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Trump’s Address to Congress Highlights the Absence of Opposition
The relentless resistance that defined Trump’s first term has faded into an unsettling quiet. A perfect storm of factors has granted him...
Michael Laxer
Mar 116 min read
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Carney caps the faux Canadian nationalist charge
The left in Canada must reject the faux Canadian nationalism of neo-liberal politicians like Mark Carney as well as its outdated "left"...
Michael Laxer
Mar 115 min read
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US organizations DAWN and CODEPINK call for ICC to investigate Biden, Blinken, and Austin
Blinken, Biden and Austin in March, 2024 -- public domain image Two US based organizations -- Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and...
Michael Laxer
Mar 23 min read
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Why Education Reformers Will Find a Home in the Trump Administration
Trump’s inclination to mix policymaking with business deals and profiteering is an ideal situation for education reformers like his...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1612 min read
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Develop the struggle for peace and internationalist solidarity against aggressive imperialism: Portuguese Communist Party
Public domain image of Donald Trump on February 9, 2025 The Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), met on February 8...
Michael Laxer
Feb 125 min read
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Washington’s Fantasy of a War Against China
Public domain image By Vijay Prashad The fragility of U.S. power was clear when a small Chinese startup released the DeepSeek machine...
Michael Laxer
Feb 55 min read
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The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia condemns the shameful actions of U.S. imperialism against Cuba
Statement: The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia condemns the shameful actions of U.S. imperialism against Cuba The New Communist Party...
Michael Laxer
Jan 282 min read
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President Trump’s first 24 hours
On day one of this presidency, Trump signed a flurry of executive orders. What are they, do they have staying power, and what do they...
Michael Laxer
Jan 275 min read
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Greek and Spanish Communists denounce Cuba's reinstatement on bogus US "terror" list
Both the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Communist Party of Spain (PCE) are strongly condemning the decision of the incoming Trump...
Michael Laxer
Jan 232 min read
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Communists in South Africa, Mexico and Croatia condemn Donald Trump's attack on Cuba
The South African Communist Party (SACP), the Communist Party of Mexico (CPM) and the Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia (SRP) are all...
Michael Laxer
Jan 225 min read
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'There Are Bodies in the Streets:' Israel Launches Attack on Jenin
"There is no cease-fire for Palestinians," said Palestinian writer Yara Hawari. Israeli military bulldozers deploying in Jenin -- image...
Michael Laxer
Jan 212 min read
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My Community Will Remember the Biden Administration for One Thing: Genocide
In less than a year, more than a dozen U.S. officials publicly resigned in protest of Biden's policy on Israel-Palestine. I was one of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 203 min read
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Gaza Cease-Fire Takes Effect After Deadly Three-Hour Delay
Israeli forces killed at least 19 Palestinians during the delay, on top of nearly 47,000 others slaughtered since October 2023....
Michael Laxer
Jan 193 min read
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The Winds of Climate Change Are Driving LA’s Fires
The fires are yet another tragic reminder of how people and our planet pay the ultimate price for climate inaction. A firefighter at work...
Michael Laxer
Jan 183 min read
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United States in 2025: Social Problems Denied via Rhetorics of Refusal
Public domain image from November, 2024 By Richard D. Wolff Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their...
Michael Laxer
Jan 177 min read
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Cuban Foreign Minister: "The next step is to lift the blockade as a whole and let Cubans live in peace"
Images via the Communist Party of Cuba By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish "It was serious, important and a step in...
Michael Laxer
Jan 174 min read
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End the blockade of Cuba! - CPUSA
Communist Party USA Statement: The Communist Party USA welcomes the long-overdue removal of Cuba from the U.S. list of State Sponsors of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 152 min read
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Cuba calls removal from US "terrorism" list a step in the right direction but blockade remains
In the final days of his presidency, Joe Biden has finally removed Cuba from the spurious and arbitrary list of countries that the US...
Michael Laxer
Jan 143 min read
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Lancet Study Finds Official Gaza Death Toll Likely a 41% Undercount
The peer-reviewed analysis estimates that Israel's assault on Gaza killed 64,260 people between October 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024—a...
Michael Laxer
Jan 103 min read
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Harris, Trudeau, and the Fall of Our Neoliberal Saviors
What is that lesson that corporate-friendly so-called "centrists" refuse to learn? That you cannot save democracy while preserving the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 86 min read
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