Michael Laxer
‘Practices for Care and Endurance’ Support Those Organizing for Ceasefire in Gaza
Amid genocidal violence and mass civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, well-known writers, artists, healers, and activists shared practices...
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Michael Laxer
- Nov 28
- 6 min
Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago: The UAE’s Occupation and Destruction of a World Heritage Site
The United Arab Emirates is destroying the biodiversity of a Yemeni archipelago. A view from Socotra showing some of its unique trees,...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 30
- 6 min
Wildfires Aren’t Just a Threat to People -- They’re Killing Off Earth’s Biodiversity
Cataclysmic wildfires have increased in intensity and frequency due to climate change. The New York skyline as a result of the Canadian...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 28, 2021
- 5 min
Nothing is impossible: Maduro addresses the UN Human Rights Council
"Let's change the predatory capitalist economic system that has generated so much pain, death, war and misery." Image via twitter Here we...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 27, 2021
- 3 min
A better world is possible: Cuba's powerful statement to the UN Human Rights Council
"Inequalities, hunger and discrimination are growing exponentially, in a world already burdened by an unjust and undemocratic...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
The "establishment of a just, democratic and equitable international order is an imperative"
Excerpt from a statement at the thirty first Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly by Miguel Mario DÃaz-Canel, President...
Michael Laxer
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
"The pandemic has been affecting the entire food system and has laid bare its fragility"
The ILO, FAO, IFAD and WHO jointly warn of great dangers ahead for workers, developing nations and people living in poverty without...
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