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The Day of the Workers
Hold High the Red Banner! -- Image adapted from a 1950s Soviet illustration by V. Ivanov The Day of the Workers KINGS, Emperors, Czars, and lords of Trade Who have the power without the name,— Soon shall your brutal might be laid Low in red Revolution's flame; And from the wreckage of your empire rise,— Flinging the banner of rebellion to the skies,— The new world of the workers, which now seems To the fainthearted, the mirage of idle dreams. One such republic stands impregna

The Left Chapter
Apr 31 min read


Good Morning Revolution
Good-morning, Revolution: You're the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on. Say, listen, Revolution:...
Michael Laxer
Nov 3, 20242 min read


The Children of Rafah
Passages from The Children of Rafah I The sun on a conqueror's bayonet was A naked corpse despised: Bleeding silence Over rancorous...
Michael Laxer
May 29, 20242 min read


To the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
To the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Say of them They knew no Spanish At first, and nothing of the arts of war At first: how to...
Michael Laxer
Mar 20, 20241 min read


The Power of Poetry to Move Us to Love in Times of Human Cruelty
San Francisco’s third poet laureate, devorah major, speaks on Palestine and how poetry can help us connect as we navigate the violence of...
Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20239 min read


The Skyscraper
The Skyscraper Talk about beauty -- Why, boy, That scene would fill a blooming sphinx with joy! All that steel frame-work bristling in...
Michael Laxer
Sep 23, 20231 min read


The Marcher
Demonstration, Joe Jones 1935 This is the fifth year I have marched across America; get outa town and keep movin the factories are...
Michael Laxer
Nov 1, 20211 min read
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