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Vladimir Lenin in October
Vladimir Lenin in October, Oil Painting, F. Samusev 1947 This magnificent, large painting of Lenin in the days of the revolution was...
Michael Laxer
Nov 6, 20221 min read


Lenin at the Electrification Map
Lenin at the Electrification Map -- Mikhail Bozhyi (1911 - 1990), People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, Oil Painting, 1961 "After proving...
Michael Laxer
Nov 5, 20222 min read


Chronicling the revolution: Soviet stamps 1917-1960
First published in October 1960, this is a fascinating, illustrated look at the history of Soviet stamps in the first forty-three years...
Michael Laxer
Oct 30, 202210 min read


The Professions -- Soviet Socialist Realist art for youth
Published in Moscow in 1983 this folder of Soviet socialist realist art was actually aimed at children. It was a portfolio of works by...
Michael Laxer
Oct 27, 20221 min read


Marxism and Revisionism, October 1908
Though written earlier in the year, Lenin's Marxism and Revisionism was published in October, 1908. "In the sphere of politics,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 21, 20222 min read


Eugene V. Debs, d. October 20, 1926
Striking portrait of American Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs for the cover of the leftist magazine The Liberator, May 1919 The previous...
Michael Laxer
Oct 20, 20221 min read


The Eugene V. Debs Children's Colony: Soviet children's homes expropriated from the wealthy, 1923
The Lenin Children's Home in Orenburg After the devastation of the First World War, the triumph of the Bolshevik Revolution saw the lands...
Michael Laxer
Oct 11, 20223 min read


Dr. Allende, print by Lea Grundig, 1974
Dr. Allende, print by Lea Grundig, 1974 Lea Grundig was a German artist who joined the Communist Party in 1924. After having been...
Michael Laxer
Oct 10, 20221 min read


Remembering Cuban Flight 455 brought down by US backed terrorists, October 6, 1976
On October 6, 1976, US and CIA backed and trained anti-Communist terrorists brought down Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 with two bombs...
Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20221 min read


Sputnik I launched, October 4, 1957
"The Country of October is the Birthplace of Cosmonautics", Soviet poster On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union stunned the world by...
Michael Laxer
Oct 4, 20225 min read


Emancipation of Labor formed in Russia, Sept. 25, 1883
Soviet stamp in honour of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Georgi Plekhanov, 1956 From USSR Magazine, September 1963: "September 25,...
Michael Laxer
Sep 25, 20221 min read


"Working class internationalism is an essential weapon in the struggle against imperialism."
From "The Struggle for Leninist Concepts of Proletarian Internationalism" - Gus Hall, 1969 "Working class internationalism is an...
Michael Laxer
Sep 22, 20222 min read


Orlando Letelier, Chilean Socialist leader, murdered September 21, 1976
On September 21, 1976, Orlando Letelier -- who had held three different ministerial posts under the democratically elected Marxist...
Michael Laxer
Sep 21, 20228 min read


Eugene V. Debs gives his famous statement to the court, Sept. 18, 1918
On September 18, 1918 American Socialist leader, presidential candidate and legend Eugene V. Debs gave his famous and stirring statement...
Michael Laxer
Sep 18, 20226 min read


Bryansk liberated by Red Army, Sept. 17 1943
Monument of Glory to the Soldiers and Partisans - Liberators of Bryansk, USSR 1973 On September 17, 1943 the forces of the Red Army...
Michael Laxer
Sep 17, 20223 min read


The Vancouver, Washington Soviet monument and street name and the story behind them
The city of Vancouver, Washington (now with a population of around 190,000) in the United States has a monument and major street...
Michael Laxer
Sep 16, 20227 min read


Luna 2: September 14, 1959
On September 14, 1959 the Soviet Luna 2 spacecraft became the first in history to reach the surface of the moon and in doing so the first...
Michael Laxer
Sep 14, 20221 min read


Amílcar Cabral b. September 12, 1924
Comrades Amílcar Cabral and Fidel Castro. - In our present historical situation...there are only two possible paths for an independent...
Michael Laxer
Sep 12, 20222 min read


Happy Birthday to the CPUSA!
The Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) was formed on September 1, 1919. The button above was from the People Before Profits: Gus Hall &...
Michael Laxer
Sep 1, 20222 min read


Anniversary of the start of the 1942 Luxembourg General Strike against the Nazis
August 31, 1942 marked the beginning of the incredibly courageous Luxembourg General Strike against the Nazi occupiers. In August, 1942...
Michael Laxer
Aug 31, 20222 min read
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