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Labour Victories - Tales of Soviet Women Workers for Peace, 1951 #3
From the Soviet Press 1951 I work with Azmorneft, an organization set up not long ago to tap underwater oil deposits lying at the bottom...

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May 92 min read


Unity, Struggle, Socialism: The Communist response to fascism
The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) was invited to participate in the Second International Anti-Fascist Forum, titled held in...

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May 53 min read


ZIS-154 - Vintage vehicle cards of the USSR #4
From the original Soviet card (translated): ZIS-154 (1947-1950) The first domestic wagon-type bus with a rear-mounted diesel engine,...

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May 51 min read


From the city to the mountains
On May 3, 1960, the first volunteer teachers arrived in the Sierra Maestra, responding to the call of the Commander in Chief, Fidel...

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May 31 min read


50 years ago, Vietnam proved peace is possible: CPUSA
Communist Party USA Statement: 50 years ago, on April 30th, 1975, tanks from the National Liberation Front crashed through the gates of...

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May 22 min read


Fidel's Concept of Revolution
Image via the PCC Revolution is a sense of the historical moment; it is changing everything that needs to be changed; it is full equality...

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May 11 min read


People’s Movements and the Bandung Spirit: A View from Sri Lanka
Indonesian poster for the Bandung Conference, 1955 -- public domain image via the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia By Shiran...

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Apr 236 min read


Evoking Lenin: On the importance of his work and the relevance of his thought
Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) - On Lenin's 155th birthday: the importance of his work and the relevance of his thought Vladimir Ilyich...

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Apr 234 min read


Memories of Lenin: A Visit to the Soviet Lenin museums, 1948
LENIN MUSEUM. School children and their teacher view portraits and statues of the founder of their State. From USSR Magazine, April 1948:...

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Apr 225 min read


Long live the memory of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin!: Workers Party of Ireland
Statement of the Workers Party of Ireland on the 155th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Today marks the 155th...

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Apr 222 min read


We honour V.I. Lenin "the defender of peoples’ struggle for national and social liberation, social justice, peace, and socialism"
Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties on the 155th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin Joint Statement of Communist and...

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Apr 226 min read


Inspired Labour - Tales of Soviet Women Workers for Peace, 1951 #2
From the Soviet Press, 1951 Saida Akhadova "All the women employed at the Stalinabad Textile Mills unanimously signed the Stockholm...

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Apr 211 min read


Uroscopy: Medieval Medicine’s Obsession with Urine
For centuries, physicians used urine to diagnose disease, predict death, and even determine sexual history—analyzing its color,...

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Apr 1911 min read


Archaeology Can Now Tell Us How People Have Muffled and Challenged Economic Inequality Across History
By Gary M. Feinman Without archaeology, there is no way to truly examine economic inequality, its causes, and its consequences over very...

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Apr 194 min read


Our Revived City of Minsk / Prefabricated Homes - Tales of Soviet Women Workers for Peace, 1951 #1
From the Soviet press, 1951 The Academy of Sciences building Shkel worked on (1968 photo) Lyudmila Shkel, Housepainter: Every time I look...

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Apr 182 min read


Popular victory at Girón
By Lissel Pino Ceballos, Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish On the heroic sands of the Bay of Pigs, history forged a...

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Apr 172 min read


GAZ-69 - Vintage vehicle cards of the USSR #3
From the original Soviet card (translated): GAZ-69 (1953-1971) Passenger-and-freight vehicle with all-wheel drive. Engine capacity - 2112...

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Apr 161 min read


Back to 23 and 12 to raise the flags of Socialism
Photos: Vladimir Molina By Dayán González Ramírez, translated from the Spanish The Cuban people have written many glorious pages, and...

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Apr 162 min read


State terrorism: Fire at the El Encanto store
By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish The Cuban Revolution has lived under constant siege: military, economic,...

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Apr 135 min read


Lenin in Literature
Article by Vladimir Shcherbina, Soviet Literary Critic, that appeared in USSR Magazine, April, 1948. Soviet writers find in great Lenin a...

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Apr 124 min read
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