Michael Laxer
The blockade of Cuba is like a "permanent pandemic...a constant hurricane"-Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
On November 3, for the 30th year in a row the United Nations overwhelmingly voted to call for an end to the economic, commercial and...
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Michael Laxer
- Oct 19
- 5 min
Cuba releases new report on the devastating impact of the US economic blockade
The Biden administration has maintained almost all of Trump's attack on the socialist country causing an estimated $6.3 billion in...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 7
- 2 min
China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on the “rules-based international order”
Question and answer exchange from Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s Regular Press Conference on July 6, 2022 CCTV: US Secretary...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 6
- 6 min
The Keystone Koup and the whiff of Weimar: Reflections on a very American Fascist dress rehearsal
The failed fascist Koup on Jan. 6th, 2021 has quickly become Myth to liberal and conservative regressives as well as the increasingly...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 1
- 6 min
2021: The year in review on The Left Chapter
2021 is done and what a year it was. Along the way we saw momentous victories for the left in Kerala, Chile, Peru, Honduras and...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 13, 2021
- 4 min
"Only international cooperation and solidarity will save humanity"
The Cuban statement to the Extraordinary Teleconference of the International Meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties. The...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 8, 2021
- 3 min
US claims about Russian "aggression" are a hypocritical farce
If you read almost any of the western mainstream media you would have basically no idea that there is a lot more to the ongoing situation...
Michael Laxer
- Oct 31, 2021
- 11 min
Red Review #29 -- International Left and Labour News
The twenty-ninth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Canada, the United States, Sudan,...
Michael Laxer
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
Petition calls on Canada to strongly oppose US sanctions on Cuba
A new petition to Canada's parliament sponsored by NDP MP Niki Ashton calls on the Canadian government to take a stronger stance in...
Michael Laxer
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
Trudeau echoes Trump in equating "far-left" and far-right
It is utterly ridiculous to claim, as Trudeau did, that the "far-left" spreads fear, hate and white supremacy. Remember when former US...
Michael Laxer
- Sep 26, 2021
- 9 min
UN & CELAC: Red Review #24 -- International Left and Labour News
The twenty-fourth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Russia, Cuba, Tunisia, Ukraine,...
Michael Laxer
- Sep 23, 2021
- 9 min
Changing the paradigm: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks at the UN
The full text of the Cuban President's tour-de-force speech to the United Nations, September 23, that touches on global inequality,...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
CP of Spain: The "workers of the world cannot ignore the suffering of Afghanistan"
"Twenty years of war and military occupation in Afghanistan end for the United States with a strategic disaster and a painful withdrawal...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
UK union Unite condemns "inhumane blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba"
Cubans at a mass rally in defense of the Revolution and against the blockade, Havana July 17 -- image via Twitter One of the UK's leading...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 12, 2021
- 5 min
Solidarity with Cuba!
Cubans rally in support of the Revolution, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks and statements of solidarity come in from around...
Michael Laxer
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
UN votes overwhelmingly to demand an end to the embargo against Cuba
The vote was a staggering 184 in favour with only the United States and Israel voting against. There were 3 abstentions. Image via...
Michael Laxer
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
Illinois House calls for an end to the US economic embargo and blockade of Cuba
On May 30 the Illinois House of Representatives adopted a resolution calling for an end to the US economic embargo and blockade of Cuba....
Michael Laxer
- May 29, 2021
- 2 min
Petition calls on Canadian government to robustly oppose US sanctions on Cuba
A new petition to Canada's parliament calls on the Canadian government to take a more robust stance in opposition to the continuing US...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
The streets will not push Biden left, only an organized Left party will do that
What many progressives and leftists seem to fail to understand is that fascism in the US is a process more than an ideology and the...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 4, 2020
- 4 min
The Worst Show on Earth -- 2020 Edition Continued: Trump Judicial Coup or Regressive Blue Dog Rule?
The marked shortfall of the Democrats in 2020 is, again, primarily a product of elite liberal arrogance. Photo via twitter By Gabriel...