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Mao's statement "ln Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Repression" April 16, 1968
On April 16, 1968 Chairman Mao released this stunning and still stirring and important statement in the wake of the brutal murder of...
Michael Laxer
Apr 16, 20233 min read
Of the Poor, by the Poor, for the Poor -- Castro's speech on the eve of the Bay of Pigs
Castro during the Bay of Pigs invasion. On April 16, 1961 the day before the Bay of Pigs US backed counter-revolutionary invasion of...
Michael Laxer
Apr 16, 20233 min read
United Rail Vehicle Construction -- Stamps of the GDR #9
United Rail Vehicle Construction Stamp -- Stamps of the GDR #9 A stamp in honour of the United Rail Vehicle Construction state enterprise...
Michael Laxer
Apr 15, 20231 min read
15 Years of the GDR -- Stamps of the GDR #8
15 Years of the GDR: Worker -- Stamps of the GDR #8 A stamp honouring 15 years of socialism and the German Democratic Republic. The...
Michael Laxer
Apr 14, 20231 min read
Proletarians of All Lands Unite -- Stamps of the GDR #7
Proletarians of All Lands Unite! -- Stamps of the GDR #7 Marvelous stamp from the 20th anniversary year of the Socialist Unity Party...
Michael Laxer
Apr 11, 20231 min read
Art and Artists of the Soviet Crimea, 1957 -- 15 Paintings
Published in 1957 in the USSR this folder of 15 cards looked at the art and artists of the Soviet Crimea. The works here were painted...
Michael Laxer
Apr 10, 20232 min read
50th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution -- Stamps of the GDR #6
50th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution -- Stamps of the GDR #6 The sixth in our new The Left Chapter daily series...
Michael Laxer
Apr 9, 20231 min read
Winter Olympics -- Stamps of the GDR #5
Winter Olympic Stamp 1976 -- Stamps of the GDR #5 The fifth in our new The Left Chapter daily series looking at over 70 stamps from the...
Michael Laxer
Apr 7, 20231 min read
Communist Manifesto -- Stamps of the GDR #4
Marx & Engels Stamp in honour of the Communist Manifesto - Stamps of the GDR #4 The fourth in our new The Left Chapter daily series...
Michael Laxer
Apr 6, 20231 min read
Georgi Dimitrov Memorial -- Stamps of the GDR #3
Georgi Dimitrov Memorial -- Stamps of the GDR #3 A major figure in the Communist International prior to WWII, Dimitrov is perhaps most...
Michael Laxer
Apr 5, 20231 min read
Maxim Gorky Centennial -- Stamps of the GDR #2
Maxim Gorky Centennial Stamp, 1968 -- Stamps of the German Democratic Republic #2 The first in our new The Left Chapter daily series...
Michael Laxer
Apr 4, 20231 min read
"Invincible Vietnam" -- Ho Chi Minh Memorial Stamp -- Stamps of the GDR #1
"Invincible Vietnam" -- Ho Chi Minh Memorial Stamp -- Stamps of the German Democratic Republic #1 The first in our new The Left Chapter...
Michael Laxer
Apr 3, 20231 min read
The Counter-Offensive of the Communist Albanian National Liberation Army in February and March, 1944
Communist Albanian partisan forces 1944 During the Second World War Albania was occupied first by the forces of fascist Italy and then by...
Michael Laxer
Apr 2, 20238 min read
Communist Party of El Salvador formed March 30, 1930
Translated from the Spanish statement of the PCS for the 90th anniversary of the party in 2020: It was Sunday, March 30, 1930, on the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 30, 20233 min read
Soviet Stamp in Honour of Manolis Glezos
Soviet Stamp in Honour of Manolis Glezos, 1959 Manolis Glezos was a legendary Greek resistance fighter. On 30 May, 1941 Glezos and...
Michael Laxer
Mar 30, 20231 min read
Fidel Castro on the People's Republic of China
Fidel Castro on the Great Wall of China, 1995 Comrade Castro on the People's Republic of China: "China is no longer the China of the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 24, 20232 min read
"If they kill me, I will be resurrected in the Salvadoran people" - Archbishop Óscar Romero
"If they kill me, I will be resurrected in the Salvadoran people" - Archbishop Óscar Romero assassinated 24 March, 1980 “I will not tire...
Michael Laxer
Mar 24, 20231 min read
When the workers first held power: Joanny Berlioz on the Paris Commune
The Paris Commune, the first attempt by the modern working class to seize power in history, was proclaimed March 18, 1871. 100 years...
Michael Laxer
Mar 18, 202310 min read
Karl Marx's Grave Memorial Unveiled, Highgate Cemetery, London, 1956
Karl Marx's Grave Memorial Unveiled, Highgate Cemetery, London, 1956 The now famous and iconic memorial at the grave of Karl Marx in...
Michael Laxer
Mar 14, 20231 min read
Hugo Chavez d. March 5, 2013
The great revolutionary leader Hugo Chavez died March 5, 2013, a tremendous loss for the people of Venezuela and all those who fight...
Michael Laxer
Mar 5, 20231 min read
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