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BRICS Summit 2025: Big opportunities for Africa on reform and Global South solidarity
With several African nations now part of the bloc, the BRICS summit presents an opportunity for a continent that has long been sidelined...

The Left Chapter
Jul 11, 20255 min read


BRICS+: Empowering Development
Image via X By Busani Ngcaweni & Shiping Tang The post-Cold War order is unravelling. The global trading system and the multilateral...

The Left Chapter
Jul 8, 20253 min read


It is not enough to wish for a new international order; it is necessary to fight for it: Díaz-Canel at BRICS
By Leticia Martínez & Alina Perera, translated from the Spanish RIO DE JANEIRO.- "Let us unite to promote the new international order we...

The Left Chapter
Jul 8, 20253 min read


Stop the bombing of Iran!: CPUSA
A statement from the Communist Party USA: After green lighting and supplying Israel’s initial wave of attacks Trump has now illegally...

The Left Chapter
Jun 22, 20252 min read


Can Global South Investments Develop Sri Lanka?
Anura Kumara Dissanayake with To Lam in Hanoi, May 4 -- image via X By Shiran Illanperuma Since Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara...

The Left Chapter
Jun 4, 20256 min read


Progressive Latin American presidents are in Moscow for the Victory Parade
Latin American leaders from Cuba, Venezuela, and Brazil have traveled to Moscow for the 80th anniversary of the Victory against the...

The Left Chapter
May 9, 20254 min read


The New Bandung Spirit Is About Industrial Development
Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono at the BRICS Summit in Russia, 2024 -- image via X By Vijay Prashad In January 2025, Indonesia – the...

The Left Chapter
Apr 14, 20255 min read


"Keep out of tariff wars" British Communists warn
Donald Trump on April 8, 2025 -- public domain image Workers and consumers in Britain have nothing to gain from joining US-EU and...

The Left Chapter
Apr 10, 20252 min read


South African Diplomat Called a 'Disgrace' by Marco Rubio, Returns Home a Hero
The Trump administration's ouster of South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool was certainly meant to warn other countries...
Michael Laxer
Mar 24, 20256 min read


British Communists condemn "Cold War lies" and social media misogyny
Starmer on the HMS Iron Duke off the coast of Estonia, December 2024 -- Number 10, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons “The first Cold War...
Michael Laxer
Mar 13, 20252 min read


United States in 2025: Social Problems Denied via Rhetorics of Refusal
Public domain image from November, 2024 By Richard D. Wolff Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their...
Michael Laxer
Jan 17, 20257 min read


2024: The year in review on The Left Chapter
Although there were many stories from around the world we looked at -- from Syria to Ukraine to Sudan and on -- the grinding, genocidal...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 202513 min read


US Political Economy Contradictions as We Lurch Into 2025
President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, in the Oval Office -- public domain image By...
Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20245 min read


The overthrow of capitalism and the building of socialism–communism remain the only way out for the peoples of Europe
On the initiative of the Members of the European Parliament of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the European Communist Meeting was...
Michael Laxer
Dec 7, 20249 min read


Anti-imperialism and solidarity with the struggles against imperialist aggression and for global justice - SACP
The South African Communist Party (SACP) held a Central Committee Plenary meeting from November 29 to December 1. They released a...
Michael Laxer
Dec 3, 20243 min read


The BRICS Summit Should Mark the End of Neocon Delusions
Simply put, the majority of the world does not want or accept U.S. hegemony, and is prepared to face it down rather than submit to its...
Michael Laxer
Nov 2, 20245 min read


Building a global community and shared future - Xi Jinping at BRICS
General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, made an important statement at the...
Michael Laxer
Oct 24, 20243 min read


Urgent appeal to stop the spiral of war and defend global peace
Public domain image The internationalist Patrice Lumumba Association for International Solidarity has launched an urgent appeal to the...
Michael Laxer
Oct 5, 20244 min read


Tariffs Don’t Protect Jobs. Don’t Be Fooled.
Biden signing the Made in America executive order, 2021 -- public domain image By Richard D. Wolff Both Trump and Biden imposed high...
Michael Laxer
Jul 10, 20248 min read


BRICS forum condemns Cuba blockade
International Relations of the Communist Party of Cuba The Forum of Political Parties of BRICS and Associates, which met from June 17 to...
Michael Laxer
Jun 21, 20242 min read
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