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'There Are Bodies in the Streets:' Israel Launches Attack on Jenin
"There is no cease-fire for Palestinians," said Palestinian writer Yara Hawari. Israeli military bulldozers deploying in Jenin -- image...
Michael Laxer
Jan 21, 20252 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...
Michael Laxer
Jan 20, 20253 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....
Michael Laxer
Jan 19, 20253 min read
The Winds of Climate Change Are Driving LA’s Fires
The fires are yet another tragic reminder of how people and our planet pay the ultimate price for climate inaction. A firefighter at work...
Michael Laxer
Jan 18, 20253 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...
Michael Laxer
Jan 17, 20257 min read
Cuban Foreign Minister: "The next step is to lift the blockade as a whole and let Cubans live in peace"
Images via the Communist Party of Cuba By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish "It was serious, important and a step in...
Michael Laxer
Jan 17, 20254 min read
End the blockade of Cuba! - CPUSA
Communist Party USA Statement: The Communist Party USA welcomes the long-overdue removal of Cuba from the U.S. list of State Sponsors of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 15, 20252 min read
Cuba calls removal from US "terrorism" list a step in the right direction but blockade remains
In the final days of his presidency, Joe Biden has finally removed Cuba from the spurious and arbitrary list of countries that the US...
Michael Laxer
Jan 14, 20253 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...
Michael Laxer
Jan 10, 20253 min read
Harris, Trudeau, and the Fall of Our Neoliberal Saviors
What is that lesson that corporate-friendly so-called "centrists" refuse to learn? That you cannot save democracy while preserving the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 8, 20256 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...
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20255 min read
"The Cuban Revolution has been a timeless source of inspiration for the struggle of the working class": KKE
Message of the International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE ) to the Communist Party...
Michael Laxer
Jan 3, 20252 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...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 202513 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....
Michael Laxer
Dec 30, 20247 min read
The Lethal Killing Fueled by Open AI
We should all be frightened by this use of AI for death and destruction. But this is not new. Israel and the U.S. have been testing and...
Michael Laxer
Dec 27, 20244 min read
Thousands march in Havana as Díaz-Canel denounces US blockade
Images via the PCC Translated from the Spanish The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and...
Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20242 min read
The Democratic Party Faces Its Day of Reckoning
By Leonard C. Goodman Following its crushing defeat in the 2024 election, the Democratic Party might finally face its day of reckoning....
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 20247 min read
How the US and Israel Destroyed Syria and Called it Peace
American interference, at the behest of Netanyahu’s far-right Israel, has left the Middle East in ruins, with over a million dead and...
Michael Laxer
Dec 12, 20248 min read
Solidarity with the people and the Communists of Syria
Statements about events in Syria from Communist parties in Greece, the Netherlands, Spain and Chile. In light of the alarming events...
Michael Laxer
Dec 9, 20247 min read
Time for Truthful Narratives on Immigration
The “migrant crisis” was manufactured and is the fault of both Trump and Biden. We need to understand that the U.S. needs immigrants more...
Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20246 min read
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