Michael Laxer
At least 196 environmental defenders were murdered in 2023
New Global Witness report documents the violence faced by those resisting extractive industries, with Latin America remaining the...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 274 min read
Honduras, Nicaragua and Caribbean countries defend Venezuelan elections
“The United States has repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean, but not in favor of the people,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 223 min read
'Complicity in War Crimes': Report Names Countries, Companies Supplying Fuel to Israel
"Corporations supplying jet fuel and oil to Israel may be providing material support to the military," one expert said, "and therefore...
Michael Laxer
Jul 314 min read
The fascist plan against Venezuela
By Francisco Arias Fernández, via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish If the abundant evidence of the crime, shown...
Michael Laxer
Jul 153 min read
World 'Cannot Remain Silent in the Face of This Endless Massacre,' Says Lula
"The Israeli government continues to sabotage the peace process and the cease-fire in the Middle East," said the Brazilian president
Michael Laxer
Jul 29 min read
Final Declaration of the XXVII Meeting of the São Paulo Forum
Photo of the final plenary session of the XXVII FSP Meeting, June 27 -- photo via the FSP The XXVII Meeting of the leftist and...
Michael Laxer
Jun 172 min read
Colombia skips Ukraine "peace summit", Brazil, India and South Africa decline to sign final communique
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Ukraine War "peace summit" that was held in Switzerland 15-16 June was already seen in many parts of the world as of...
Michael Laxer
Jun 148 min read
Elections for the European Parliament and the need for anti-capitalist struggle: A Communist analysis
An excellent and thorough analysis of the results of the recent European election from the Brazilian Communist Party. Elections for the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 16 min read
Lula's Gaza Rhetoric is not enough
Although Lula da Silva called Israel’s war against Palestinians a genocide, the Brazilian president is yet to follow that up with...
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
Feb 285 min read
Lula, Israel’s Genocide, and Racism on Brazilian Corporate Media
By Gabriel Rocha Gaspar “Brazilian diplomatic tradition relies on solving problems. The ‘incident’ with Israel takes the opposite...
Michael Laxer
Feb 262 min read
'If This Isn't Genocide, I Don't Know What Is,' Says Lula of Israeli Attack on Gaza
"What the Israeli government is doing to the Palestinian people is not war," said the President of Brazil. "It's not soldiers who are...
Michael Laxer
Feb 213 min read
Lula Recalls Israel Envoy Amid Escalating Clash Over Genocide Remarks
The Brazilian president's move comes after the leftist leader was declared persona non grata in Israel for comparing its genocidal war on...
Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20234 min read
"Hospitals are not battlegrounds": International condemnation grows as Israel raids al-Shifa
Brazil's Lula says Israel is committing the "equivalent of terrorism" in Gaza while both South Africa and Türkiye say they may refer...
Michael Laxer
Sep 28, 20237 min read
A Global Call for Peace in Ukraine Emerges at UN General Assembly
Lula speaks at the UN General Assembly, September 19 - image via the UN By Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davis, CODEPINK & Common Dreams...
Michael Laxer
Aug 26, 202311 min read
Profit Trumps People and Planet in Brazil’s Eucalyptus Industry
Brazil is set to unleash several varieties of genetically engineered eucalyptus, which will worsen a bad situation. Harvesting eucalyptus...
Michael Laxer
Jul 5, 202315 min read
Red Review #105 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, Greece, Ghana, Cuba, China, the USA, France, Turkey, Brazil, Peru and elsewhere. There is also a special section of...
Michael Laxer
Jul 4, 202310 min read
Final Declaration of the XXVI Meeting of the São Paulo Forum
Final plenary photo of the XXVI Meeting of the Forum -- photo via the Sao Paulo Forum The XXVI Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum was held in...
Michael Laxer
Jul 3, 20234 min read
XXVI Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum in Brasilia ends with Resolution of Solidarity with Cuba
Head of the Department of International Relations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Emilio Lozada Grarcía makes a...
Michael Laxer
Jun 28, 202314 min read
Red Review #104 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, Greece, Ghana, Ireland, Guatemala, Honduras, Bangladesh, Cuba, China and elsewhere. Remarkable photo of a Communist...
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