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Carlos Baliño: A bridge between revolutionary generations
Image via the PCC By Lissel Pino Ceballos, Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish In Cuban history, several figures have...

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Jun 18, 20253 min read


What Motivates People to Move Megaliths?
Stonehenge from a distance -- Noushin Nabavi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Andrew Califf How humans moved large rocks to...

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Jun 14, 20258 min read


"Tomorrow will be too late": Fidel Castro's speech on the Environment and Development, June 12, 1992
Fidel Castro's speech at the UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio De Janeiro, June 12, 1992. It remains powerfully relevant...

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Jun 12, 20252 min read


The Cerro Pelado: An historic triumph of Cuban sport and resistance
Images via the PCC By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish Throughout the country's history, men and women have...

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Jun 11, 20254 min read


The Evolution of Humanity’s First Voice: How Drums Shape the Human Story
From ancient rituals to modern beats, the drum has echoed through every era as a vessel of rhythm, culture, and connection. A collection...

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Jun 10, 20257 min read


The Eleventh World Festival of Youth and Students, Cuba, Freedom Island, 1978
A short look at the festival from the Soviet magazine STP. From the Soviet press, 1985: The Republic of Cuba, the first socialist state...

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Jun 9, 20252 min read


Daily LIFT #1652
A Young Pioneer Parade in Red Square, 1982 -- Daily LIFT #1652 From the Soviet Press: On May 19, 1982 the Leninist All-Union Young...

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Jun 8, 20251 min read


GAZ-M20 "Pobeda" -- Vintage vehicle cards of the USSR #6
From the original Soviet card (translated): GAZ-20 Pobeda (1946-1958) The first domestic passenger car with a monocoque body. It was...

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Jun 8, 20251 min read


The Tenth World Festival of Youth and Students, GDR 1973
A short look at the festival from the Soviet magazine STP The main viewing stage in front of the festival logo From the Soviet press,...

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Jun 4, 20253 min read


For Life and Happiness - Tales of Soviet Women Workers for Peace, 1951 #5
From the Soviet Press, 1951 Maria Smirnova A new tractor with a shining coat of fresh paint comes off the conveyor. And as I watch it my...

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Jun 3, 20252 min read


The Tasks of the Youth Leagues: Lenin
Members of the Russian Young Communist League from around the time of the Congress An excerpt from the speech delivered at the Third...

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Jun 2, 20254 min read


Gabriel Rockhill on the Effacement of Fascism in the Liberal Political Imaginary
Transcribed and lightly edited excerpt by Helmut-Harry Loewen, Winnipeg, 17 February 2020, from a presentation by Dr. Gabriel Rockhill...

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Jun 1, 20255 min read


ALBA-TCP honours the legacy of Maurice Bishop
On May 29 ALBA-TCP (the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty) issued a statement honouring...

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May 31, 20251 min read


Lázaro Peña's legacy lives on today
Image via the PCC By Lissel Pino Ceballos, translated from the Spanish The pages of Cuba's history are filled with men of great...

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May 29, 20252 min read


Cuba: El Uvero was not only a military victory, but a seed of hope
Images via the PCC By Katherin Hormigó Rubio and Odette Elena Ramos Colás, translated from the Spanish Between the Caribbean Sea, which...

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May 28, 20256 min read


MAZ-205 -- Vintage vehicle cards of the USSR #5
From the original Soviet card (translated): MAZ-205 (1947-1966) Dump truck on a shortened chassis from YAZ-200 military prototype....

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May 25, 20251 min read


The Son with Two Mothers: A Soviet Story
A woman in front of the flag of the Uzbek SSR -- Crop from a Soviet poster 1980 A remarkable true story from the Soviet press in 1983 of...

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May 25, 20252 min read


62 years of Cuban medical collaboration
Image via the PCC By Lissel Pino Ceballos, translated from the Spanish Cuban medical collaboration is one of the most significant...

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May 23, 20252 min read


The Soviet MI-6 Super Helicopter
Over 900 of the Soviet Mil MI-6 super helicopters were built between 1959–1980. It was, at the time of its launch, not only the world's...

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May 22, 20251 min read


Peace Street / Gulsum Kdyrgalieva - Tales of Soviet Women Workers for Peace, 1951 #4
From the Soviet Press, 1951 Scientific worker Gulsum Kdyrgalieva of the Power Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh Soviet...

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May 18, 20252 min read
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