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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Mar 5, 20231 min read


Soviet power established in Georgia: February 25, 1921
The State Emblem of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic atop the Republic's flag. On February 25, 1921 the Red Army forces of the...
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Feb 25, 202315 min read


Engels on the Communist Manifesto, 1888
Deco cover from a 50s Canadian edition of the Communist Manifesto February 21, 1848 is widely regarded as the date on which the...
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Feb 21, 20237 min read


On Revolutionary Morality -- Ho Chi Minh
A look at a classic text by the great Vietnamese revolutionary leader. Written in 1958 Ho Chi Minh's On Revolutionary Morality looks in...
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Feb 19, 20237 min read


"The power of spirit" -- Paul Robeson
The power of spirit that our people have is intangible, but it is a great force that must be unleashed in the struggles of today. A...
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Feb 18, 20232 min read


New York Times reports on the defeat of the Waffle, 1971
New York Times reports on the defeat of the Waffle, 1971 The New York Times reports (April 26, 1971) on the victory of the "moderate"...
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Feb 16, 20231 min read


The "battle you are waging today for Cuba is a battle you are waging for the entire world"
Fidel Castro embraces American Paul Mayer when he arrives in Havana as part of the Pastors for Peace Caravan, 1992 Paul Mayer and other...
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Feb 10, 20232 min read


Watkins explains the Waffle alternative
Watkins explains the Waffle alternative, January 1972 Report in the "Pro Tem" student newspaper from the Glendon campus of York...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read


Soviets separate church and state
February 5, 1918 the Soviet government decreed the separation of church and state and church and school, thereby bringing freedom of...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read


Rosa Parks b. February 4, 1913
- People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired...
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Feb 4, 20231 min read
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