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For Peace and Socialism!: Red Review #47 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Swaziland, the Philippines, the USA, Canada, India, the UK, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also an extensive special...
Michael Laxer
Mar 6, 202225 min read


Putting the Chrystia Freeland photo in its broader context
Canada's Deputy PM and her defenders claim "Russian disinformation" after she is photographed holding a far right scarf. This is not the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 4, 20223 min read


No to Imperialist War! Red Review #46 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the USA, Canada, Luxembourg, China, India the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also a special section related to statements by...
Michael Laxer
Feb 27, 202216 min read


No to War! No to NATO! No to Imperialism!
A look at events leading up to and around the Russian military intervention in Ukraine including a joint statement of Communist and...
Michael Laxer
Feb 24, 20225 min read


Red Review #45 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Haiti, Cuba, Bolivia, the USA, Canada, Australia, France, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also a special section related...
Michael Laxer
Feb 20, 202215 min read


DPRK launches massive new housing drive in Pyongyang
Kim Jong Un launches construction -- Images via Twitter Under incredibly difficult conditions of imperialist sanctions and encirclement...
Michael Laxer
Feb 16, 20223 min read


Red Review #44 -- International Left and Labour News
The forty-third edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from India, Greece, Canada, Bolivia,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 13, 202211 min read


Lenin at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility!
Feng Jing of China at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility (POI) January 25, 2020 -- Image via Twitter In an amazing story that got far...
Michael Laxer
Feb 10, 20222 min read


Red Review #43 -- International Left and Labour News
The forty-third edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Kenya, India, Portugal, Cuba,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 6, 202211 min read


"I would like to see some proof": AP reporter challenges State Department's alleged Russia "intel"
In a long overdue, must see moment, on February 3 Associated Press reporter Matt Lee took State Department Spokesperson Ned Price to task...
Michael Laxer
Feb 4, 20221 min read


Left suffers setback with Socialist win in Portugal
Without any need to worry about getting support from its left, the Socialists and Costa are very likely to shift further towards the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20222 min read


Red Review #42 -- International Left and Labour News
The forty-second edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the USA, Canada, Venezuela and...
Michael Laxer
Jan 30, 20226 min read


Starbucks union wave continues, gains momentum
In the last couple of weeks workers at Starbucks locations in Baltimore, Michigan and California have joined those in Cleveland, Chicago,...
Michael Laxer
Jan 30, 20222 min read


UFCW appears to agree to "company union" deal with Uber Canada
In a fairly shocking turn of events, the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW Canada) has made a top-down deal with Uber in...
Michael Laxer
Jan 27, 20222 min read


Red Review #41 -- International Left and Labour News
The forty-first edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from France, India, the DPRK, China, the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 23, 20229 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 19, 20223 min read


Communist and Workers' parties issue joint Kazakhstan statement, demonstration held in Athens
A joint statement signed by 18 Communist and Workers' parties and initiated by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) was issued January 18...
Michael Laxer
Jan 18, 20224 min read


Red Review #40: International Left and Labour News
The fortieth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the USA, China, Venezuela, India and...
Michael Laxer
Jan 16, 20228 min read


Kazakhstan, Swaziland, Sudan and Palestine: Special Red Review solidarity edition
Protestors march in the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, January 13, 2022 -- Image via Twitter A special Red Review solidarity edition with...
Michael Laxer
Jan 15, 202215 min read


Resisting Dystopia: US Workers push back against a grotesque reality
Staggering levels of inequality, unsafe working conditions, low wages, wage theft and union busting are just some aspects of the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 13, 20227 min read
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