Michael Laxer
Capitalism, Mass Anger, and 2024 Elections
Public domain image By Richard D. Wolff In the wake of his huge defeat on June 30, 2024, when 80 percent of voters rejected French...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 33 min read
Western Warlords Welcome Israeli Investigation Into IDF War Crimes
By Gabriel Haythornthwaite Now we see what balance looks like to the American Axis as the Israeli crucifixion of Gaza nears its 6-month...
Michael Laxer
Oct 28, 20231 min read
"I wish I could share my toys and dreams with you": Powerful Palestine Solidarity march in Toronto
Photos by Natalie Lochwin and Michael Laxer Thousands marched through the streets of Toronto again Saturday afternoon (October 28) after...
Michael Laxer
Oct 21, 20231 min read
"End the Siege of Gaza Now!": Thousands march in Toronto in solidarity with Palestine
All images by Natalie Lochwin & Michael Laxer As the relentless slaughter in Gaza continues, thousands rallied in Toronto in solidarity...
Michael Laxer
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Communist Party calls for Canada's "long embrace" of war criminals to end
The Communist Party of Canada released a statement October 3 in the wake of the outrageous scandal of the Canadian parliament giving a...
Michael Laxer
Sep 24, 20235 min read
Canada's parliament giving a standing ovation to a former SS soldier is an unconscionable disgrace
But not a surprising one. Zelenskyy, Freeland and Trudeau enthusiastically applaud a former Nazi soldier -- image via Twitter In case you...
Michael Laxer
Apr 5, 20237 min read
Reinforcing reaction: Quislings Starmer and Singh the progressive label on the capitalist boot
In a telling social democratic turn of events, after rather shamefully leading Finland away from its post-WWII neutrality -- which flowed...
Michael Laxer
Sep 28, 20222 min read
Fun and games in NDP land as Sask party ghosts Singh & Singh still pretends no coalition with Libs
Just when you think the ongoing farce that is the NDP in Canada could not possibly get anymore laughable, news comes that the...
Michael Laxer
Jul 17, 20222 min read
Joe Rogan is a joke but the punchline is a dangerous one
In an impossibly stupid moment that set Twitter on fire and that energized the legions of right wing fanatics that have been bred of...
Michael Laxer
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Could the federal NDP and its apologists please stop with the bullshit
At what point will the federal NDP and its apologists admit what everyone else can see: the NDP has entered into a de facto coalition...
Michael Laxer
Mar 24, 20227 min read
Dull and duller: The NDP's totally predictable capitulation to the Liberals
It has been interesting to watch the reaction to the coalitionesque agreement reached between the Liberals and the NDP on March 22 over...
Michael Laxer
Jan 19, 20223 min read
Open letter & petition call on Trudeau gov't to "de-escalate the conflict between Russia and NATO"
The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and a number of other organizations have released an open letter and launched a petition in...
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...
Michael Laxer
Oct 30, 20212 min read
Canada leads G20 in financing fossil fuels but is still fighting First Nations in court
It is hard to get one's mind around the staggering hypocrisy and performative bullshit of our federal Liberal government and its utterly...
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...
Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20212 min read
"Stop fighting First Nation children in court": Ontario Nurses' Association email action campaign
Parliament buildings lit up on the eve of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September 29 -- photo via Twitter The...
Michael Laxer
Sep 21, 20214 min read
It’s déjà vu all over again
After an election that many called "unnecessary" it ends up having been much ado about nothing with the parties treading water and voters...
Michael Laxer
Sep 15, 20217 min read
Liberal rebound: Election roundup #3
The Left Chapter's third and final election roundup. As the grand farce that is the 2021 federal election in Canada enters the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 10, 20218 min read
No Majority For You! And Other Kvetching On The 2021 Canadian Election Farce
As the farce that is Canada's election heads into the homestretch, Gabriel Haythornthwaite takes an incisive, caustic look at the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 7, 20216 min read
O'Toole flipflopping to a (small) lead: Election roundup #2
The Left Chapter's second election roundup. As the first three weeks of the grand farce that is the 2021 federal election in Canada have...
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