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Michael Laxer
1 day ago3 min read
'A Pattern of Genocide': Report Details Israel's Systematic Destruction of Gaza Health System
The Palestinian group Al-Haq outlined the "targeting of hospitals and health centers, the denial of adequate medical provisions into and...
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Michael Laxer
4 days ago4 min read
That Strong Spirit of Palestinian Emancipation
Celebration in Gaza as the ceasefire is announced -- image via X By Vijay Prashad It is impossible to bottle this sensibility. All of...
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Michael Laxer
5 days ago3 min read
My Community Will Remember the Biden Administration for One Thing: Genocide
In less than a year, more than a dozen U.S. officials publicly resigned in protest of Biden's policy on Israel-Palestine. I was one of...
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Michael Laxer
6 days ago4 min read
Declaration of the People's Unity Against Imperialism -- Anti-Imperialist Front
Image from an anti-imperialist poster, People's Republic of China Anti-Imperialist Front In a speech given by U.S. President Truman in...
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Michael Laxer
6 days ago2 min read
Cuba maintains its unwavering support for the Palestinian people
By Dayán González RamÃrez, Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish On January 19, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas...
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Michael Laxer
6 days ago3 min read
Gaza Cease-Fire Takes Effect After Deadly Three-Hour Delay
Israeli forces killed at least 19 Palestinians during the delay, on top of nearly 47,000 others slaughtered since October 2023....
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Michael Laxer
Jan 177 min read
United States in 2025: Social Problems Denied via Rhetorics of Refusal
Public domain image from November, 2024 By Richard D. Wolff Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 161 min read
Peace is the solution! - Communist Party of Israel
Statement of the Communist Paty of Israel & Haddash: *The Agreement and Ceasefire are Important and Welcomed, but it cannot be...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 163 min read
Israeli Attacks Kill 70+ as Netanyahu Delays Cabinet Vote on Cease-Fire Deal
"Despite the jubilation of the population in Gaza as well as that of the families of hostages held by Hamas, there have already been...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 124 min read
The Fires in Gaza Are the Fires in Los Angeles
Our endless wars have pushed forward the climate crisis, and now its catastrophic results are once again terrifyingly visible inside the...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 114 min read
Gaza Journalists Demand End to Israel's Impunity for 'Genocide Against Us'​
"We have been let down by the international community, particularly the international media organizations," said Abubaker Abed, sharing a...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 103 min read
Lancet Study Finds Official Gaza Death Toll Likely a 41% Undercount
The peer-reviewed analysis estimates that Israel's assault on Gaza killed 64,260 people between October 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024—a...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 85 min read
The Children of Gaza Are Freezing to Death
January image of Gaza via the WHO By Vijay Prashad From early December 2024 to early January 2025, the body temperature of eight babies...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 85 min read
"Capitalism has no solutions for workers and their families" - WPI New Year's statement
The Workers Party of Ireland New Year's Statement CLLR. Ted Tynan, President of the Workers Party of Ireland The Workers Party over the...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 65 min read
The Genocidal Legacy of Joe Biden Will Not Be Forgotten
Public domain image of Joe Biden in October, 2023 By Norman Solomon, Common Dreams When news broke over the weekend that President Biden...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 113 min read
2024: The year in review on The Left Chapter
Although there were many stories from around the world we looked at -- from Syria to Ukraine to Sudan and on -- the grinding, genocidal...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 12 min read
Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill Over 20—Including Children—on First Day of New Year
Israel's military bombed two refugee camps in the besieged enclave, pushing the official death toll since October 7, 2023 to 45,553....
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Michael Laxer
Dec 30, 20247 min read
A Palestinian's Year in Review: Genocide in Gaza
While Israel's desperate attempt to control the global narrative on the Gaza genocide largely failed, the ethnic cleansing continues....
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Michael Laxer
Dec 28, 20242 min read
Last major hospital in North Gaza knocked out as children continue to die in Israeli attacks
Devastation of the hospital and its courtyard by Israeli attacks -- image via Al Jazeera video screenshot The World Health Organization...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 26, 20242 min read
Israeli Strike on Press Van Kills Five Palestinian Journalists in Gaza
"Journalists are civilians and must always be protected," said the Committee to Protect Journalists' Middle East and North Africa...
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