Pen Sketch of Lenin, USA, March 1925 -- Daily LIFT #1907

Image via Granma By Vijay Prashad For Paki Wieland (1944-2026), who fought the cruelty of US imperialism all her adult life. The morning of my departure from José Martí Airport, named after the father of the nation, I hugged everybody: the woman who checked me in, the man who stamped my passport, the ground staff. I had hugged all my friends tightly the previous day, my tears fighting for the right to stream down my face. It felt as though, through these hugs, I wanted to som

The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations. Plate with a quote from the film Forrest Gump at Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant in Hollywood, California, USA. -- Prayitno, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Madeline VanArsdale [Author’s note: IPA stands for International Phonetic Alphabet. It is an alphabet of symbols, not entirely unlike the Latin alphabet, which is used to guide pronunc

April 6-12, 2026 World Federation of Trade Unions Announces Solidarity Week with Cuba TO: ALL MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE WFTU There is no doubt that the aggressive and warmongering nature of imperialism is manifested in its most stark and most undisguised way today. The massacre and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza by the murderous Israeli state with the open support of the US, NATO, and the EU, and their allies, the attacks against Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and the aggressive w

Image via the PCC By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish On March 12, 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed and enacted the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, or the Liberty Act, better known for the names of its main driving forces: North Carolina Republican Sen. Jesse Helms and the Republican Rep. Dan Burton of Indiana. It was passed in response to the downing of the Brothers to the Rescue planes on February 24, 1996. Amid escalating geo

Introductory speech given by Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) to the Teleconference of Communist and Workers’ Parties of the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, and Persian Gulf. Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks at a rally in solidarity with Cuba in Athens, March 11 -- image via the KKE On 12 March 2026, on the initiative of the KKE, a teleconference was held with Communist and Workers’ Parties of the Eastern M

Communist Party (Switzerland) War against Iran: Switzerland bows to the EU and sanctions... the victim! The Communist Party (Switzerland) notes with concern and indignation the Swiss Federal Council's decision to adopt the European Union's sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran. In practice, unlike in the Ukrainian crisis, the victim is being sanctioned! This decision, which is incompatible with our policy of neutrality and hypocritical with regard to the imperialist

U.S. military action is disrupting key energy suppliers, putting China’s reliance on foreign sources to the test. Even as Beijing strengthens domestic capacity and diversifies imports, the crisis exposes the limits of its energy strategy. A tanker docked in the Chinese port of Qingdao -- Benlisquare, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Brittani Banks (WP User) and John P. Ruehl China’s energy security may be put to its first true test in 2026 with the seizure of Venezuelan

Sharing caregiving experiences helps people feel less alone, builds community, and strengthens the movement for better support and policy. Caregiver Seth Rogan testifies Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in 2014 -- image via video screenshot By Birgitta Vaivai-Soderberg Caregiving is often a silent act of devotion—unseen, unacknowledged, and isolating. Millions of informal caregivers in the United States spend their time and energy

Britain’s role in US wars during the Trump administration has been much more significant than many people realize. Trump and British PM Keir Starmer, September, 2025 -- Number 10, via Wikimedia Commons By Alfie Howis, Common Dreams Britain’s role in the recent machinations of the US empire has been central, despite going underreported and little criticized. Britain has a significant hand in the ongoing US war of aggression against Iran and its recent invasion of Venezuela . B

Modi with Netanyahu, February 25, 2026 -- Prime Minister's Office (GODL-India), GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons By Bodapati Srujana Two days after the United States and Israel launched attacks that killed Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and hundreds of others—including more than 160 children in a strike on a girls’ school—a United States submarine torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean as it was returning from participating in the multinational naval

Osama Abu Zein Aldin and Omar Awad WORKERS PARTY OF IRELAND CONDEMNS THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF MEMBERS OF THE JORDANIAN COMMUNIST PARTY The Workers Party of Ireland condemns the arbitrary arrest, abduction and detention of two members of the Political Bureau of the Jordanian Communist Party, Omar Awad and Osama Zein Aldin, and the university student Baha Hisham, by the Jordanian authorities on the evening of Sunday, 8 March 2026. The Workers Party of Ireland condemns these

Defiant Friday prayers in Tehran, March 6, 2026 -- Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) By Ali Abutalebi El último día de febrero, los Estados Unidos e Israel lanzaron una nueva ronda de ataques militares contra Irán. En los primeros minutos de la operación, la residencia del líder supremo de Irán, el gran ayatolá Sayyid Ali Hosseini Jamenei, fue objeto de un ataque que provocó su asesinato y la muerte de varios miembros de su familia, incluida su ni

This is not the time for over-analyzing every misstep, real or imagined, by the Bolivarian government. It is a time to relentlessly denounce the kidnapping of a president and a legislator. Venezuelans march demanding the release of Maduro and Flores on March 4 -- image via X By Leonardo Flores, Common Dreams Two days before his kidnapping, President Nicolás Maduro gave an interview to Spanish writer Ignacio Ramonet and explained that the war on Venezuela is a cognitive one

Smoke rises above Tehran, March 4 -- Avash Media, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) No to the wars of capital! The NCPN (New Communist Party of the Netherlands) and CJB (Communist Youth Movement) strongly condemn the Dutch government's decision to deploy the Dutch frigate Zr. MS. Eversen in a supposedly ‘defensive’ manner in the Mediterranean Sea in light of the imperialist attack on Iran and Lebanon by the United States and Israel. The Dutch population is thus being

Al igual que las falsas acusaciones de traición del 3 de enero se refutan ahora fácilmente, también lo son las acusaciones de traición de los dos meses posteriores. Image via Delcy Rodríguez on X By Manolo De Los Santos Las primeras horas de la mañana del 3 de enero de 2026 marcaron un punto de inflexión en la lucha centenaria de Venezuela y América Latina por la autodeterminación y la independencia. La Operación Resolución Absoluta, ordenada por la administración Trump, cons

Jordanian Communist Party Political Bureau members Dr. Omar Emil Awad and Osama Abu Zein Aldin -- image via Facebook Jordanian Communist Party Strongly Condemns the Arrest of Two Members of its Political Bureau 9 March 2026 The Jordanian Communist Party strongly condemns, in the harshest terms, the actions of the security authorities in arresting the two comrades, members of the Political Bureau, Dr. Omar Awad and Comrade Osama Zain Aldin, on the evening of Sunday 8 March 202

What happens when a regional conflict becomes a global stress test? A war with Iran could trigger cascading crises—from the Strait of Hormuz to global markets, from fragile alliances to generations shaped by instability. This essay traces the pathways through which small decisions intersect with volatile structures, showing how imagination and restraint might interrupt—or fail to stop—the momentum toward catastrophe. We are Making a New World, painting, Paul Nash 1918 -- publ

Make no mistake—the ultimate goal of the empire remains regime change. A pliant nation under its thumb is all the United States craves from oil-rich nations. Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, after the January 3 bombings by the US -- news video screenshot By Richard D. Harris, Common Dreams Venezuela and Iran hold the largest and third-largest petroleum reserves in the world, respectively. Both have been targeted for regime change by Washington . T

Statements from Communist and workers' parties in South Africa, Swaziland, Mexico, Sudan, Ireland and Canada. Image from a women's rally in Los Angeles, USA, 2017 -- public domain image South African Communist Party Statement on International Working Women’s Day Sunday, 8 March 2026:- The South African Communist Party (SACP) joins the millions of women in South Africa and around the world in celebrating the international working women’s day. We recognise that this day is an o