General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party Palmiro Togliatti speaks, 1963 -- Daily LIFT #2027

Trump, July 4, 2026 -- public domain image By Rezgar Akrawi Cuando Vladimir Lenin escribió sobre el imperialismo y lo consideró la etapa más avanzada del capitalismo, estaba identificando el momento en que el capital pasó del ámbito de la libre competencia al mundo del monopolio, donde los bancos se fusionaron con la industria, el Estado se convirtió en un instrumento directo al servicio del capital financiero y el mundo fue redividido por la fuerza entre los grandes bloques

The life of 19th-century Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti—reported to have spoken up to 72 languages—raises enduring questions about what it means to know a language and how to measure extraordinary multilingual ability. Portrait of Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti By Michael Erard Without a doubt, the most important book in English devoted to Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti (1774–1849), the polyglot of Bologna, is The Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti, written by the Irish priest Charles Wil

President Ho Chi Minh talks to students of the Central School of Stage Art in Hanoi on November 25, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #2026

Image via Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research via Facebook By Harleen Kaur Four years ago, Colombo was the world’s cautionary tale. A sovereign default, fuel queues that stretched for kilometres, a presidential palace occupied by its own citizens. This week, the same city is hosting trade unionists, party cadre, scholars, and ministers from across Asia, from Nepal to the Philippines and from Iran to Indonesia. They have gathered under a banner that would have sounde

Cover of the 1972 book On the Long March with Chairman Mao by Chen Chang-Feng -- Daily LIFT #2025

ICE raid in Virginia, May 15, 2026 -- public domain image By Mitchell Zimmerman In less than one week, ICE agents killed twice. Neither victim was the man they were looking for. And each time their excuses made no sense. But the killings served a purpose: terrorizing immigrant communities, in pursuit of Trump’s white nationalist agenda. On July 7 in Houston, masked ICE agents who did not identify themselves stopped and shot to death Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52 year old Mexic

Tanks during the events of July, 1974 Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) on the 52 years since the fascist coup of 15 July 1974 in Cyprus The shame of treason will forever accompany the fascists in Greece and Cyprus who colluded with Turkey and shed the blood of our people. The tragic anniversary of 15 July serves as a reminder of the greatest betrayal suffered by Cyprus and its people, when the fascist coup was carried out by the Greek Junta and EOKA B, paving the wa

Attlee, Truman and Stalin at Potsdam, Germany, circa 28 July -- 1 August 1945 By Urariano Mota Historical records indicate that the Potsdam Conference took place in Potsdam, Germany (near Berlin), beginning on 17 July 1945. The participants were the victorious Allies of the Second World War, amongst whom Stalin stood out with the glorious Red Army. Now and always is the time to stand firm against all propaganda from capitalist countries: this overwhelming victory of the Red A

Trump on July 4, 2026 -- public domain image By Rezgar Akrawi When Vladimir Lenin wrote about imperialism and considered it the highest stage of capitalism, he was tracking the moment capital shifted from the space of free competition into the world of monopoly, where banks merged with industry, the state turned into a direct instrument serving finance capital, and the world was redivided by force among the great monopolistic blocs. Today, more than a century later, we stand

Children from the southern region visiting President Ho Chi Minh on February 13, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #2024

A displaced Palestinian girl sleeps in the street after the Israeli army ordered them to evacuate the Abu Areif and Al-Mazra'a areas in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, 21 August 2024 -- Ashraf Amra, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, via Wikimedia Commons By Guillermo Barreto It is 19 April 2025. A 12-year-old girl and her 3-year-old brother are playing in front of their house in the village of Bert-Furik. A group of Israeli settlers kidnaps them. At knifepoint, they drag the children to an olive

Image via Facebook By Balram Banskota and Jeongeun Hwang On 4 March 2026, a US military vessel torpedoed and sunk the unarmed Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The illegal strike killed over 80 and injured over 30 Iranian sailors, who were returning home after participating in the Indian Navy’s flagship biennial multilateral naval drill, Exercise MILAN, and the International Fleet Review, in Visakhapatnam. The Sri Lankan authorities mobilised to r

While costs rise for everything, SNAP recipients who lost benefits — and the farmers who fed them — are being asked to shell out $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon. Trump walking past military equipment at Fort Bragg, June 2025 -- public domain image By Danaka Katovich In an era of high prices for fuel, food, and housing, an extra $4,000 could make a life-saving difference for many families. But instead, that’s what the average household had to shell out for the Pentagon last yea

US troops at Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela, July 1, 2026 - public domain image Tribuna Popular — Pedro Eusse, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), denounced on Tuesday the “escalation of U.S. imperialist domination” over Venezuela, asserting that the tragedy caused by the earthquakes on June 24 is being used to deepen the United States’ presence and influence in the country. During a press confer

Trump and Carney at the NATO summit, July 8, 2026 -- public domain image As the NATO summit draws to a close in Ankara, Turkey, the Communist Party of Canada reiterates its condemnation of this offensive, warmongering alliance, which – now more than ever – is fulfilling its role as the global army of the United States. Today, NATO is pushing us further toward the abyss of a world war that could turn nuclear. Flashpoints are multiplying. From Ukraine, caught between the Wester

Ho Chi Minh welcomes children at the Presidential Palace on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1961 -- Daily LIFT #2023

Representational image of a footvolley player in action -- Charliew92, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Rufus Wiena My phone buzzed. It was my girlfriend. ‘Get out of there,’ she said. Her voice was shaking. I was in Graz, Austria, at a European footvolley tournament. I had come to compete. I was leaving for my safety. Hours earlier, a four-time European champion with over 25,000 Instagram followers had posted a story asking his fans what should be done with me. The res

Rather than making the region safer, the pursuit of “deterrence” risks turning the Pacific into a battlefield while diverting resources away from the urgent challenges that communities are actually facing today. Japanese and U.S. naval vessels participating in Valiant Shield 2026 -- 海上自衛隊, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Megan Russell, Common Dreams June 24 marked the start of the biennial Rim of the Pacific, or RIMPAC, exercises, the world’s largest international naval w

When people think of economic sanctions, they often imagine a mechanism targeting a specific government, specific assets, or a list of names. But the U.S. sanctions regime operates differently and in a much broader way, relying on a phenomenon known as ‘overcompliance’: banks, companies, and platforms around the world sever ties or reject transactions with institutions and individuals from sanctioned countries far beyond what the law strictly requires, simply out of fear of l