Michael Laxer
Red Review #38: International Left and Labour News
The thirty-eighth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from China, Nicaragua, India, the DPRK,...
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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
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Hugo Chavez wins in Venezuela, Dec. 6, 1998
"Everyday I become more convinced, there is no doubt in my mind, as many intellectuals have said, that it is necessary to transcend...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 202111 min read
Xiomara Castro wins in Honduras: Red Review #34 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirty-fourth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Honduras, Australia, Laos, the US,...
Michael Laxer
Nov 28, 202111 min read
Global Amazon protests: Red Review #33 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirty-third edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Venezuela, the US, Canada, Vietnam,...
Michael Laxer
Nov 8, 202110 min read
Red Review #30 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirtieth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Canada, the United States, Sudan,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 16, 20219 min read
Striketober: Red Review #27 -- International Left and Labour News
The twenty-seventh edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the United States, the UK,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 11, 202112 min read
Red Review #26 -- International Left and Labour News
The twenty-sixth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from South Africa, Spain, India, the...
Michael Laxer
Aug 21, 202112 min read
Taliban take Kabul: Red Review #19 -- International Left and Labour News
The nineteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the UK, Venezuela, Cuba, Canada and...
Michael Laxer
Aug 15, 20219 min read
Red Review #18 -- International Left and Labour News
The eighteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Ecuador, Zambia, Venezuela, Peru,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 10, 20212 min read
Lima Group dying with a whimper not a bang
Pedro Castillo greets Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza during his inauguration ceremony -- photo via twitter The pet imperialist...
Michael Laxer
Aug 8, 20216 min read
Red Review #17 -- International Left and Labour News
The seventeenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Cuba, Kenya, South Africa, Venezuela...
Michael Laxer
Aug 1, 20218 min read
Castillo inaugurated: Red Review #16 -- International Left and Labour News
The sixteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Peru, Cuba, the US, Canada, the UK and...
Michael Laxer
Jul 26, 20212 min read
The "poor, if well organised, can set themselves a political agenda and defeat their rich"
The victory of leftist Pedro Castillo in Peru's Presidential election after weeks of far right candidate Keiko Fujimori delaying the...
Michael Laxer
Jul 11, 20218 min read
Red Review #13 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Bangladesh, Swaziland, India,...
Michael Laxer
Jul 4, 20219 min read
CPC turns 100: Red Review #12 -- International Left and Labour News
The twelfth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from China, Sweden, Vietnam, Venezuela and...
Michael Laxer
Jun 13, 20216 min read
Castillo wins: Red Review #9 -- International Left and Labour News
The ninth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Mexico, Greece, Canada, Cuba and...
Michael Laxer
Mar 24, 20213 min read
Argentina leaves the increasingly farcical Lima Group
While the Canadian government seems to remain committed to this imperial project, one can only hope its days are numbered. It has been a...
Michael Laxer
Feb 28, 20215 min read
Nothing is impossible: Maduro addresses the UN Human Rights Council
"Let's change the predatory capitalist economic system that has generated so much pain, death, war and misery." Image via twitter Here we...
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20212 min read
50 workers' parties issue statement calling for greater public health measures, ending sanctions
As the global pandemic enters its second year 50 Communist and workers' parties have issued a joint statement calling for the...
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