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Sri Lanka’s New Government Struggles to Increase Public Investment Amid IMF Constraints
The maiden budget by Sri Lanka’s new government reflects the limitations of austerity and the need to reinstill confidence in ideas of...
Michael Laxer
Feb 25, 20256 min read


Exploring Ancient Understandings of Meteorites in Archaic Societies
By KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks (NSF’s NOIRLab) - Geminids Over Kitt Peak National Observatory, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.o...
Michael Laxer
Feb 25, 202511 min read


February Strike of 1941: When Citizens Took to the Streets Against the Nazis
Remembering how Amsterdam's working class stood up against Adolf Hitler's extermination of the Jews. A commemoration of the strike in...
Michael Laxer
Feb 25, 20254 min read


Greek Communists prepare for General Strike on February 28
Communist Party of Greece (KKE) statement on the upcoming Greek National General Strike. CP of Greece, NATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE ON 28...
Michael Laxer
Feb 24, 20253 min read


‘Only the People Can Save the People,’ Say Migrant Workers
The National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON) embodies an ethos of “solidarity, not charity,” in both fire relief and immigrant...
Michael Laxer
Feb 21, 20255 min read


Guantánamo’s legacy of injustice must end
Trump wants to jail 30,000 immigrants at the notorious naval base, which became a symbol for torture and indefinite detention. Holding...
Michael Laxer
Feb 20, 20253 min read


The Last Thing Gaza Needs Is Another Blackwater
Nearly 100 former U.S. special forces are patrolling a checkpoint in the middle of Gaza, as Palestinians return to their homes in the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 20, 20254 min read


The War on Science in the US is a War on the Public
The Trump administration is defunding and censoring science to serve corrupt corporate interests. Aftermath of some of the Palisades Fire...
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 20253 min read


"Stop the war and start the peace": British Communists
Keir Starmer & Volodymyr Zelenskyy, January 2025 -- Number 10, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Via the Communist Party of Britain: "A...
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 20252 min read


Making Erhai Lake Bloom Again: A Story of China’s Ecological Transformation
View of the Erhai Lake in September 2023 -- Nishino Asuka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Tings Chak On a clear morning in June...
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20255 min read


Understanding and countering Trump's politics of bullying with a politics of international solidarity
Musk and Trump clown show at the White House - public domain image By Simon Božič-Dougherty Trump is the US Empire unmasked. Few, if any,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 17, 202510 min read


Why Education Reformers Will Find a Home in the Trump Administration
Trump’s inclination to mix policymaking with business deals and profiteering is an ideal situation for education reformers like his...
Michael Laxer
Feb 16, 202512 min read


Trump International Hotel and Tower, Gaza
Public domain image of Trump at the Super Bowl, February 9, 2025 By Vijay Prashad Donald Trump spoke to reporters for over three hours...
Michael Laxer
Feb 14, 20255 min read


The Communist Party of Vietnam: 95 Years of Struggle and Social Transformation
As Vietnam Plus reports , the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) hosted a ceremony in Havana on the evening of February 12 to celebrate the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 13, 20256 min read


Communists denounce Serbian sanctions on Venezuela
Maduro after his inauguration -- image via X The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) is condemning the recent decision by Serbia to...
Michael Laxer
Feb 13, 20252 min read


Garment workers are taking on Nike -- They need our support
The company continues to exploit workers in the Global South as it reels in billions, creating a “race to the bottom” that hurts all...
Michael Laxer
Feb 13, 20253 min read


Develop the struggle for peace and internationalist solidarity against aggressive imperialism: Portuguese Communist Party
Public domain image of Donald Trump on February 9, 2025 The Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), met on February 8...
Michael Laxer
Feb 12, 20255 min read


Freedom Isn’t Free When You’re Black and Poor
The unforgiving reality of cash bail in the US transforms “innocent until proven guilty” into “guilty until proven wealthy.”...
Michael Laxer
Feb 10, 20253 min read


Black History is every day, with or without the White House
From local school boards to the White House, the right is doubling down on its efforts to erase Black history. They’ll fail. Public...
Michael Laxer
Feb 9, 20253 min read


The Right to Remain in the Face of Genocide
Trump’s latest comments confirm that Israel’s wholesale destruction of Gaza is aimed at permanently removing its Palestinian population....
Michael Laxer
Feb 9, 20255 min read
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