A new book about the history of the Teamsters union in Canada traces nearly 125 years of the labour organization’s struggles, victories, and dedication to the working class. The book, which combines interviews with Teamsters members and historical documents produced by, and about, the Teamsters, provides an in-depth examination of the union from the earliest local unions to its members’ involvement in major labour conflicts that helped shape Canada. The book sets out to descr

Some excerpts from Alcir Pécora’s review of the novel “Never-Ending Youth” (A Mais Longa Duração da Juventude) by Urariano Mota in Racunho, Brazil’s literary journal (translated by Urariano Mota): ‘The Never-Ending Youth’ has a complex structure, full of twists and turns and flashbacks, as well as an unbridled ambition: to capture, in vivid detail, the decisive moments of the terrible years of 1972–73. Terrible, it is true, as the novel makes clear, yet significant as some of

Once one of the world’s most militarized frontiers, the Russia-China border along the Amur River Basin shows how a long-running territorial dispute can evolve from confrontation to integration. No. 41 Boundary Marker at China–Russia Border -- Ncysea, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By John P. Ruehl Since the early 1990s, the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, located on the Amur River, has steadily reemerged as one of Russia’s most important “border trade hubs.” Sitting dir

Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. From China Reconstructs Magazine, 1972 By TANG YING-KUANG ON Hsingyeh Street in Shanghai stands an ordinary two-story building of grey brick, with arch shaped lintels above doors with brass-covered iron knockers. Here, in a front room on the ground floor, the founding meeting of the Communist Party of China began its sessions. The building is now preserved as a historical site, with the long table and twelve

Soledad Barrett By Urariano Mota These days, when the right comes back to power in several countries wearing its modern mask for fascismo, it's worth sharing a message I received about my books. A teacher and researcher, after reading “Soledad no Recife”, my book that tells the last days of the guerrilla Soledad Barrett in Recife, sent me this message on Instagram this week: "Hello, good afternoon. What can you tell me about the narrator's alienated love for Soledad? And what

We bow the red flag of the Communist Party of Mexico in memory of Commander Ramiro Valdés Menéndez (translated from the Spanish) We pay tribute to the Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez who died on June 20. He was an unwavering fighter for the freedom of the Cuban people and for the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and its socialist character. From a young age, as a rebellious worker from Artemis, he took on the commitment to stand against injustice and exploit

Soviet Lenin illustration. Written by Soviet historian Pytor Petrov in Soviet Life in 1969, this is a look at how Lenin's "Letter to American Workers" was smuggled into the United States in the winter of 1918-1919 as the young Soviet Republic fought for its life. (Learn more about the letter at: Lenin's Letter to American Workers written August 20, 1918) Text: A SHIP from Copenhagen docked at one of the piers in New York. Among the passengers who hurried down the gang plank w

UFC Freedom 250, the mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Sunday, June 14, 2026, in the Grand Foyer of the White House -- public domain image By Gary M. Feinman In a March 2026 paper published in the journal Science Advances, which focused on variability in governance along the autocratic-democratic axis, my coauthors and I found that one of the strongest associations for the 40 case observations, which were part of our study, was between t

A look at Valentina Tereshkova from the US publication "Man in Space" in 1974. We have edited and modernized the text. Tereshkova became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963. On June 14, 1963, at 3:00 PM Moscow time, the Soviet Union launched cosmonaut Lt. Col. Valery F. Bykovsky into orbit aboard Vostok 5. This flight was not unexpected by western observers, since the Nikolayev Popovich double Vostok flight of ten months previous had shown the Soviets were continuing to

Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto -- Ina96, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons -- Hector Pieterson became a symbol of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa after being fatally shot by police at the age of 12 during the Soweto Uprising on June 16, 1976. Tuesday, 16 June 2026: The South African Communist Party (SACP) joins the people of South Africa in commemorating the 16 June 1976 youth uprising, one of the defining moments in our struggle for freedom, equality an

Guyanese Pan Africanist historian, anti-imperialist, Marxist, socialist activist and intellectual Walter Rodney was assassinated on June 13, 1980. Walter Anthony Rodney was born on March 23, 1942, in Georgetown, British Guiana. He earned a first-class honours degree in history at the University College of the West Indies and completed his PhD in African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, by age 24. Rodney taught at the University of Dar es Salaam i

From Soviet Life Magazine, 1969: By Alexander Serafimovich (1863-1949) I OFTEN HEARD Lenin speak at congresses and conferences, and it always struck me that he took less time to make his point than those who preceded or came after him. But the impact of what he said was tremendous. I met Lenin personally only once, at his home. Of this visit shall now speak. My doorbell rang late one afternoon and a man said, “ Comrade Lenin sent a car for you." In about five minutes I was in

The famous wall painting from Çatalhöyük depicts tightly clustered domestic houses beneath an erupting volcano. Photo/Illustration by Asya Denk. By Erdem Denk The theme for an exhibition that opened on June 4, 2026, at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Science (Mülkiye), World’s First City Plan/Map, as part of my Arkeopolitics initiative, was met with reservations by a group of students from the Middle East Technical University’s faculty of architecture. They questione

Lenin working in his Kremlin office, October 16, 1918, Moscow -- An iconic Otsup photograph. Written by Pyotr Otsup, a famed Soviet photographer, in 1969, this is a look at his attempts to photograph Lenin over the years, including taking the iconic photo of Lenin reading Pravda at his desk. See the end of the piece for a brief biography of Otsup. Text: I SAW Vladimir Ilyich for the first time on October 28 (November 10) 1917. He was walking fast down the corridor of the Smol

Each leap in human communication—from vocal anatomy to writing to digital networks—followed the same pattern: faster, more complex, less individual. By Deborah Barsky Many people are overwhelmed by the fast-paced evolution of mass communication in a world increasingly shaped by the internet and artificial intelligence (AI). Yet ideas have not always circulated across the globe at lightning speed. Looking into deep time allows us to view our current mode of existence from a br

Cuba’s approach to providing healthcare is indicative of the nature of the revolution: to serve Cubans and the oppressed across the world. Doctors of the internationalist Henry Reeve Brigade By Nuvpreet Kalra, Common Dreams Last week, the Cuban Center for Molecular Immunology, or CIM, announced a major health breakthrough with VAXIRA, a vaccine treatment for lung cancer. This is a remarkable achievement, made only more impressive by the fact that this is Cuba’s second lung ca

The Trump Administration as the Latest Stage of 128 Years of US Imperialism toward Cuba By Thomas Tews At a meeting of US President Trump’s cabinet on May 27, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated: Cuba’s in a lot of trouble because, unfortunately for them, it’s run by a bunch of incompetent communists. [...] It’s 90 miles from our shores, and having a failed state 90 miles from our shores is a threat to the national security of the United States. Cuba—a country strangl

June 3rd is the 95th birthday of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, a guerrilla fighter who has dedicated and dedicates his life to fighting for the Cuban Revolution. May this serve as a sincere and grateful tribute to him. Photo: Estudios Revolución By Alina Perera Robbio, translated from the Spanish Twenty-five years have gone by, and as time keeps layering itself one moment over another, I find myself wondering how that conversation in the province of Ciego de Ávila with Army G

Signing of the Decree to form the Tatarian ASSR, Painting from 1952, L. Fattakhov & Kh. Yakupov The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was formed at the end of May, 1920. From The Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 1979 this is a comprehensive look at the republic, its geography, history, revolutionary tradition, language, arts and culture and economy. Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Tatarstan Avtonomiyäle Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasï), Tataria (Tatarstan), p

Archaeological ruins at Mohenjo-daro, Sindh, Pakistan -- Saqib Qayyum, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Adam S. Green Inequality and Urbanism Today’s cities are hotbeds of inequality. Urban real estate is one of the most expensive kinds of land in the world. It attracts billionaires looking to store their wealth and hedge funds looking to garner predictable returns: New York’s avenues, Paris’s thoroughfares, and Dubai’s dazzling skyscrapers are great at making the rich