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Daily LIFT #1605
Soong Ching-ling welcomes Ho Chi Minh in Beijing, 1956 -- Daily LIFT #1605

The Left Chapter
Apr 9, 20251 min read


Sri Lanka’s Defence Agreement with India and the Prospects for Peace in the Indian Ocean
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on April 5, 2025 -- image via X By Shiran...

The Left Chapter
Apr 9, 20255 min read


El dilema geoeconómico: ¿globalización a la Xi o aislacionismo a la Trump?
Xi Jinping, 2023 Por Biljana Vankovska Mientras Occidente lucha por mantener la cohesión en lo que a menudo parece un matrimonio...

The Left Chapter
Apr 9, 20256 min read


International working-class solidarity: SACP
The Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) held its first Plenary of this year from Friday to Sunday, 4 to 6 April...
Michael Laxer
Apr 8, 20253 min read


The Geoeconomic Dilemma: Globalisation à la Xi or Isolationism à la Trump?
Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People, October 2022 - China News Service, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska As...

The Left Chapter
Apr 8, 20255 min read


Trump's Tariffs: Crony Capitalism and the New Economy of Obedience
These tariffs may be framed as populist, but they function as pipelines of wealth transfer from the working and middle classes to the...

The Left Chapter
Apr 7, 20255 min read


Cuba & China mourn passing of Khamtai Siphandone
Siphandone in 2006 -- image via X Both the People's Republic of China and Cuba and its respective leaders Xi Jinping and Miguel...

The Left Chapter
Apr 6, 20252 min read


Why Are 'Hands Off' Rallies Defending War-Hungry NATO?
Many people believe that NATO is a peace-loving, defensive alliance, but the opposite is true. Public domain image By Medea Benjamin &...

The Left Chapter
Apr 5, 20254 min read


Daily LIFT #1598
Mao at work during an airplane flight, 1957 -- Daily LIFT #1598
Michael Laxer
Mar 31, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1590
Mao, 1963 -- Daily LIFT #1590
Michael Laxer
Mar 21, 20251 min read


Germany and the EU Embrace Military Keynesianism
German armored personnel carrier in Bavaria, Germany, November, 2024 -- public domain image By Matthew Read Just days before its...
Michael Laxer
Mar 21, 20254 min read


Trump 2.0: US Revivalism Driven by Tech Oligarchy
Trump purchases a Tesla at the White House, March 11, 2025 - public domain image By Bappa Sinha Trump 2.0 has had a tumultuous start....
Michael Laxer
Mar 20, 20254 min read


Daily LIFT #1587
Outstanding Proletarian Fighters, book cover art, People's Republic of China, 1971 -- Daily LIFT #1587 The cover of a book dedicated to...
Michael Laxer
Mar 17, 20251 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


Daily LIFT #1583
Mao Zedong reading People's Daily in Hangzhou, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #1583
Michael Laxer
Mar 12, 20251 min read


"Socialism is a necessity of our time": Portuguese Communist Party on the global struggle of the workers and peoples
Capitalism was not the initial system, nor is it the terminal system, in Humankind’s History. Its revolutionary overcoming and the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 12, 202520 min read


Daily LIFT #1582
Mao Zedong with Nguyễn Thị Bình who was leading of a delegation of the National Liberation Front from South Vietnam, 1968 -- Daily LIFT...
Michael Laxer
Mar 11, 20251 min read


Donald Trump’s Reverse Kissinger Strategy
Putin and Trump in 2019 - Kremlin.ru , CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad US President Donald Trump called Russian...
Michael Laxer
Mar 6, 20256 min read


"Bullying does not work on us": Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian
Image via Facebook In response to two questions Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian denounced Donald Trump's tariffs and...
Michael Laxer
Mar 4, 20253 min read


‘No to NATO - Yes to Peace!’: Swiss leftists to take to the streets March 15
A coalition of Swiss leftist parties and organizations is calling on people to take to the streets on March 15 to oppose Swiss...
Michael Laxer
Mar 4, 20252 min read
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