Michael Laxer
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...
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Michael Laxer
- Sep 12
- 2 min
UNRWA Says 6 Workers Among at Least 18 Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza School
"This school has been hit five times since the war began. It is home to around 12,000 displaced people, mainly women and children. No one...
Michael Laxer
- Sep 11
- 7 min
Take Cuba off the list of sponsors of terrorism!: Open Letter
Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons From Casa de las Americas in Havana:...
Michael Laxer
- Sep 10
- 3 min
'Another Unbearable and Horrific Massacre': US-Armed IDF Kills Dozens in Tent City Bombing
"The far-right genocidal Israeli government continues to use its one-ton Biden bombs to massacre Palestinians as if they were sheep for...
Michael Laxer
- Sep 9
- 4 min
How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza
Protest against the Israeli war on Gaza outside the New York Times building, November, 2023 -- image via X By Norman Solomon As the Gaza...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 30
- 8 min
Growing Challenges for Dems in Arab and Muslim Voting Hotspots Across the U.S
While the Gaza War has brought attention to the political influence of Arab and Muslim Americans amid the election season, their growing...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 29
- 3 min
US workers need protection from record-breaking heat
2,000 workers die from extreme heat every year. As temperatures rise, we need federal standards for water breaks, shade, and other basic...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 28
- 2 min
'Deeply Complicit': US Has Sent Israel Over 50,000 Tons of Weaponry in 11 Months
On average, the Biden administration has sent Israel "a weapons shipment every 12 hours" since October, noted the IMEU Policy Project. US...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 24
- 3 min
America's nuclear "downwinders" deserve justice
Countless Americans were poisoned by the nuclear arms race — and their federal compensation just expired. That’s an outrage. Trinity By...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 22
- 3 min
'Complicity in War Crimes': Report Names Countries, Companies Supplying Fuel to Israel
"Corporations supplying jet fuel and oil to Israel may be providing material support to the military," one expert said, "and therefore...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 21
- 6 min
The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns
The combined dangers of nuclear war and climate catastrophe have pushed the hands of the Doomsday Clock all the way to 90 seconds to...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 20
- 3 min
Biden's Cruel and Orwellian Remarks on Gaza at the DNC
A speech that denied the suffering of Palestinians was a journey into an alternative universe of political guile from a president who...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 12
- 9 min
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
- 2 min
On the 75th anniversary of the Fourth Geneva Convention open letter calls on US to end sanctions
August 12 is the 75th anniversary of the Fourth Geneva Convention and its prohibition on collective punishment and dozens of legal...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 10
- 2 min
US and 6 western ambassadors shamefully skip Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial ceremony
A scene from the ceremony -- image via X By Michael Laxer In a truly shameful decision, ambassadors from the United States, the UK,...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 10
- 4 min
'Heinous': Children Among 100 Killed by Israel Bombing of Gaza School Just Hours After US Weapons Approval
"It is hard to comprehend how the Biden administration can justify rewarding Israel with new weapons, despite Israel's persistent...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 9
- 3 min
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 5
- 3 min
'Beyond Horror': Israel Kills Mostly Children in Fresh Attacks on Gaza Schools
"Remember that each one of those numbers is one person, a child who has been forever changed by what's happened." Screenshot of a man...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 27
- 3 min
The US must stop arming Israel
Congress should listen to the American people, not an Israeli prime minister who may be guilty of war crimes. Kamala Harris and...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Israeli Snipers Firing at 'Anyone Who Is Moving' in Khan Younis
The southern Gaza city is the latest region where Israeli forces have issued an evacuation order, displacing hundreds of thousands of...
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