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Trump 2.0 – The View from China
Donald Trump, 22 February 2025 -- Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Wang Wen Donald Trump’s second term may not be...
Michael Laxer
Mar 3, 20253 min read


Europe Does Not Need a Domestic Trump Clone
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump Clash During Meeting, February 28, 2025 -- public domain image By...
Michael Laxer
Mar 3, 20254 min read


A Cruel Hoax: The Political Economy of Anti-immigration
Deportation Flight to unknown "country of origin" from the United States by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on January 23,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 27, 20257 min read


A minute of silence for each of the Palestinian children murdered in Gaza would take more than 300 hours: Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy, President of the United States/Middle East Project (USMEP), briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 26, 20251 min read


Guantánamo’s legacy of injustice must end
Trump wants to jail 30,000 immigrants at the notorious naval base, which became a symbol for torture and indefinite detention. Holding...
Michael Laxer
Feb 20, 20253 min read


"Gaza and the West Bank are the homeland of the Palestinian people, not a bargaining chip" - China
Wang Yi at the UN, February 18 -- image via video screenshot On Tuesday, February 18, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi clearly...
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 20252 min read


The War on Science in the US is a War on the Public
The Trump administration is defunding and censoring science to serve corrupt corporate interests. Aftermath of some of the Palisades Fire...
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 20253 min read


"Stop the war and start the peace": British Communists
Keir Starmer & Volodymyr Zelenskyy, January 2025 -- Number 10, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Via the Communist Party of Britain: "A...
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 20252 min read


Israel Plans 1,000 New Settlement Homes as West Bank Raids Intensify
"The Netanyahu government is operating on steroids to establish facts on the ground that will destroy the chance for peace and...
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20253 min read


Trump Ally Milei Threatened With Impeachment Over Crypto Stunt
"Look where you brought us with your madness! You turned Argentina into a casino where the croupier is the president himself," one...
Michael Laxer
Feb 17, 20254 min read


Understanding and countering Trump's politics of bullying with a politics of international solidarity
Musk and Trump clown show at the White House - public domain image By Simon Božič-Dougherty Trump is the US Empire unmasked. Few, if any,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 17, 202510 min read


Why Education Reformers Will Find a Home in the Trump Administration
Trump’s inclination to mix policymaking with business deals and profiteering is an ideal situation for education reformers like his...
Michael Laxer
Feb 16, 202512 min read


Thousands March to US Embassy in London With Message for Trump: 'Hands Off Gaza'
An 87-year-old Holocaust survivor called the U.S. president's plan to permanently force Palestinians out of Gaza "completely immoral and...
Michael Laxer
Feb 16, 20252 min read


Trump International Hotel and Tower, Gaza
Public domain image of Trump at the Super Bowl, February 9, 2025 By Vijay Prashad Donald Trump spoke to reporters for over three hours...
Michael Laxer
Feb 14, 20255 min read


Develop the struggle for peace and internationalist solidarity against aggressive imperialism: Portuguese Communist Party
Public domain image of Donald Trump on February 9, 2025 The Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), met on February 8...
Michael Laxer
Feb 12, 20255 min read


Black History is every day, with or without the White House
From local school boards to the White House, the right is doubling down on its efforts to erase Black history. They’ll fail. Public...
Michael Laxer
Feb 9, 20253 min read


The Right to Remain in the Face of Genocide
Trump’s latest comments confirm that Israel’s wholesale destruction of Gaza is aimed at permanently removing its Palestinian population....
Michael Laxer
Feb 9, 20255 min read


Why US politicians keep blaming DEI for disasters, even when it's laughably untrue
At best, these false claims help politicians cover for corporate misdeeds. At worst, they foster division for its own sake. Neither makes...
Michael Laxer
Feb 7, 20253 min read


The Real Estate of Empire: How Colonial Gentrification Fuels Trump's Gaza Plan
Trump, in positioning himself as both a political leader and a real estate mogul, offers a disturbing vision of the future in which state...
Michael Laxer
Feb 7, 20257 min read


India's Communists condemn "inhumane and undignified" treatment of 104 people deported from the US
Video screenshot of the military plane used in the deportation -- image via X 104 Indian citizens were deported from the United States on...
Michael Laxer
Feb 6, 20252 min read
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