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How Bolshevism Was Born
Reminisces of the Second Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from Fridrikh Lengnik, Krupskaya and Martyn Lyadov....
Michael Laxer
Feb 12, 20255 min read


SACP pays tribute to Namibian liberation struggle stalwart Sam Nujoma
Nujoma in 1978 - public domain image South African Communist Party tribute to Namibian liberation struggle stalwart, President Sam Nujoma...
Michael Laxer
Feb 11, 20253 min read


Spontaneous Revolutions: Darwin’s Diagrams of Plant Movement
After weeks of watching young tendrils slowly corkscrew their way toward the sun, Charles Darwin invented a system for making botanic...
Michael Laxer
Feb 7, 20259 min read


Camilo Cienfuegos: Symbol of Courage and Commitment to the Revolution
A look at the great Cuban revolutionary on the anniversary of his birth. By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish Camilo...
Michael Laxer
Feb 6, 20255 min read


Rehabilitation and rebirth in the postwar USSR
A brief, illustrated look at the remarkable Soviet recovery in the wake of the utter devastation of WWII. One of the most remarkable...
Michael Laxer
Feb 2, 20252 min read


Soviet Health Service, 1984
Out on Call The right of Soviet citizens to health care is laid down in the Constitution of the USSR. All forms of medical care are free...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20251 min read


The Women's Bill of Rights, 1988
The Women's Bill of Rights was a call to action and program issued by the organization Women for Racial and Economic Equality in the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20251 min read


Victorio Codovilla, Yelena Stasova and Ho Chi Minh, Moscow, 1961
Victorio Codovilla, Yelena Stasova and Ho Chi Minh, Moscow, 1961 A remarkable photo from the 22nd Congress of the CPSU in Moscow, 1961....
Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20251 min read


José Martí born January 28, 1853
The great, iconic Cuban revolutionary José Martí was born January 28, 1853. From People's China, October 1953, 100 years after his birth...
Michael Laxer
Jan 28, 20251 min read


Message of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust - NCPY
Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons New Communist Party of Yugoslavia, Message of Remembrance for the Victims of the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 27, 20252 min read


Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1983: Facts and Figures
Lenin illustration, USSR 1984 From the Soviet Press, 1983: In 1983, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union marked its 80th anniversary....
Michael Laxer
Jan 26, 20254 min read


Our Ability to Think in Terms of Numbers Is Universal, Abstract, and Independent From Language
Frederick L. Coolidge explains the link between numerosity and language. morebyless, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Marjorie Hecht...
Michael Laxer
Jan 24, 20255 min read


Cultural Revolution in the USSR
The 1928 Literacy courses on a cooperative farm in the Voronezh Region (Central Russia) From Socialism: Principles, Practice, Prospects...
Michael Laxer
Jan 18, 20255 min read


Remembering Celia Sanchez: The Heroine of the Cuban Revolution
By Xenia Balón de la Cuesta, translated from the Spanish The heroine of the Sierra and the plains, a symbol of Cubanness and humanism, is...
Michael Laxer
Jan 11, 20252 min read


10 Symbols of the Revolution in Havana
Choosing just ten locations in the capital that reflect Cuba's revolutionary work was a considerable challenge. This task is complicated...
Michael Laxer
Jan 7, 20254 min read


"The Cuban Revolution has been a timeless source of inspiration for the struggle of the working class": KKE
Message of the International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE ) to the Communist Party...
Michael Laxer
Jan 3, 20252 min read


When did Fidel first say the slogan Socialism or Death!?
Fidel speaks, January 1, 1989 By Enrique Villuendas Calleyro, translated from the Spanish Among the slogans that after the triumph of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 2, 20253 min read


2024: The year in review on The Left Chapter
Although there were many stories from around the world we looked at -- from Syria to Ukraine to Sudan and on -- the grinding, genocidal...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 202513 min read


Soviet Moscow transport, 1948
A look at transport in the Soviet capital in 1948, just three years after the end of the Great Patriotic War. STREET SCENE. Thousands of...
Michael Laxer
Dec 29, 20241 min read


Building the Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway, 1953
Freight trains on the finished section bring up building materials for new stretches of the line. From the PRC press People's China,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 28, 20241 min read
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