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Chilean Communist Party Rejects U.S. Blockade Against Cuba
We mobilize against the criminal blockade suffered by the brotherly Cuban people, said Lautaro Carmona, secretary general of the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 7, 20232 min read


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
Apr 26, 202316 min read


Red Review #94 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, the USA, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Canada, Cuba, Norway, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also a section...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 202312 min read


General Strike!: Red Review #80 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Canada, the UK, Honduras, Chile, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, France and elsewhere....
Michael Laxer
Nov 14, 202214 min read


Dr. Allende, print by Lea Grundig, 1974
Dr. Allende, print by Lea Grundig, 1974 Lea Grundig was a German artist who joined the Communist Party in 1924. After having been...
Michael Laxer
Oct 10, 20221 min read


Orlando Letelier, Chilean Socialist leader, murdered September 21, 1976
On September 21, 1976, Orlando Letelier -- who had held three different ministerial posts under the democratically elected Marxist...
Michael Laxer
Sep 21, 20228 min read


Uprising in Sri Lanka: Red Review #65 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Vietnam, Brazil, Ukraine, Sudan, Greece, Panama, Uruguay, the USA and elsewhere. There is also a section related to the...
Michael Laxer
Jul 11, 202212 min read


Happy 110th Anniversary to the Communist Party of Chile
The Communist Party of Chile (Partido Comunista de Chile, PCCh) was founded on June 4, 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party. We salute...
Michael Laxer
Jun 4, 20221 min read


Red Review #48 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Portugal, Cuba, Venezuela, the USA, Canada, Slovenia, the UK, India and elsewhere. There is also a section related to the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 13, 202212 min read


2021: The year in review on The Left Chapter
2021 is done and what a year it was. Along the way we saw momentous victories for the left in Kerala, Chile, Peru, Honduras and...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 20226 min read


Boric takes the Presidency in Chile: Red Review #37 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirty-seventh edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the USA, Canada, Uruguay, China...
Michael Laxer
Dec 26, 20215 min read


Daily LIFT #606
Salvador Allende speaks at a rally in defense of the Cuban Revolution, Chile 1962 -- Daily LIFT #606
Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #605
"Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to...
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20211 min read


Boric wins in Chile
In a hugely important victory for the left in South America Leftist Gabriel Boric has won the Presidency in Chile today. His far-right...
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #587
Castro and Allende greeted by huge crowds during Castro's visit to Chile in November, 1971 -- Daily LIFT #587 " When the revolution...
Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20212 min read


Revolutions are not easy. No one believes that revolutions are easy - Fidel Castro
Excerpt from a speech Castro gave during his visit to Chile, 50 years ago today. Hands Off Cuba. Castro speaks during his tour of Chile,...
Michael Laxer
Nov 16, 20214 min read


Castro in Chile, 1971
50 years ago today Fidel Castro began his historic 23 day visit to Chile and President Allende. On November 10, 1971, Fidel Castro landed...
Michael Laxer
Nov 10, 20211 min read


Red Review #20: International Left and Labour News
The twentieth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Peru, the USA, Bolivia, the UK, Canada...
Michael Laxer
Aug 29, 202112 min read


The "poor, if well organised, can set themselves a political agenda and defeat their rich"
The victory of leftist Pedro Castillo in Peru's Presidential election after weeks of far right candidate Keiko Fujimori delaying the...
Michael Laxer
Jul 26, 20212 min read


Red Review #13 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Bangladesh, Swaziland, India,...
Michael Laxer
Jul 11, 20218 min read
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