top of page
Search


A farewell that still resonates: Che's letter to Fidel read for the first time, October 3, 1965
On October 3, 1965, a visibly emotional Fidel read the letter, which signified not only the conclusion of Che's physical involvement in...

The Left Chapter
12 hours ago5 min read


ZIS-150 -- Vintage vehicle cards of the USSR #12
From the original Soviet card (translated): ZIS-150 (1947-1957): The first domestic truck with pneumatic brakes and a five-speed...

The Left Chapter
3 days ago1 min read


Assata Shakur: An endless shining light to current and future generations of liberation fighters
SACP dips its red flag in honour of revolutionary Assata Shakur, an endless shining light to current and future generations of...

The Left Chapter
5 days ago3 min read


A economia de libertação nacional de Fidel Castro
By Shiran Illanperuma Em 13 de agosto de 2025, completariam-se 99 anos do nascimento do revolucionário cubano Fidel Castro. Essa data...

The Left Chapter
Sep 216 min read


Um encontro no Harlem: Malcolm X, Fidel Castro e a luta pela Palestina
By Manolo De Los Santos Em setembro de 1960, no coração da América negra, o Hotel Theresa, no Harlem, tornou-se palco de um dos encontros...

The Left Chapter
Sep 218 min read


The US Second Amendment Was Created to Put Down Slave Revolts
The founders’ true intent behind the right to bear arms wasn’t liberty—it was control, oppression, and the preservation of slavery. A...

The Left Chapter
Sep 188 min read


Das Kapital Volume I first published, September 14, 1867
Russian language set - public domain image . On September 14, 1867, the first volume of Karl Marx's titanic classic Das Kapital (Capital)...

The Left Chapter
Sep 1410 min read


Taxi Driver: Soviet Moscow Style, 1962
From the Soviet Press, 1962. By Leonid Dugan TAXI DRIVERS must be a special breed of people. It's amazing how much alike they are,...

The Left Chapter
Sep 132 min read


VS Achuthanandan: The Epic Life of a Communist Turning the Tiller Proletariat
Funeral procession of V. S. Achuthanandan, 22 July 2025 -- Rohit B, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Nidheesh J. Villatt I vividly remember...

The Left Chapter
Sep 125 min read


Rules vs. Reality: How Competing Views Shape the Way We Use Language
From grammar rules to everyday slang, debates over descriptivism and prescriptivism reveal how we balance authority with the way people...

The Left Chapter
Sep 89 min read


Xi Jinping on the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War
Xi Jinping addresses the military parade and Chinese nation, September 3, 2025 -- image via video screenshot On September 3, 2025, Xi...

The Left Chapter
Sep 55 min read


Fidel’s Economics of National Liberation
By Shiran Illanperuma 13 August 2025 marked what would have been the 99th birthday of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro. It also marks the...

The Left Chapter
Sep 46 min read


Ural ZIS-21A -- Vintage vehicle cards of the USSR #11
From the original Soviet card (translated): Ural ZIS-21A (1946-1952) gas generator vehicle based on the Ural 3IS-5M truck. Engine...

The Left Chapter
Sep 31 min read


Wanping City and the Museum of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish While exploring Beijing, travelers may find it hard to envision the rich history,...

The Left Chapter
Sep 33 min read


"Long live the glorious Socialist Republic of Viet Nam": To Lam speaks on National Day
Image of To Lam via X English translation made available by multiple official sources of General Secretary of the Communist Party of...

The Left Chapter
Sep 25 min read


Cuba celebrates the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's August Revolution and National Day
With the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel...

The Left Chapter
Aug 264 min read


India's Communists mourn Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
Image via the CPI Communists in India are mourning the death of Comrade Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, former General Secretary of the...

The Left Chapter
Aug 232 min read


The Petrov Factory cafeteria in Stalingrad, 1960
From the Soviet Press in 1960, a look at the Petrov Factory cafeteria in Stalingrad (just before the city was renamed to Volgograd)....

The Left Chapter
Aug 206 min read


The first Communist Party of Cuba: 100 years later
Images via the PCC Lecture by Elvis Raúl Rodríguez Rodríguez, vice president of the Cuban Institute of History, in the commemoration of...

The Left Chapter
Aug 1810 min read


One hundred years of the first Communist Party of Cuba
By Dayán González, translated from the Spanish A century ago, in the turbulent city of Havana, marked by the deep domination of American...

The Left Chapter
Aug 162 min read
bottom of page