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To Stop Coups in South Korea, Expand Democracy
Mass protest calling for the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, December 2024 -- image via X By Dae-Han Song On 4 April, 122 days after...

The Left Chapter
Apr 29, 20255 min read


As History Erasure Intensifies, Independent Internet Archives Are Helping Fortify the ‘Digital Preservation Infrastructure’
These online resources hold crucial information on history, social issues, and activism. Public domain image By Damon Orion Despite...

The Left Chapter
Apr 25, 20256 min read


The People’s Network for Land and Liberation Is Building Alternatives to the Current ‘War-and-Empire Global Economy’
This consortium of community-based organizations is working toward decolonization and economic democracy. People's Network for Land and...

The Left Chapter
Apr 22, 20256 min read


Archaeology Can Now Tell Us How People Have Muffled and Challenged Economic Inequality Across History
By Gary M. Feinman Without archaeology, there is no way to truly examine economic inequality, its causes, and its consequences over very...

The Left Chapter
Apr 19, 20254 min read


First, They Came for the Venezuelans
Trump is turning deportation into a weapon of mass destruction. None of us—undocumented immigrants, people with papers, naturalized...

The Left Chapter
Mar 25, 20255 min read


What Was It Like for Our Sapiens Ancestors to Meet and Mix With Cousin Species?
Between 50,000 and 35,000 years ago in Eurasia, the disappearance of hominin species or their biocultural assimilation with anatomically...
Michael Laxer
Mar 16, 20257 min read


Participatory Budgeting Includes Community Members in the Public Funding Process
As governmental authoritarianism intensifies, citizens “double down on democracy” through the participatory model. Participatory budget...
Michael Laxer
Mar 13, 20254 min read


A Cruel Hoax: The Political Economy of Anti-immigration
Deportation Flight to unknown "country of origin" from the United States by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on January 23,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 27, 20257 min read


‘Only the People Can Save the People,’ Say Migrant Workers
The National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON) embodies an ethos of “solidarity, not charity,” in both fire relief and immigrant...
Michael Laxer
Feb 21, 20255 min read


This Clinic in Chicago Offers Free Legal Aid to Solidarity Economy Groups
The Community Enterprise and Solidarity Clinic is part of a growing mutual aid movement in Chicago, Illinois. The University of Illinois...
Michael Laxer
Feb 5, 20255 min read


Why We Evolved to Dream at Night and What Dreams Mean
We forget most of our dreams. So why do we have them? By Leslie Alan Horvitz No one knows why we dream. It stands to reason that dreams...
Michael Laxer
Jan 31, 202524 min read


A New Military Strategy of French Neocolonialism in Africa: Reorganizing Under the Cover Retreat
Left parties of West Africa warn that announcements of withdrawal of troops by France-backed regimes in its former African colonies are...
Michael Laxer
Jan 27, 202511 min read


Abolish Climate Disasters
We need to apply an abolitionist framework to climate change, pouring money into a safe and resilient climate and out of the oil-based...
Michael Laxer
Jan 23, 20256 min read


How a Community Collaborative in Arkansas Is Pioneering Solutions to Long-Standing Social Problems
Sankofa Village Arkansas is building an “intentional community centering Black healing, liberation, and regeneration.” Brandonrush, CC...
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20254 min read


How the World Hides Liability for Climate Deaths
Unfair family planning regimes have stalled progress in the climate fight and prevent children from having a fair start in life. People...
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 202513 min read


How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship Works to Uproot Racism in the Food System
This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system. By Damon Orion Racism has been embedded in America’s...
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 202411 min read


With Martial Law Defeated, Now Is a Decisive Moment for Change in South Korea
South Koreans protest against the president, December 4 -- image via Hashflu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Steven Lee Late at...
Michael Laxer
Dec 11, 20245 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


Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence
We know from history that there are many ways we can live together—let’s explore the idea. Aerroscape & Lino Zeddies, CC BY-SA 4.0 By...
Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20246 min read


Canada Reinvents the Xenophobic Wheel
By Saurav Sarkar Bikram Singh is running out of time on his post-study work visa in Canada. Singh is one of about 70,000 migrants who...
Michael Laxer
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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