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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum officially recognizes Palestine as a state
Mexico's leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum made an historic move by officially recognizing Palestine as a state during a formal event...
Michael Laxer
Mar 20, 20251 min read


ALBA-TCP expresses solidarity with migrants, Cuba and Mexico
Image via ALBA-TCP The Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty...
Michael Laxer
Feb 4, 20253 min read


President Trump’s first 24 hours
On day one of this presidency, Trump signed a flurry of executive orders. What are they, do they have staying power, and what do they...
Michael Laxer
Jan 27, 20255 min read


Long live proletarian internationalism! -- CPUSA-PPSM Joint Statement
Communist Party of the United States, Popular Socialist Party of Mexico Joint Statement: Our parties share their concern about the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 13, 20251 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


Mexico's Leftist President Rips Trump Tariff Threat
"If even a small percentage of what the United States allocates to war were instead dedicated to building peace and fostering...
Michael Laxer
Nov 27, 20243 min read


Mexican Right Continues Attacks on Judicial Reform While the Fourth Transformation Continues to Advance
By Global News Service The right-wing Mexican opposition has vowed to continue trying to repeal the Judicial Reform approved and signed...
Michael Laxer
Sep 25, 20241 min read


At least 196 environmental defenders were murdered in 2023
New Global Witness report documents the violence faced by those resisting extractive industries, with Latin America remaining the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 13, 20245 min read


AMLO denounces US, Canadian interference in Mexican judicial affairs, puts diplomatic relations on "pause"
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Tuesday, August 27 that there would be a "temporary pause in the...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20242 min read


Looking at AMLO's radical new housing plan for Mexico
Dignified, affordable housing for working people provided by the government with constitutional guarantees. Leftists in the west should...
Michael Laxer
Aug 8, 20242 min read


Final Declaration of the XXVII Meeting of the São Paulo Forum
Photo of the final plenary session of the XXVII FSP Meeting, June 27 -- photo via the FSP The XXVII Meeting of the leftist and...
Michael Laxer
Jul 2, 20249 min read


Communist parties of Mexico & Ecuador unite to condemn embassy attack
Screenshot of the assault on the embassy. The Communist parties of Mexico and Ecuador have issued a joint statement denouncing the...
Michael Laxer
Apr 10, 20242 min read


The Communist Party of Cuba expresses its firm solidarity with the authorities and people of Mexico
Ecuadorian police attack the Mexican embassy in Quito -- image via screenshot. The Communist Party of Cuba and its leader, First...
Michael Laxer
Apr 7, 20242 min read


A New Life for Mexico’s Oldest Union
“Our vision is defending the interests of workers and a democratic union life.” In conversation with a longtime labor journalist, a...
Michael Laxer
Mar 9, 202410 min read


Granma sculpture unveiled in Mexico
Granma reports that a beautiful sculpture that replicates the Granma yacht was unveiled in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico. The Granma yacht is...
Michael Laxer
Dec 10, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #1059
Workers of the World Unite!, Mexican Labour Poster October 1926, Xavier Guerrero artist -- Daily LIFT #1059
Michael Laxer
Oct 19, 20231 min read


Government Report on Ayotzinapa Disappearances Links Ex-President Enrique Peña Nieto to the Crime
Relatives and friends of the missing students protest their disappearances in 2018 By Global News Service On September 28, parents of the...
Michael Laxer
Oct 5, 20231 min read


Parents of Disappeared Ayotzinapa Students Begin Indefinite Sit-in Protest in Mexico City
Image via Twitter By Global News Service On September 21, parents of the 43 students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, who...
Michael Laxer
Sep 30, 20231 min read


Latin American Women Take to the Streets on International Safe Abortion Day
One activist in Mexico said the country's green wave movement now had the task of "decriminalizing abortion in the minds of the people."...
Michael Laxer
Sep 29, 20233 min read


Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion as Rights Deteriorate in U.S., Poland
By Saurav Sarkar On September 6, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled that federal laws criminalizing abortion are unconstitutional, reported...
Michael Laxer
Sep 15, 20232 min read
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