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Daily LIFT #2104
Rally in Liepāja, Latvia demanding Latvia's entry into the USSR as a constituent republic, early 1940 -- Daily LIFT #2104

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Daily LIFT #2103
Che playing baseball -- Daily LIFT #2103

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Daily LIFT #2102
Angela Davis Urges - Declare Your Independence - Vote for Hall and Tyner, CPUSA Election Poster, 1976 -- Daily LIFT #2102 In 1976, Gus Hall ran for President and Jarvis Tyner ran for Vice President representing the Communist Party USA, a campaign that promoted socialism and workers’ rights but received only a small fraction of the national vote. Gus Hall was the Chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and led the party’s effort to participate independently in U.S. preside

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3 days ago1 min read


Daily LIFT #2101
Monument-bust to Karl Marx in Leningrad (bronze, stone, 1932), Nikolai Tomsky, USSR -- Daily LIFT #2101

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Daily LIFT #2100
Brezhnev speaks in front of Lenin, 1981 -- Daily LIFT #2100

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Daily LIFT #2099
Distributing the Landlord's Grain, woodcut, Yen Han, People's Republic of China, 1950 -- Daily LIFT #2099

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Daily LIFT #2098
Let Our Patriotic Slogan Be: Bigger Output and Better Quality!, Poster, Yu Yun-chieh, People's Republic of China, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #2098

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Oct 31 min read


Daily LIFT #2097
Victory Belongs to the Peace Loving People Throughout the World!, poster, People's Republic of China, Tsai Chen-hua, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #2097

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Oct 21 min read


Daily LIFT #2096
Chairman Mao Picture Card from the Cultural Revolution era -- Daily LIFT #2096

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Oct 21 min read


Daily LIFT #2095
Ho Chi Minh portrait, 1965 -- Daily LIFT #2095

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Sep 301 min read


Daily LIFT #2094
The Parting, illustration, E. Djolos-Soloviev, USSR c. 1969 -- Daily LIFT #2094 An illustration showing an emotional moment during the revolutionary Civil War.

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Sep 291 min read


Daily LIFT #2093
The School Comes on Horseback, gouache, Chen Yen, People's Republic of China c. 1975

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Sep 281 min read


Daily LIFT #2092
"The Azalea Blossoms in the Chingkang Mountains Are Red Every Year", woodcut, Tsou Ta-ching, People's Republic of China c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2092 From the PRC Press: "The Azalea Blossoms in the Chingkang Mountains Are Red Every Year" features a school graduate making her home in the countryside. To emphasize the vigor of youth, it uses rugged, blunt strokes against a symbolic background.

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Sep 271 min read


Daily LIFT #2091
Presents from Peking, traditional-style painting. Wu Chi-chung, Chou Po and Lin Yung, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2091 From the PRC press: Three young artists from Kwangtung province, Wu Chi-chung, Chou Po and Lin Yung, produced the traditional-style painting "Presents from Peking". It depicts the people of the Hsisha Islands and armymen stationed there, fresh from their victory in a self-defense counterattack battle. They are opening gifts — Chairman M

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Sep 261 min read


Daily LIFT #2090
"Building an Aqueduct", oil painting, Sun Kuo-chi and Chang Hung-tsan, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2090 From the PRC Press: Another oil, "Building an Aqueduct" by Sun Kuo-chi and Chang Hung-tsan, portrays young commune members battling the elements with revolutionary optimism and overcoming the lack of machinery by using home-devised methods. The snowbound worksite in the background heightens the impression the picture gives of the commune members' figh

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Sep 251 min read


Daily LIFT #2089
"Drilling Begins", oil painting, Li Shu-chi, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2089 From the PRC Press: "Drilling Begins", an oil by Li Shu-chi, shows a typical scene of oil workers emulating the spirit of the famous model worker, the late Iron Man Wang, to produce more oil for the country. In it husky men are braving a downpour to get drilling started.

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Sep 241 min read


Daily LIFT #2088
"When We March Together We Will Win", oil painting, Kao Hung, Peng Pin and Ho Kung-teh, People's Republic of China, 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2088 From the PRC press: Chairman Mao's revolutionary activities, the present-day class struggle and the struggle between the two lines are the themes of many works. "When We March Together we Will Win" is an oil painting done jointly by three army artists, Kao Hung, Peng Pin and Ho Kung-teh. With compact composition and clear colors, through

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Sep 231 min read


Daily LIFT #2087
Ho Chi Minh greets Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado in Hanoi, November, 1966 -- Daily LIFT #2087 Torrado was leading a delegation of Communist leaders on a friendly visit.

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Sep 221 min read


Daily LIFT #2086
Che speaks, early 1960s Havana -- Daily LIFT #2086

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Sep 211 min read


Daily LIFT #2085
“1848—1918—1979 : We are fulfilling the legacy of the revolutionary German workers movement.”, poster for the 30th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic, 1979 -- Daily LIFT #2085

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Sep 201 min read
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