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Daily LIFT #624
Hammer and Sickle at a Leningrad housing complex c. 1985 -- Daily LIFT #624
Michael Laxer
Jan 16, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #623
Che Guevara gives a speech during a visit to the DPRK, December 1960 -- Daily LIFT #623
Michael Laxer
Jan 13, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #622
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it." - Karl Marx, Soviet collage by...
Michael Laxer
Jan 12, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #621
Lenin doing volunteer work during a Subbotnik, Moscow, May 1, 1920 -- Daily LIFT #621 You can read more about this at: Three...
Michael Laxer
Jan 10, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #620
Gorky and Lenin in conversation, sketch USSR 1947 -- Daily LIFT #620
Michael Laxer
Jan 9, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #619
Soviet artist Pyotr Vasilyev at work in his Moscow studio, 1947 -- Daily LIFT #619 Vasilyev (1899 – 1975) was a famed Soviet artist known...
Michael Laxer
Jan 7, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #618
Lenin on a Speaker's Platform, Alexandr Gerasimov (1881-1963), USSR 1930 Also know as Lenin on a Tribune, this painting by Gerasimov was...
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #617
Marxism-Leninism the Guiding Star of Workers and Working People All Over the World, Soviet poster, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #617
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #616
Ho Chi Minh on a visit to a Soviet children's camp, August 1957 -- Daily LIFT #616
Michael Laxer
Jan 3, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #615
Glory to the Union of Soviet Republics, Soviet New Year's card, 1972 -- Daily LIFT #615 From All of Us at The Left Chapter to Our...
Michael Laxer
Dec 31, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #614
Forward, to the victory of Communism!, Soviet poster -- Daily LIFT #614 Today is the anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December...
Michael Laxer
Dec 30, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #613
Meeting of the Petrograd Soviet, October 22 1917, just three days before the Revolution -- Daily LIFT #613
Michael Laxer
Dec 29, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #612
Ho Chi Minh and other members of the Politburo finalize plans for the 1968 Tet Offensive and uprising, a turning point in the Vietnam...
Michael Laxer
Dec 28, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #611
Ho Chi Minh during his trip to the People's Republic of Bulgaria, August 1957 -- Daily LIFT #611
Michael Laxer
Dec 27, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #610
Gymnasts perform during the USSR-USA track and field meet in Moscow, summer 1958 -- Daily LIFT #610 The meet was held in front of 60,000...
Michael Laxer
Dec 25, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #609
A celebration of the season around a giant holiday tree, Moscow USSR, 1957 -- Daily LIFT #609 From all of us at The Left Chapter to all...
Michael Laxer
Dec 24, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #608
1941, painting Viktor Ni (1934-1979), USSR 1969 -- Daily LIFT #608 Haunting artistic evocation of the start of the Great Patriotic War in...
Michael Laxer
Dec 23, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #607
Red Army cavalry in the early days of the civil war -- Daily LIFT #607 Comrades, by your labor and sacrifice you have saved the cause of...
Michael Laxer
Dec 22, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #606
Salvador Allende speaks at a rally in defense of the Cuban Revolution, Chile 1962 -- Daily LIFT #606
Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #605
"Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to...
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20211 min read
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