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A meeting of the hyenas: Conference on Ukraine
By Reinhard Lauterbach, Junge Welt, translated from the German by Helmut-Harry Loewen There are only warm words at the so-called recovery...
Michael Laxer
Jun 13, 20242 min read
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Carte blanche for neo-Nazis: Washington cancels US arms ban on Ukrainian Azov brigade
Azov soldier marching in Kiev, 2020 -- spoilt.exile, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons...
Michael Laxer
Jun 12, 20242 min read
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"Never forget the outstanding role of the Soviet army in the military defeat of Nazism" - FIR
Soviet War Memorial in Berlin - Tx0h, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons The...
Michael Laxer
May 11, 20244 min read
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German police attempt to break up commemorations of Soviet victory in WWII
Police confiscate copies of Junge Welt Via Junge Welt and the KKE - translations from the German via Helmut-Harry Loewen In a shameful...
Michael Laxer
May 11, 20242 min read
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From Namibia to Gaza With Love
The Israeli brutality in Gaza, but also the Palestinian sumud, resilience and resistance, are inspiring the Global South to reclaim its...
Michael Laxer
Apr 21, 20245 min read
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German Police Shut Down Pro-Palestine Conference
German police shut down the congress -- image via the Progressive International on X By Global News Service On April 12, in another round...
Michael Laxer
Apr 18, 20241 min read
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Europe Sleepwalks Through Its Own Dilemmas
Soldiers of NATO’s multinational enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup training with the 1st Estonian Infantry Brigade during Estonia’s...
Michael Laxer
Mar 25, 20246 min read
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Rally commemorating Latvian SS Legionnaires held in Riga,16 March 2024
Photo from the Junge Welt, Berlin-based Marxist daily, March 18, 2024 As it does annually on 16 March, the Latvian government authorised...
Michael Laxer
Mar 19, 20242 min read
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Lawsuit Accuses German Leaders of Complicity in Gaza Genocide
"This lawsuit sends a clear message to German officials: You cannot continue to remain accomplices of such crime without consequences."...
Michael Laxer
Feb 24, 20244 min read
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The Entry of a New German Left Party Shakes up the Country
Sahra Wagenknecht at the founding press conference of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, BSW -- image via video screenshot By Vijay Prashad...
Michael Laxer
Jan 24, 20245 min read
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Namibia denounces Germany's support for Israel at the ICJ
In a strongly worded rebuke, Hage Geingob, President of Namibia, has denounced Germany's decision to back Israel against genocide charges...
Michael Laxer
Jan 14, 20242 min read
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Red Review #112 -- International Left and Labour Report
With reports from Cuba, Angola, BRICS, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Greece, Bulgaria, Zambia and elsewhere . Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20239 min read
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Socialist Unity Party of Germany formed April 21, 1946
Rally for the tenth anniversary of the formation of the German Democratic Republic, 1959 The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) was...
Michael Laxer
Apr 21, 20236 min read
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Georgi Dimitrov Memorial -- Stamps of the GDR #3
Georgi Dimitrov Memorial -- Stamps of the GDR #3 A major figure in the Communist International prior to WWII, Dimitrov is perhaps most...
Michael Laxer
Apr 5, 20231 min read
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Communists win in Graz: Red Review #25 -- International Left and Labour News
The twenty-fifth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Austria, Portugal, Norway, Iceland,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 3, 202110 min read
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Red Review #13 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Bangladesh, Swaziland, India,...
Michael Laxer
Jul 11, 20218 min read
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