Michael Laxer
The Left Wins Presidential Election in Sri Lanka
By Atul Chandra and Vijay Prashad On September 22, 2024, the Sri Lankan election authority announced that Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 273 min read
Kenyan Communists say "Too Little, Too Late: Ruto Must Resign"
Scene from one of the street protests of the last few days -- image via X After days of mass protests involving hundreds of thousands of...
Michael Laxer
Jun 263 min read
Kenyan Communists call on President Ruto to resign amid police violence and mass resistance
Mass protests in Nairobi -- image via X Update June 26: In a victory for people power, Kenyan President Ruto has withdrawn the Finance...
Michael Laxer
May 145 min read
Ravaged by Floods: Afghanistan’s Desperate Plight
Unprecedented flash floods wreak havoc in Afghanistan, leaving devastation in their wake and plunging the nation into crisis. Ghor...
Michael Laxer
Mar 285 min read
Sri Lanka: Govt-IMF Reach Agreement but Basic Question Remains
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has worsened due to IMF deals, causing social unrest, unemployment, poverty, and food insecurity, and posing...
Michael Laxer
Mar 272 min read
Cost of Living Crisis Worsens in Egypt Soon After the IMF Loan Deal
By Global News Service Egyptians are being hit with another round of price increases at the end of March 2024, less than three weeks...
Michael Laxer
Dec 16, 20233 min read
Milei Couples 'Total Crackdown' on Protest With Economic Shocks in Argentina
"Protest is elemental to Argentine social and political life, so it's not difficult to imagine how this ends," said one journalist. By...
Michael Laxer
Oct 11, 20232 min read
IMF Pushes World’s Poorest Countries Into “Starvation Diet” as Debt Burdens Spiral
By Global News Service The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank began their annual meetings in the Moroccan city of...
Michael Laxer
Sep 28, 202312 min read
The Perilous Path From Western Domination to De-Dollarization
By Justin Podur Two interesting things happened at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. Several new members were invited to join...
Michael Laxer
Sep 9, 20232 min read
Activists Mohamed Adel and Mahmoud Hussein Jailed in Egypt
Mahmoud Hussein Global News Service The Egyptian government continues its persecution of activists and critics despite the so-called...
Michael Laxer
Sep 7, 20235 min read
Economic Growth in G7 Versus BRICS: A Reality Check
By Richard D. Wolff In the United Kingdom, the BBC prepared and published data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in January...
Michael Laxer
Oct 14, 20212 min read
Think we can't afford free transit? Think again.
The $11 million per minute that the fossil fuel industry receives in subsidies shows that we can. A bus in Kansas City which has extended...
Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Thomas Sankara b. December 21, 1949.
The great revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was born December 21, 1949. Sankara became the first president of Burkina Faso in 1983. His...
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