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2021: The year in review on The Left Chapter

Michael Laxer

Jan 1, 20226 min read

2021: The year in review on The Left Chapter

2021 is done and what a year it was. Along the way we saw momentous victories for the left in Kerala, Chile, Peru, Honduras and...

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"Only international cooperation and solidarity will save humanity"

Michael Laxer

Dec 13, 20214 min read

"Only international cooperation and solidarity will save humanity"

The Cuban statement to the Extraordinary Teleconference of the International Meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties. The...

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US claims about Russian "aggression" are a hypocritical farce

Michael Laxer

Dec 8, 20213 min read

US claims about Russian "aggression" are a hypocritical farce

If you read almost any of the western mainstream media you would have basically no idea that there is a lot more to the ongoing situation...

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Red Review #29 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Oct 31, 202111 min read

Red Review #29 -- International Left and Labour News

The twenty-ninth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Canada, the United States, Sudan,...

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Petition calls on Canada to strongly oppose US sanctions on Cuba

Michael Laxer

Oct 30, 20212 min read

Petition calls on Canada to strongly oppose US sanctions on Cuba

A new petition to Canada's parliament sponsored by NDP MP Niki Ashton calls on the Canadian government to take a stronger stance in...

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Trudeau echoes Trump in equating "far-left" and far-right

Michael Laxer

Oct 15, 20212 min read

Trudeau echoes Trump in equating "far-left" and far-right

It is utterly ridiculous to claim, as Trudeau did, that the "far-left" spreads fear, hate and white supremacy. Remember when former US...

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UN & CELAC: Red Review #24 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Sep 26, 20219 min read

UN & CELAC: Red Review #24 -- International Left and Labour News

The twenty-fourth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Russia, Cuba, Tunisia, Ukraine,...

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Changing the paradigm: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks at the UN

Michael Laxer

Sep 23, 20219 min read

Changing the paradigm: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks at the UN

The full text of the Cuban President's tour-de-force speech to the United Nations, September 23, that touches on global inequality,...

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CP of Spain: The "workers of the world cannot ignore the suffering of Afghanistan"

Michael Laxer

Aug 19, 20213 min read

CP of Spain: The "workers of the world cannot ignore the suffering of Afghanistan"

"Twenty years of war and military occupation in Afghanistan end for the United States with a strategic disaster and a painful withdrawal...

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UK union Unite condemns "inhumane blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba"

Michael Laxer

Jul 21, 20212 min read

UK union Unite condemns "inhumane blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba"

Cubans at a mass rally in defense of the Revolution and against the blockade, Havana July 17 -- image via Twitter One of the UK's leading...

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Michael Laxer

Jul 12, 20215 min read

Solidarity with Cuba!

Cubans rally in support of the Revolution, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks and statements of solidarity come in from around...

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UN votes overwhelmingly to demand an end to the embargo against Cuba

Michael Laxer

Jun 23, 20212 min read

UN votes overwhelmingly to demand an end to the embargo against Cuba

The vote was a staggering 184 in favour with only the United States and Israel voting against. There were 3 abstentions. Image via...

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Illinois House calls for an end to the US economic embargo and blockade of Cuba

Michael Laxer

Jun 2, 20213 min read

Illinois House calls for an end to the US economic embargo and blockade of Cuba

On May 30 the Illinois House of Representatives adopted a resolution calling for an end to the US economic embargo and blockade of Cuba....

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Petition calls on Canadian government to robustly oppose US sanctions on Cuba

Michael Laxer

May 29, 20212 min read

Petition calls on Canadian government to robustly oppose US sanctions on Cuba

A new petition to Canada's parliament calls on the Canadian government to take a more robust stance in opposition to the continuing US...

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The streets will not push Biden left, only an organized Left party will do that

Michael Laxer

Nov 6, 20203 min read

The streets will not push Biden left, only an organized Left party will do that

What many progressives and leftists seem to fail to understand is that fascism in the US is a process more than an ideology and the...

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The Worst Show on Earth -- 2020 Edition Continued: Trump Judicial Coup or Regressive Blue Dog Rule?

Michael Laxer

Nov 4, 20204 min read

The Worst Show on Earth -- 2020 Edition Continued: Trump Judicial Coup or Regressive Blue Dog Rule?

The marked shortfall of the Democrats in 2020 is, again, primarily a product of elite liberal arrogance. Photo via twitter By Gabriel...

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The Worst Show on Earth—The 2020 Yankee Election Circus is a Strictly Rightwing Affair

Michael Laxer

Nov 3, 20204 min read

The Worst Show on Earth—The 2020 Yankee Election Circus is a Strictly Rightwing Affair

By Gabriel Haythornthwaite The fury on what passes for a Left in the US has produced a lot of mystifying smoke but little in the way of...

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