All images via the KKE At a mass event held on 29 March 2026 in Litohoro —where, 80 years ago, the response to the “White Terror” began and led to the formation of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE)— the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) inaugurated its programme of events marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the DSE. The main speaker was Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the CC of the KKE, who stated, among other things: “We honou

Coup president Jorge Rafael Videla assuming power in 1976 -- public domain image By Julián Bokser It has been fifty years since the coup d’état of 24 March 1976, one of the most tragic chapters in Argentina’s recent history: a dictatorship that combined state terrorism with a structural transformation of its economy. Throughout the 20th century, the country experienced six interruptions of its democratic order—in 1930, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1966, and 1976—but the last coup ushere

Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Memorial in Angola By Vijay Prashad In ‘Freedom Park’ (S’kumbuto) outside Pretoria (South Africa), there is a Wall of Names that honors the men and women who died in the fight to liberate South Africa from apartheid. Amongst these are the names of two thousand and seventy Cuban soldiers who died in Angola between 1975 and 1988 for the liberation of southern Africa. It is said, however, that two thousand two hundred and eighty-nine Cubans died in that

Stamp of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1975 From the Soviet press, 1983: The liberation of Czechoslovakia from nazi occupation in May 1945 marked a turning point in the country's history. The new National Front government launched democratic transformations. The defeat of the counter-revolutionary coup in February 1948, which aimed at restoring capitalism in the country, ensured the peaceful development of the national democratic revolution into a socialist revolution.

Li Yueh-ying serving customers From China Reconstructs, March 1973. Changes in a Restaurant Old Nanking was a parasitic consumer city. Wine shops, restaurants and the like made up half of its industrial and commercial units. A total of 84 wine houses and restaurants lined the 500-meter length of Kungyuan Street, located near offices of the big Kuomintang government officials. A great many people made their living waiting upon the official elite. In the city as a whole there w

PCB flag at a rally in 2020 -- Andreysantiago01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) PCB: 104 Years of a History of Struggles The Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) celebrated 104 years of existence on March 25, 2026. This is a historic date because it represents over a century of trajectory for the country's oldest political operator, which has been present in all the struggles of the Brazilian proletariat throughout this period. Even while operating underground for m

The Yugoslav city of Novi Sad on fire in 1999 -- Darko Dozet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Statement of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia On the Occasion of March 24 – Anniversary of the NATO Aggression Against the FR Yugoslavia (1999) On March 24, 1999, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was struck by the most powerful military machinery deployed against a sovereign country since the Second World War. The first explosions, which followed the attack by the NATO all

Parisians stand around a toppled statue of Emperor Napoleon I, considered the symbol of imperial despotism, during the Commune Written in 1926 by Alexander Trachtenberg this is an in-depth look at the impact of the Paris Commune on the thinking of Marx, Engels and Lenin. Trachtenberg (1884–1966) was a prominent American Marxist educator, and longtime activist in the US socialist movement and later the Communist Party USA. He is best known for founding International Publishers

Dolores Ibárruri, also known as La Pasionaria, speaks during the Spanish Civil War By C.J. Atkins Reprinted from People’s World of February 13, 2026. Ninety years ago, the people of Spain delivered a forceful rebuke to right-wing extremism and opened one of the most dramatic chapters in working-class history. The election victory on Feb. 16, 1936, of the Popular Front (Frente Popular) — an alliance of socialists, communists, republicans, and other democratic forces — was muc

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

Mao writing while on an airplane flight, 1957 If you want to know a certain thing or a certain class of things directly, you must personally participate in the practical struggle to change reality, to change that thing or class of things, for only thus can you come into contact with them as phenomena; only through personal participation in the practical struggle to change reality can you uncover the essence of that thing or class of things and comprehend them. Marxism emphasi

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

Kollontai (at right) in 1921 with Clara Zetkin at an International Women's Conference The great Bolshevik revolutionary, leader, Marxist thinker, women's rights advocate and diplomat Alexandra Kollontai wrote this account of the history, necessity and importance of International Women's Day in 1920. Kollontai played an important role in the Bolshevik Revolution itself, was the People's Commissar of Social Welfare in the first Soviet government -- which made her the first woma

Lenin at the First (Constituent) Congress of the Comintern The First (Constituent) Congress of the Comintern was held in Moscow between March 2–6, 1919. Here we republish a lengthy, comprehensive history of this critically important revolutionary working-class organization that existed from 1919 to 1943 from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 1979. Text: The Communist International (also called the Comintern or the Third International), an international organization that existe

SACP joins the Cuban people in the 131st anniversary of the Cuban War of Independence from Spanish colonial rule Tuesday, 24 February 2026:- The South African Communist Party (SACP) joins the Cuban people in commemorating the 131st anniversary of the 1895 decisive war for independence of Cuba from Spanish Colonial rule, famously titled “Necessary War” for the total independence of Cuba. The Cuban people’s struggle against imperialism is not accidental nor mistaken but stands

By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish February 24, 2026 is commemorated in Cuba as a date loaded with historical symbolism: the anniversary of the Grito de Baire, which in 1895 marked the resumption of the armed struggle for total independence from Spanish colonialism. But this day is not just a memory of the past; it is a common thread that unites generations of resistance, sovereignty and social transformation. From the mountains of the Sierra Maestra to th

Jesse Jackson speaks at a protest in 2011 -- Susan Ruggles from Milwaukee, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Via the South African Communist Party SACP pays tribute to revered civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson The South African Communist Party (SACP) pays tribute to revered civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson, who spent his life in the struggle against racial segregation and all other forms of human subjugation. The SACP conveys its message of heartfelt condo

Voting in Leningrad, 1984 From Socialism: Theory and Practice, 1985, a look at elections and the exercise of people's democracy in the USSR. ELECTIONS IN THE USSR: GENERAL FACTS 1) The Soviets of People's Deputies, i.e., the USSR Supreme Soviet, Supreme Soviets of Union and autonomous republics and local Soviets constitute an integral system of bodies of state authority in the country. Deputies to all Soviets are elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by

Rusanovka housing estate in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, 1980 -- At the time this was a newly constructed housing estate. A look at the Soviet Union's remarkable and humanistic housing policy -- that included constitutional guarantees -- from Socialism; Theory and Practice in 1985. Text: Today over 80 per cent of the Soviet population live in self contained flats or houses of their own. Over the past 15 years, 160 million people have moved into new flats, which is equal to the popula

The cave-house at the tool at Phoenix Mountain where Comrade Mao at one time lived. Excerpted from an article by Ruth Lake, a New Zealander visiting Yenan (now translated as Yan'an), People's Republic of China, in 1966 (China Reconstructs Magazine): The caves are one of the greatest surprises in Yenan, We have seen pictures of these hillsides pierced with a thousand eyes, the rows of arched caves extending along ledged terraces to house colleges, cadres. hospital and armymen,