top of page
Search


We Will Not Move One Solitary Inch Towards Your Armageddon
Image from a Roger Waters concert, Portugal, 2023 -- Fronteira, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Roger Waters The following is a...
The Left Chapter
3 days ago12 min read
0 comments

First, They Came for the Venezuelans
Trump is turning deportation into a weapon of mass destruction. None of us—undocumented immigrants, people with papers, naturalized...
The Left Chapter
6 days ago5 min read
0 comments

Participatory Budgeting Includes Community Members in the Public Funding Process
As governmental authoritarianism intensifies, citizens “double down on democracy” through the participatory model. Participatory budget...
Michael Laxer
Mar 134 min read
0 comments


Israel Inflicts Revenge on Palestinians for Its Own Intelligence Failure
People trying to resume their daily lives in Gaza, February 22, 2025 -- Jaber Jehad Badwan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay...
Michael Laxer
Mar 124 min read
0 comments


New Yorkers Protest Trump’s Arrest of Palestinian Student Activist
Protest in New York, Marc 10, 2025 -- Image via X By Saurav Sarkar As chants of ‘No ICE , No KKK , No Fascist USA!’ echoed through...
Michael Laxer
Mar 113 min read
0 comments


This Clinic in Chicago Offers Free Legal Aid to Solidarity Economy Groups
The Community Enterprise and Solidarity Clinic is part of a growing mutual aid movement in Chicago, Illinois. The University of Illinois...
Michael Laxer
Feb 55 min read
0 comments


A New Military Strategy of French Neocolonialism in Africa: Reorganizing Under the Cover Retreat
Left parties of West Africa warn that announcements of withdrawal of troops by France-backed regimes in its former African colonies are...
Michael Laxer
Jan 2711 min read
0 comments


How a Community Collaborative in Arkansas Is Pioneering Solutions to Long-Standing Social Problems
Sankofa Village Arkansas is building an “intentional community centering Black healing, liberation, and regeneration.” Brandonrush, CC...
Michael Laxer
Jan 64 min read
0 comments


How the World Hides Liability for Climate Deaths
Unfair family planning regimes have stalled progress in the climate fight and prevent children from having a fair start in life. People...
Michael Laxer
Jan 413 min read
0 comments

Besieged and Bombed Amid Famine, Hundreds of Thousands of IDPs Struggle to Survive in Darfur
As the war between Sudan’s security forces continues into its 21st month, casualties mount in North Darfur’s besieged capital El Fasher,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20246 min read
0 comments

The Genocide Grinds On
By Vijay Prashad It has become background noise. We know it is happening, but we can almost forget that it continues at a barbaric rate....
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20245 min read
0 comments

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
0 comments

Why Do the Israelis Bomb Palestinian Homes in the Middle of the Night?
By Vijay Prashad At 10 p.m. on the night of October 28, 2024, the Israeli air force struck a five-story building in Beit Lahiya, in the...
Michael Laxer
Nov 28, 20246 min read
0 comments


Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence
We know from history that there are many ways we can live together—let’s explore the idea. Aerroscape & Lino Zeddies, CC BY-SA 4.0 By...
Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20246 min read
0 comments


Military Massacres in Sudan’s Breadbasket Are Fueling an Unprecedented Famine
Worsening the world’s largest displacement crisis, attacks by RSF killing hundreds have affected 120 villages in the Gezira, forcing...
Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20244 min read
0 comments

COP16: It’s Wild-West Capitalism Versus Life on Earth
The stakes for our collective future could not be higher, yet many decision-makers are doubling down on destructive policies. Image via...
Michael Laxer
Oct 23, 20245 min read
0 comments


The ‘Blue Economy’ Myth: We Have to Stop Thinking the Ocean Can Be Run Like a Business
Protecting the Earth’s oceans is problematic when profit is the leading concern. kees torn, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/lic...
Michael Laxer
Oct 19, 202418 min read
0 comments


Highlander Research and Education Center Brings Old-School Expertise to Present-Day Issues
Formed in the early 1930s, this Tennessee institution is still fighting for social and racial justice. Image via Highlander By Damon...
Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20247 min read
0 comments


Forests Thrive When Indigenous People Have Legal Stewardship of Their Land
The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples. Praying in the Beginning of Hudoq Kawit Ritual in Dayak Bahau...
Michael Laxer
Sep 17, 20246 min read
0 comments

How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza
Protest against the Israeli war on Gaza outside the New York Times building, November, 2023 -- image via X By Norman Solomon As the Gaza...
Michael Laxer
Sep 9, 20244 min read
0 comments
bottom of page