area in south western Libya, part of the Sahara -- Luca Galuzzi, CC BY-SA 2.5...
Michael Laxer
Mar 184 min read
The Paris Commune: The first proletarian revolutionary political power in the history of humanity
From China Pictorial Magazine, March 1971, a short, edited illustrated look at the Paris Commune at its centenary: On March 18,1871 the...
Michael Laxer
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Nigeriens Demand Exit of French Troops From Country
By Saurav Sarkar “Democracy Now!” reported on September 29 that Nigeriens had again gathered outside a French military base in Niamey,...
Michael Laxer
Sep 30, 20232 min read
Under French-Backed Military Ruler Mahamat Déby, Chad Is a “Pressure Cooker Waiting to Explode”
Chadian leader Mahamat Déby with president Emmanuel Macron of France in 2021 By Global News Service The wave of anti-French sentiment...
Michael Laxer
Aug 4, 20231 min read
Serfdom abolished in France, August 4, 1789
On August 4th, 1789 -- less than a month after the storming of the Bastille -- the revolutionary National Constituent Assembly formally...
Michael Laxer
Jun 7, 20232 min read
Hundreds of thousands of workers march across France opposing attacks on pensions
The mobilization June 6 saw 900,000 workers march in 250 rallies across the country. It is the 14th such mobilization since Macron began...
Michael Laxer
Mar 28, 20236 min read
France rising!: Red Review #91 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, the UK, Peru, Brazil, the USA, Israel and elsewhere. France rising! -- Image via Twitter March 18: Thousands...
Michael Laxer
Mar 18, 202310 min read
When the workers first held power: Joanny Berlioz on the Paris Commune
The Paris Commune, the first attempt by the modern working class to seize power in history, was proclaimed March 18, 1871. 100 years...
Michael Laxer
Mar 17, 20232 min read
French unions and Left vow to escalate resistance after Macron forces through pension "reforms"
"All of us together can win." Workers protest in Le Mans, France March 16 -- image via the CGT on Twitter French unions and Left...
Michael Laxer
Mar 7, 202311 min read
Red Review #88 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Greece, France, Tunisia, Vietnam, the USA, Swaziland, South Africa, Russia, India and elsewhere. Thousands of protesters...
Michael Laxer
Mar 7, 20231 min read
Hundreds of thousands mobilize across France again to protest attack on pensions
Workers on strike against reactionary pension "reforms" in France, March 7 -- image via the CGT on Twitter On Tuesday, March 7 hundreds...
Michael Laxer
Feb 6, 20237 min read
General strikes in France & Britain: Red Review #84 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, Britain, Ecuador, India, Venezuela, Vietnam, Russia, Belgium and elsewhere. Communists marching in the British...
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