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"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 13, 20214 min read


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
Dec 8, 20213 min read


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 31, 202111 min read


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 30, 20212 min read


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
Oct 15, 20212 min read


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 26, 20219 min read


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
Sep 23, 20219 min read


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
Aug 19, 20213 min read


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 21, 20212 min read


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
Jul 12, 20215 min read


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 23, 20212 min read


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
Jun 2, 20213 min read


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
May 29, 20212 min read


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 7, 20203 min read


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...
Michael Laxer
Nov 4, 20204 min read


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...
Michael Laxer
Nov 3, 20204 min read
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