Michael Laxer
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 114 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'...
Michael Laxer
Aug 129 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...
Michael Laxer
Aug 84 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."...
Michael Laxer
Jul 54 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."...
Michael Laxer
Mar 45 min read
The Remarkable Decline in the Global North’s Leadership
Image via news video screenshot By Vijay Prashad A group of young people in Paris are enjoying a drink in a café on an unseasonably warm...
Michael Laxer
Mar 12 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...
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...
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....
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...
Michael Laxer
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Israel agrees to "pauses" as international condemnation grows
Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Petra De Sutter, a member of the center-left Groen (Green) party, on Wednesday said "It's time for...
Michael Laxer
Nov 1, 20233 min read
'A Clear-Cut War Crime': Outrage Grows as Israel Again Bombs Gaza Refugee Camp
"The U.S. government cannot keep funding these atrocities," said U.S. Rep. Cori Bush. "There must be a cease-fire now." Survivors in the...
Michael Laxer
Jul 26, 20239 min read
Red Review #108 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Cuba, Swaziland, the UK, Peru, the USA, South Korea, Spain, India, Guatemala and elsewhere. Cuban President Miguel...
Michael Laxer
Jul 21, 20233 min read
Has "Sir" Starmer's Labour left purge gone a bridge too far?
Starmer at Davos Could Keir Starmer finally be going a bridge too far in his disgraceful attempts to purge the Labour Party of its left,...
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
Feb 20, 202320 min read
Red Review # 86 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Turkey, Syria, Tunisia, Peru, France, South Africa, the USA, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Greece and elsewhere. There is...
Michael Laxer
Nov 14, 202214 min read
General Strike!: Red Review #80 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Canada, the UK, Honduras, Chile, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, France and elsewhere....
Michael Laxer
Oct 17, 202211 min read
CPC's 20th Congress begins: Red Review #77 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the USA, UK, France, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also a section with updates from the opening of the 20th Congress of...
Michael Laxer
Aug 29, 202215 min read
Red Review #72 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Bolivia, the UK, the USA, India, Latvia, Bangladesh, South Africa, Greece and elsewhere. Bolivians march in support of...
Michael Laxer
Aug 22, 20228 min read
Red Review #70 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the People's Republic of China, the USA, Bangladesh, Australia, Sri Lanka, the UK, Palestine and elsewhere. Xi Jinping,...
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