Michael Laxer
'Argentina Stopped': Unions Hold Second General Strike Over Milei Austerity
"It is a day of resistance and demand," said trade groups that organized the action "in defense of democracy, labor rights, and the...
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Michael Laxer
- Apr 19
- 1 min
Milei Celebrates Violent Repression of Thousands Protesting Hunger in Argentina
Image via X By Global News Service On April 10, the Federal Police and the Police of the city of Buenos Aires violently evicted and...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 11
- 1 min
5th People’s Health Assembly Begins in Mar del Plata
A panel at the assembly -- image via PHA website By Global News Service Over 600 activists from around the world have converged in Mar...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Argentine Diplomats Expelled From Colombia Following Explosive Comments by Milei
Public Domain Image By Global News Service Argentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei is under fire from his counterparts in the...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 28, 2023
- 2 min
Unions Lead Protests Against Milei's Anti-Worker Decree in Argentina
"The Argentine people chose Milei as president of the nation, not as emperor," asserted one Buenos Aires demonstrator. Thousands rally in...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 21, 2023
- 3 min
Argentinians Defy Milei's Crackdown With Mass Protests Against Austerity
"This country's problem is not protests," said one demonstrator. "The country's problem is that Milei took away 50% of our purchasing...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 16, 2023
- 3 min
Milei Couples 'Total Crackdown' on Protest With Economic Shocks in Argentina
"Protest is elemental to Argentine social and political life, so it's not difficult to imagine how this ends," said one journalist. By...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 28, 2023
- 6 min
Are There Any Paranoids in the Stadium Tonight? Two Nights in Santiago With Roger Waters
Image via Vijay Prashad on X By Vijay Prashad No one does a stadium show like Roger Waters. The music, of course, is resplendent, but so...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 22, 2023
- 1 min
Far-Right Libertarian Javier Milei Is the Next President of Argentina
Javier Milei By Global News Service Javier Milei, the candidate of the Liberty Advances far-right libertarian party, was victorious in...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 1, 2023
- 1 min
Argentina condemns Israeli attack on Jabalia as outrage grows in Latin America
Man holds up Palestinian flag at a Palestinian solidarity rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 19 Argentina's Foreign Ministry has...
Michael Laxer
- Oct 29, 2023
- 12 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
- Oct 26, 2023
- 4 min
Elections in Argentina: A Working Class Perspective
Sergio Massa speaks on October 22 By Taroa Zúñiga Silva A few days before the October 22 elections in Argentina, almost 90 percent of the...
Michael Laxer
- Oct 25, 2023
- 1 min
Sergio Massa Pulls Ahead in First-Round Presidential Election in Argentina
By Global News Service Argentina will head to runoff presidential elections after the Unión Por la Patria (Union for the Homeland)...
Michael Laxer
- Sep 29, 2023
- 3 min
Latin American Women Take to the Streets on International Safe Abortion Day
One activist in Mexico said the country's green wave movement now had the task of "decriminalizing abortion in the minds of the people."...
Michael Laxer
- Sep 28, 2023
- 12 min
The Perilous Path From Western Domination to De-Dollarization
By Justin Podur Two interesting things happened at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. Several new members were invited to join...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 25, 2022
- 5 min
Red Review #54 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Cuba, Nicaragua, Greece, the USA, Mexico and elsewhere. Evo Morales with Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez in Cuba, April 23...
Michael Laxer
- Mar 10, 2022
- 6 min
Che Guevara: 32 images from 1940-1967
Over the course of February we shared daily photos of Che Guevara, iconic revolutionary leader and hero. These came from a Soviet archive...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 6, 2022
- 11 min
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
- Dec 12, 2021
- 7 min
Starbucks US union first: Red Review #35 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirty-fifth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the US, Australia, the UK, Nepal,...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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