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    The Keystone Koup and the whiff of Weimar: Reflections on a very American Fascist dress rehearsal
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 7
    • 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...
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    2021: The year in review on The Left Chapter
    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...
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    "Only international cooperation and solidarity will save humanity"
    Michael Laxer
    • Dec 14, 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...
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    US claims about Russian "aggression" are a hypocritical farce
    Michael Laxer
    • Dec 9, 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...
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    Red Review #29 -- International Left and Labour News
    Michael Laxer
    • Nov 1, 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,...
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    Petition calls on Canada to strongly oppose US sanctions on Cuba
    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...
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    Trudeau echoes Trump in equating "far-left" and far-right
    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...
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    UN & CELAC: Red Review #24 -- International Left and Labour News
    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,...
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    Changing the paradigm: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks at the UN
    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,...
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    CP of Spain:  The "workers of the world cannot ignore the suffering of Afghanistan"
    Michael Laxer
    • Aug 20, 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...
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    UK union Unite condemns "inhumane blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba"
    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...
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    Solidarity with Cuba!
    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...
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    UN votes overwhelmingly to demand an end to the embargo against Cuba
    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...
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    Illinois House calls for an end to the US economic embargo and blockade of Cuba
    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....
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    Petition calls on Canadian government to robustly oppose US sanctions on 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...
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    The streets will not push Biden left, only an organized Left party will do that
    Michael Laxer
    • Nov 7, 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...
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    The Worst Show on Earth -- 2020 Edition Continued: Trump Judicial Coup or Regressive Blue Dog Rule?
    Michael Laxer
    • Nov 5, 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...
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    The Worst Show on Earth—The 2020 Yankee Election Circus is a Strictly Rightwing Affair
    Michael Laxer
    • Nov 4, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Worst Show on Earth—The 2020 Yankee Election Circus is a Strictly Rightwing Affair

    By Gabriel Haythornthwaite The fury on what passes for a Left in the US has produced a lot of mystifying smoke but little in the way of...
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