Michael Laxer
Danish Dockworkers Dial Up Pro-Union Pressure on Tesla With Solidarity Strike
"We have some labor market agreements in the Nordic region, and you have to comply with them if you want to run a business here," said...
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Michael Laxer
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #1107
We Are the Masters of the Factories, Ku Yuan, People's Republic of China, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #1107
Michael Laxer
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Risk of Infectious Diseases, Malnutrition Soars as Israel Resumes Attacks on Gaza Strip
By Global News Service “Even if peace was declared, we have a massive public health challenge ahead of us,” said Michael Ryan, Executive...
Michael Laxer
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Cypriots Hit the Streets With a Massive Display of Solidarity With Palestine
Image from the march on December 3 in Nicosia -- image via Facebook By Global News Service On December 3, a major Palestine solidarity...
Michael Laxer
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Chess in the face of evil: Moscow 1941-42
In between battles, peaceful duels proceeded over a chessboard. The photo was taken in 1942 on the Northwestern Front by Lake Ilmen. From...
Michael Laxer
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Soviet Kharkov 1984: 17 Panoramic Views
Proletarian Square Published in 1984 in both Ukrainian and Russian this postcard folder contained 17 panoramic style views of Kharkov (or...
Michael Laxer
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Daily LIFT #1106
Ceremony at the monument to Nadezhda Krupskaya, Moscow, USSR 1976 -- Daily LIFT #1106 The monument was sculpted by the great Soviet...
Michael Laxer
- 7 days ago
- 2 min
15,899 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, at least 6,600 of them children
Image of the aftermath of Gaza bombardments via UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder on X Al Jazeera reports that in his...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 3
- 3 min
'Death Zone': Over 700 Killed in 24 Hours as Israeli Bombing Blitz of Gaza Rages
"What Israel is doing in Gaza right now is one of the most cruel tactics of war I've ever seen," said one healthcare aid worker. By Jon...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 2
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #1105
Basketball game at the mountain village People's Commune, painting Pai Tien-hsueh, People's Republic of China, 1976 -- Daily LIFT #1105
Michael Laxer
- Dec 2
- 4 min
Was the Sphere the First Geometrical Form Made by Humans?
Shaped stone balls from Qesem Cave, c. 420,000–200,000 years old. Photo Credit: Assaf, Ella, Wikipedia Commons By Deborah Barsky...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 2
- 3 min
UAW Becomes Largest US Union to Back Gaza Cease-Fire
"From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood for...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 2
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #1104
Che keeping up with the news from Cuba during his campaign in the Congo, 1965 -- Daily LIFT #1104
Michael Laxer
- Dec 1
- 8 min
Good Fucking Riddance: HK Finally Kicks His Bucket of Blood
By Abby Zimet, Common Dreams In gratitude, we mark the death of Henry Kissinger, America's peerless war criminal. As U.S officials laud...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 1
- 5 min
Trilateral Missile Defense System a Step Towards Asian NATO
Photograph Source: Rikujojieitai Boueisho （陸上自衛隊 / Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) – CC BY 4.0 By Jeffrey Wagner and Dae-Han Song The...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 1
- 2 min
Bread and Roses poem released, December 1, 1911
Rose Schneiderman who popularized the slogan Bread and Roses The great and inspiring trade union classic poem Bread and Roses was first...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 1
- 9 min
The Power of Poetry to Move Us to Love in Times of Human Cruelty
San Francisco’s third poet laureate, devorah major, speaks on Palestine and how poetry can help us connect as we navigate the violence of...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 1
- 2 min
At least 109 Palestinians already killed as slaughter in Gaza begins again
The slaughter in Gaza has begun again after the humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas broke down on Friday morning (December 1). Al...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 1
- 4 min
'Nightmarish Situation' as Israel Resumes Assault on Gaza
"Anything other than sustained peace and at-scale emergency aid will mean catastrophe for the children of Gaza," said a UNICEF...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 30
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #1103
V.I Lenin monument in Moscow, USSR designed by Lev Kerbel -- Daily LIFT #1103
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