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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 174 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 152 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 143 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 103 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 86 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 65 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 32 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 113 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


As US Celebrates Thanksgiving, Israel-Imposed Starvation and Suffering in Gaza Intensifies
"There is no military necessity or justification under international law that permits the prevention of basic necessities from reaching a...
Michael Laxer
Nov 28, 20244 min read


Peru’s Choices Between a New Deep-Water Port and Used Metro Cars
Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with president Dina Boluarte Zegarra of Peru, Friday, November 15, 2024, during the APEC...
Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20245 min read


Yemen Appears to Have the Upper Hand in Its Conflict With the United States
Yemini commandos prepare to land on the Galaxy Leader, November 2023 By Vijay Prashad On November 14, 2023, a month into Israel’s...
Michael Laxer
Nov 22, 20245 min read


Communists in USA & Chile condemn Biden's authorization of Russia missile strikes
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and the Communist Party of Chile (CPC) have both issued statements denouncing the dangerous escalation of...
Michael Laxer
Nov 21, 20242 min read


As US Keeps Arms Flowing, UN Panel Says Israeli Assault on Gaza 'Consistent With Genocide'
"Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation, and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war, and inflicting collective...
Michael Laxer
Nov 14, 20243 min read
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