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Communist Party is the Vanguard of the Working Class: Marx, Engels, Lenin
From Socialism: Theory and Practice, August 1983: In their works Marx, Engels and Lenin discussed in detail the role of the proletarian...
Michael Laxer
Oct 1, 20234 min read


Tallinn liberated by Red Army, September 22, 1944
The Estonian capital of Tallinn was liberated from Nazi occupation by the Red Army on September 22, 1944. Among the Red Army heroes who...
Michael Laxer
Sep 22, 20234 min read


Novorossiysk: Hero City of the USSR, liberated Sept. 16 1943
Malaya Zemlya Memorial From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the victory of the USSR in the Great...
Michael Laxer
Sep 16, 20232 min read


Amílcar Cabral, Guinean Revolutionary Leader b. September 12, 1924
Amílcar Cabral, Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean revolutionary, theoretician and independence leader, was born September 12, 1924. He was...
Michael Laxer
Sep 12, 20231 min read


Lessons of the fascist coup in Chile
The Presidential Palace -- in which Salvador Allende fought to the death -- is bombed during the fascist coup, September 11, 1973....
Michael Laxer
Sep 12, 20233 min read


Steve Biko murdered, Sept. 12, 1977
The tremendously courageous anti-apartheid South African activist Steve Biko died on September 12, 1977. Having been arrested in late...
Michael Laxer
Sep 12, 20231 min read


KKE on the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile and the "formulation of a revolutionary strategy"
One of the most horrific photos from the terrible day of the fascist coup in Chile There is a large section of the western liberal or...
Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20233 min read


The Highest Example of Heroism -- Salvador Allende: Video
The Highest Example of Heroism -- Salvador Allende Today is the 50th anniversary of the US and western backed fascist coup that overthrew...
Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20231 min read


There Was No Pinochet Miracle -- Only Menace and Dictatorship
Pinochet and Kissinger, 1976 By Thomas Palley, Common Dreams September 11, 2023, marks the fiftieth anniversary of General Pinochet’s...
Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20234 min read


Speech by Fidel Castro at the 4th Conference of Nonaligned Nations, Sept. 7, 1973
Castro at the conference, September 7, 1973 On September 7, 1973 Fidel Castro gave a speech at the 4th Conference of Nonaligned Nations...
Michael Laxer
Sep 7, 202311 min read


September 5, 1957 opened the way to victory: Communist Party of Cuba
On the anniversary of the Cienfuegos uprising of September 5, 1957, the Communist Party of Cuba released a statement written by Daina...
Michael Laxer
Sep 5, 20232 min read


March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom anniversary
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the historic US civil rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It drew at least 250,000...
Michael Laxer
Aug 28, 20231 min read


Remembering W.E.B. Du Bois, scholar, civil rights activist, historian and communist: Video
W.E.B. Du Bois, the scholar, civil rights activist, historian and communist was born in 1868 in Massachusetts. He died on August 27, 1963...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20231 min read


"Eternal glory to all those who fell in the fight against colonialism, racism and apartheid!"
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, was in...
Michael Laxer
Aug 25, 20238 min read


A Visit to Soviet Frunze, 1970
During the Soviet era the capital of the Kirghiz SSR was Frunze. Frunze was known as "The City of Green Leaves" due to the fact that the...
Michael Laxer
Aug 24, 20231 min read


Sacco and Vanzetti Murdered August 23, 1927
Sacco and Vanzetti Murdered August 23, 1927 Shortly after midnight on August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were murdered...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20231 min read


Red Army wins the Battle of Kursk August 23, 1943: Video
Today marks the anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kursk (August 23, 1943) where the soldiers of the Red Army emerged victorious at...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20231 min read


Anniversary of the formation of the first Communist Party of Cuba, 16 August, 1925
All images via Twitter Statement by the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) on the 98th anniversary of the formation of the first PCC...
Michael Laxer
Aug 16, 20232 min read


Soviet Moscow's Bird Market for pets: A visit in August, 1968
From USSR Magazine, August 1968: Every Sunday. despite spring floods or autumn rain winter frost or summer heat. Muscovites of all ages...
Michael Laxer
Aug 15, 20233 min read


Sevastopol: Hero City of the USSR
Red Army troops in action during the liberation of Sevastopol From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary...
Michael Laxer
Aug 14, 20232 min read
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