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Kafkaesque West: From the Rule of Law to the Age of Unpersons
By Biljana Vankovska A passage from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale haunts me often: “That was when they suspended the Constitution… There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home… watching television… There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.” Today, the enemy list is long: Russia, China, Iran, Hamas—you choose! Our screens have changed, but our passivity hasn’t. We no longer watch TV; we scroll, distracted and numb, as freedoms erode

The Left Chapter
Dec 24, 20254 min read


Miguel Díaz-Canel speaks at People's and CELAC-EU summits in Brussels
Miguel Díaz-Canel speaks at the People's Summit in Brussels, July 17 - All images via PCC Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who had been...
Michael Laxer
Jul 19, 20233 min read


EU's Cuba resolution "a hypocritical act of arbitrary interference": World Peace Council
Cubans rally in defense of the revolution, July 17, 2021 Following on the heels of the Cuban National Assembly, the Communist Party of...
Michael Laxer
Jul 18, 20232 min read


European Union moves to regulate gig and app workers
In a major victory for European workers that will hopefully have global implications, a European Union directive announced December 9...
Michael Laxer
Dec 15, 20213 min read
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