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ALBA-TCP denounces Trump Gaza plan, attacks on Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua
Public domain image of Donald Trump, January 2025 The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) is condemning Donald...
Michael Laxer
Feb 7, 20253 min read


The Real Estate of Empire: How Colonial Gentrification Fuels Trump's Gaza Plan
Trump, in positioning himself as both a political leader and a real estate mogul, offers a disturbing vision of the future in which state...
Michael Laxer
Feb 7, 20257 min read


Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza Is a Brutal Form of Colonial Capitalism
The U.S. president’s real estate vision for Gaza—despicable and unlawful—epitomizes the modern Western colonial project. Video screenshot...
Michael Laxer
Feb 5, 20255 min read


'We Will Not Leave': Palestinians Respond With Defiance to Trump's Ethnic Cleansing Plan
"This is our homeland," said one Gaza City resident. "Neither I, my children, nor my grandchildren will ever leave it." Trump and...
Michael Laxer
Feb 5, 20254 min read


Official Gaza Death Toll Soars to Nearly 62,000 as Thousands of Missing Now Presumed Dead
British lawmaker Jeremy Corbyn called for Israeli officials, and countries that have funded the bombardment of Gaza, to "face justice for...
Michael Laxer
Feb 3, 20253 min read


In the Attack on Pro-Palestinian Campus Speech, More Than Jobs Are at Stake
Students and professors across the country are being witch-hunted for their position on Palestine, in a serious threat to democracy,...
Michael Laxer
Jan 31, 20256 min read


A world turned upside down - Peter Mertens speaks at “Por el Equilibrio del Mundo”
Peter Mertens in 2020 - pvdaptb, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Speech by Peter Mertens at the Opening Session of the 6th...
Michael Laxer
Jan 31, 20252 min read


Settler Colonialism: ‘It Ends With Us’ in Palestine and Israel
By Richard D. Wolff My birth emerged from European capitalism’s fascistic catastrophe in the 1920s–1940s. That catastrophe also produced...
Michael Laxer
Jan 29, 20256 min read


'A Pattern of Genocide': Report Details Israel's Systematic Destruction of Gaza Health System
The Palestinian group Al-Haq outlined the "targeting of hospitals and health centers, the denial of adequate medical provisions into and...
Michael Laxer
Jan 24, 20253 min read


That Strong Spirit of Palestinian Emancipation
Celebration in Gaza as the ceasefire is announced -- image via X By Vijay Prashad It is impossible to bottle this sensibility. All of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 21, 20254 min read


'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


Cuba maintains its unwavering support for the Palestinian people
By Dayán González Ramírez, Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish On January 19, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas...
Michael Laxer
Jan 19, 20252 min read


Peace is the solution! - Communist Party of Israel
Statement of the Communist Paty of Israel & Haddash: *The Agreement and Ceasefire are Important and Welcomed, but it cannot be...
Michael Laxer
Jan 16, 20251 min read


Gaza Journalists Demand End to Israel's Impunity for 'Genocide Against Us'
"We have been let down by the international community, particularly the international media organizations," said Abubaker Abed, sharing a...
Michael Laxer
Jan 11, 20254 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


The Children of Gaza Are Freezing to Death
January image of Gaza via the WHO By Vijay Prashad From early December 2024 to early January 2025, the body temperature of eight babies...
Michael Laxer
Jan 8, 20255 min read


"Capitalism has no solutions for workers and their families" - WPI New Year's statement
The Workers Party of Ireland New Year's Statement CLLR. Ted Tynan, President of the Workers Party of Ireland The Workers Party over the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 8, 20255 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


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
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