Michael Laxer
Amazon Labor Union affiliates with Teamsters
ALU rally 2021 In an historic step forward for the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of affiliating...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 188 min
Solar power is booming in Brazil. Can it be a boom for all?
Solar is now Brazil’s second-largest source of electricity. Experts say its growth must also reach and respect communities cut off from...
Michael Laxer
Jun 52 min
Amazon Labor Union and Teamsters join forces
ALU President Chris Smalls speaking in 2023 -- image via X In a step that both unions are calling a "milestone" and "historic", the...
Michael Laxer
May 152 min
DXT4 facility in Laval, Quebec becomes first unionized Amazon warehouse in Canada
Image via CSN In a major victory for Canadian workers the DXT4 facility in Laval, Quebec has become the first unionized Amazon warehouse...
Michael Laxer
Apr 173 min
Why do the groceries of Americans cost so much?
Giant corporations want to keep their taxes low and the prices Americans pay high. By Sulma Arias In 2004, I was a single mom raising...
Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20235 min
Seeing Through the Economic Bait and Switch
The values of the U.S. public are not the same as those of the wealthy and corporations. It took a UN official—an outsider—to point out...
Michael Laxer
Oct 29, 202312 min
Ceasefire Now! Red Review #117 -- International Left and Labour Report
With reports from Argentina, Canada, the USA, Cyprus, Iceland, Cuba, Kenya and elsewhere and with a very large section of news and...
Michael Laxer
Sep 24, 20239 min
Red Review #115 -- International Left and Labour Report
With reports from Greece, Cuba, India, Nigeria, the USA, Canada, the UK and elsewhere. Thousands of strikers rally in Athens, Greece...
Michael Laxer
Aug 26, 20231 min
Ecuador Bans Oil Drilling on Section of Indigenous Land
Amazon rainforest in the Park -- Image via By ALAI - Agencia Latinoamericana de Información - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Saurav Sarkar...
Michael Laxer
Aug 9, 20239 min
Red Review #110 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Zambia, Brazil, Canada, the UK, the USA, Niger and elsewhere. Rally in protest of the arrest of Socialist Party of Zambia...
Michael Laxer
Aug 2, 202314 min
Red Review #109 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Canada, the USA, Swaziland, the UK, the DPRK, India and elsewhere. Metro grocery workers strike in Toronto, Canada July 29...
Michael Laxer
Jul 19, 20237 min
Red Review #107 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the USA, Swaziland, Cuba, the UK, Greece, the DPRK, Canada and elsewhere. Actors and writers picket outside of Netflix HQ...
Michael Laxer
Jun 21, 202312 min
Red Review #103 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Switzerland, Cuba, Greece, Poland, Zambia, India, Canada and elsewhere. A scene from one of the Feminist Strike marches in...
Michael Laxer
Jun 7, 202317 min
Red Review #101 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, Nigeria, Swaziland, Kenya, Kosovo, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Malaysia, Mauritius, Colombia, Portugal, Romania and...
Michael Laxer
May 31, 20239 min
Red Review #100 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, Cuba, Greece, France, Sudan, Swaziland, South Korea, Kenya, Brazil, Venezuela and elsewhere. Over 25,000 peasants...
Michael Laxer
Apr 26, 202316 min
Red Review #95 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, Cuba, the USA, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the UK, Chile and elsewhere. There are also a number of stories...
Michael Laxer
Feb 20, 202320 min
Red Review # 86 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Turkey, Syria, Tunisia, Peru, France, South Africa, the USA, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Greece and elsewhere. There is...
Michael Laxer
Jan 3, 20237 min
2022: The year in review on The Left Chapter
Chris Smalls speaks 2022 is done and what a complicated year it was. There was the imperialist war in Ukraine, the uprising in...
Michael Laxer
Oct 31, 202212 min
Lula Wins!: Red Review #79 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the USA, Sudan, China, India, Russia and elsewhere. There are also sections related to the victory of Lula in Brazil and...
Michael Laxer
Oct 24, 202212 min
CPC XX: Red Review #78 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the USA, Cuba, Greece, Australia, Canada, Croatia and elsewhere. There is also a section with updates from the 20th...
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