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‘Macron Get Out!’ Unions Lead Massive Anti-Austerity Protests Across France
“We’re in a situation of injustice,” one protester said. “Workers can no longer feed themselves, students no longer have future...

The Left Chapter
Sep 183 min read


Rightwing Consolidation And American Annexation: Canada's 2025 Election in the Shadow of Trump
The first part of a two part analysis. Trump and Carney at the G7 meeting in Canada, June 16, 2025 -- public domain image By Gabriel...

The Left Chapter
Jun 1916 min read


What Are the Possibilities for Peace in Ukraine?
Macron, Starmer and Zelenskyy, March 2, 2025 -- Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad The...
Michael Laxer
Mar 55 min read


The Colonizer’s Mask Has Slipped to the Floor
French troops in Mali - Cover photo by France 3 Grand Est, CC-BY-3.0, accessed via Wikimedia Commons. By Vijay Prashad A decade ago, on a...
Michael Laxer
Jan 145 min read


Harris, Trudeau, and the Fall of Our Neoliberal Saviors
What is that lesson that corporate-friendly so-called "centrists" refuse to learn? That you cannot save democracy while preserving the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 86 min read


Hezbollah Confirms Hassan Nasrallah's Death as Israel Carpet-Bombs Lebanon
"Israel is committing crimes against humanity and waging regional war (while dragging international states to it) all in order to...
Michael Laxer
Sep 28, 20244 min read


Fête de l’Humanité 2024: 450,000 Stand for Palestine and Against Macron’s Power Grab
Image via X By Global News Service The 89th edition of the Fête de l’Humanité brought together over 450,000 participants for three days...
Michael Laxer
Sep 18, 20241 min read


Far-Right Endorsements Unmask Democratic Charade
The fight against Trump's authoritarianism, while certainly necessary, is being used as cover to shore up support for a status quo that...
Michael Laxer
Sep 14, 20246 min read


100,000+ People Across France March to Decry Macron's 'Denial of Democracy'
"Expressing one's vote will be useless as long as Macron is in power," said one demonstrator. Protestors march in France, September 7 --...
Michael Laxer
Sep 8, 20242 min read


Jean-Luc Mélenchon & French Communists condemn Macron's PM choice, say election was stolen
Michel Barnier -- image via X Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the far left La France Insoumise (LFI) party and the French Communist Party...
Michael Laxer
Sep 5, 20242 min read


'This Election Is Being Stolen From Us': French Left Calls Mass Protest Against Macron
"The people must get rid of Macron for the good of democracy," said the leader of France's Green Party. Nouveau Front Populaire rally...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20242 min read


Capitalism, Mass Anger, and 2024 Elections
Public domain image By Richard D. Wolff In the wake of his huge defeat on June 30, 2024, when 80 percent of voters rejected French...
Michael Laxer
Aug 12, 20249 min read


Families Flee Khan Younis 'Wasteland' as Israel Hammers Gaza With US-Supplied Bombs
"The most effective action the U.S. could take to halt Israel's genocidal war would be cutting off weapons." Long line of people fleeing...
Michael Laxer
Aug 9, 20243 min read


Like Biden, NATO Is Unfit to Lead
NATO’s 75th anniversary is an opportune time to take stock of NATO’s outdated world view and violations of international law. Sound...
Michael Laxer
Jul 12, 20244 min read


Macron Delays Mandate for New Popular Front
French PM Gabriel Attal -- image via video screenshot By Global News Service The results of the general election in France are in: the...
Michael Laxer
Jul 9, 20241 min read


KKE General Secretary critiques new French Popular Front
Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks at an election rally in Athens, June 5 -- image via the KKE on X In the recent European elections the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 21, 20242 min read


Elections for the European Parliament and the need for anti-capitalist struggle: A Communist analysis
An excellent and thorough analysis of the results of the recent European election from the Brazilian Communist Party. Elections for the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 14, 20248 min read


Left parties in France form a new Popular Front
Taking a page from the dark days of the 1930s and the rise of fascism and nazism, the major left wing parties in France are forming what...
Michael Laxer
Jun 12, 20241 min read


Europe Sleepwalks Through Its Own Dilemmas
Soldiers of NATO’s multinational enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup training with the 1st Estonian Infantry Brigade during Estonia’s...
Michael Laxer
Mar 25, 20246 min read


Exit of Victoria Nuland Presents Opportunity for Peace in Ukraine
The imperative must be to chart a path back from this hopeless but ever-escalating war of attrition to the negotiating table that the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 14, 20247 min read
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