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W.E.B. Du Bois in the People's Republic of China, 1959
Premier Zhou Enlai with Du Bois and his wife the writer Shirley Graham (third from left). First and second from right are Vice-Premier...
Michael Laxer
Jul 11, 20234 min read
First Soviet constitution adopted July 10, 1918
The first socialist constitution in human history created by and for the working class was adopted for the newly formed Russian Soviet...
Michael Laxer
Jul 10, 20233 min read
The Internationale: Hymn of millions
From the Soviet press, 1982: Today the "Internationale", the hymn of workers all over the world, is sung in 90 different languages. The...
Michael Laxer
Jul 8, 20233 min read
Mao and Latin American party leaders, 1959
Remarkable photo shows Mao, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, meeting the leaders of the fraternal...
Michael Laxer
Jul 7, 20232 min read
On Coalition Government - Mao Yan'an, 1945
1974 photograph of the meeting hall where the 7th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held between April and June,...
Michael Laxer
Jul 4, 20236 min read
Day of the Stamp, 1959 -- Stamps of the GDR #37
Day of the Stamp, 1959 -- Stamps of the GDR #37 A GDR stamp for the Day of the Stamp. The image is of a "modern" postal worker on a...
Michael Laxer
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Minsk: Hero City of the USSR
Mound of Glory war memorial just outside Minsk From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the victory...
Michael Laxer
Jul 3, 20232 min read
The Long March to Liberation: The Communist Party of China 1921-1951
Today, in honour of the 102nd anniversary of the formation of the Communist Party of China, we share this early history of the party from...
Michael Laxer
Jul 1, 20237 min read
Tribunes of the Revolution: Mikhail Frunze -- Civil War General
From the June 1976 issue of Soviet Life magazine we republish this look at the life of the great early Soviet military and revolutionary...
Michael Laxer
Jun 30, 202310 min read
Bolshevik decree nationalizing industry and transportation June 28, 1918
In one of the most significant, and world altering, revolutionary moments in human history, on June 28, 1918 -- in the face of the forces...
Michael Laxer
Jun 28, 20237 min read
Kiev: Hero City of the USSR
Soviet troops crossing the Dnieper, November 1943 From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Youth Festival stamp, 1964 -- Stamps of the GDR #36
Youth Festival stamp, 1964 -- Stamps of the GDR #36 Stamp in honour of a massive youth festival and meeting held over 3 days in Berlin,...
Michael Laxer
Jun 21, 20231 min read
Omsk: A fragment of the memorial complex “Fighters who fell for Soviet power" 1971
Photo of part of a memorial complex in Omsk, USSR to those who gave their lives in the revolutionary civil war that led to consolidation...
Michael Laxer
Jun 21, 20231 min read
"The heart of the international Socialist never beats a retreat" -- Debs speaks June 16, 1918
On June 16, 1918 the great US Socialist leader Eugene V,. gave his famous speech in opposition to World War I and in favour of peace and...
Michael Laxer
Jun 16, 20237 min read
Valentina Tereshkova stamp -- Stamps of the GDR #35
Valentina Tereshkova stamp -- Stamps of the GDR #35 On June 16, 1963 Vostok VI, piloted by Soviet Valentina Tereshkova, the world's first...
Michael Laxer
Jun 16, 20231 min read
Ernst Thalmann Memorial stamp, 1954 -- Stamps of the GDR #34
Ernst Thalmann Memorial stamp, 1954 -- Stamps of the GDR #34 Stamp in memory of the tenth anniversary of the murder of the great leader...
Michael Laxer
Jun 13, 20231 min read
"You ought to be ashamed of yourselves": Paul Robeson stands up against McCarthyism June 12, 1956
On June 12, 1956 the great American singer, actor, athlete, Communist and all-around Renaissance man Paul Robeson appeared before the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 12, 202320 min read
Theodor Neubauer and Magnus Poser stamp -- Stamps of the GDR #33
Theodor Neubauer and Magnus Poser stamp, 1970 -- Stamps of the GDR #33 Neubauer and Poser were German Communists who worked and organized...
Michael Laxer
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Aram Khachaturian, Soviet Armenian Composer b. June 6, 1903
Aram Khachaturian meets Che in the USSR, 1960 Aram Khachaturian -- widely regarded as one of the Soviet Union's greatest composers -- was...
Michael Laxer
Jun 6, 20233 min read
Karl Marx Stamp -- Stamps of the GDR #32
Karl Marx Stamp -- Stamps of the GDR #32
Michael Laxer
Jun 5, 20231 min read
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