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Michael Laxer
Jan 102 min read
"Capitalism's all-round general crisis is back with a vengeance" - CPB
'Capitalism's all-round general crisis is back with a vengeance in Britain and many other developing countries', Communist Party of...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20243 min read
Over 125,000 March in London Against Israel's Gaza Genocide
"All of you here are beacons of hope in this darkness," said one demonstrator in a speech to the massive crowd. Image via X By Jon...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 17, 20241 min read
Asylum Seekers to be Deported From Italy to Albania, According to Meloni’s New Migration Agreement
© European Union, 2024, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Global News Service Giorgia...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 9, 20242 min read
British Communists slam Labour's "big business and war" priorities
Keir Starmer on October 2, 2024 - Number 10, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Communist...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 26, 20243 min read
Labour delegates repudiate Starmer after fiery Sharon Graham speech
Delegates to the Labour conference on Wednesday (September 25) publicly repudiated the government of Keir Starmer for its recent,...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20244 min read
'Austerity Is Labour's Choice': Outrage as Starmer Cuts Winter Fuel Allowance
"Cutting winter fuel allowance is not a tough choice," Jeremy Corbyn said. "It's the wrong choice—and we will not be fooled by ministers'...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20243 min read
UK Continues Use of Anti-Terrorism Law to Arrest Palestine Defenders
"1984 has arrived and is alive and well in the United Kingdom," said musician Roger Waters. Video screenshot via Sarah Wilkinson on X By...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 12, 20249 min read
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
Aug 10, 20242 min read
US and 6 western ambassadors shamefully skip Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial ceremony
A scene from the ceremony -- image via X By Michael Laxer In a truly shameful decision, ambassadors from the United States, the UK,...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 9, 20244 min read
Refusing to call out Islamophobia has emboldened the far right – and the current violence is the result
Image via video screenshot By Chris Allen, Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester As someone who has...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 8, 20244 min read
Far-Right UK Riots Spark 'Stand Up to Racism' Counterprotests
"The majority of people in Britain abhor Robinson and the far right," says one joint statement. "We are the majority, they are the few."...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 17, 20244 min read
'I Am Not a Terrorist': Letters From Gaza Children Decry Daily Horrors of Israeli Assault
"We live in a constant state of fear and anxiety, with shells accompanying us around the clock, reaping lives, sparing only those...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 5, 20244 min read
Independent Corbyn Wins Reelection as Labour Ends 14 Years of Destructive Tory Rule
The former Labour leader issued a warning to the incoming government of Keir Starmer: "Dissent cannot be crushed without consequences."...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 14, 20241 min read
An alternative to Sunak and Starmer - an alternative to capitalism: Communists finalize candidate slate in Britain
Image via the CPB Calling themselves an "alternative to Sunak and Starmer and "an alternative to capitalism", the Communist Party of...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 3, 20243 min read
British Communists launch campaign, call for vote against Labour Shadow Cabinet
Britain's Communist Party has launched its election campaign based around 12 priorities and calling on "all socialists and...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 1, 20242 min read
Galloway triumphs in landslide Rochdale UK by-election win "for Gaza"
With reports from Morning Star Left-wing firebrand and Workers Party of Britain leader George Galloway won a massive and resounding...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 20248 min read
2023: The year in review on The Left Chapter
Palestinian flags fly at a Solidarity with Gaza march in Toronto, Canada on October 21 -- from our post: "End the Siege of Gaza Now!":...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 7, 20233 min read
Starmer goes full austerity in his craven bid for power
Even with large sections of his Labour Party in open revolt over his disgraceful positions on the ongoing Israeli slaughter in Gaza and...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20231 min read
Labour loses control of another major UK city council as councillors quit in Norwich
The Labour Party in the UK has lost control of Norwich City Council after four city councillors and one county councillor quit the party....
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Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Open rebellion in the UK Labour ranks over ceasefire in Gaza
Thousands rally outside the UK parliament to call for MPs to support a ceasefire in Gaza, November 15 For many months -- buoyed by, to...
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