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Oktyabrsky, 1958: A visit to a new Soviet oil city
The city's main street in 1958 From the Soviet Press in 1958. Oktyabrsky didn't even exist in 1937. But it went from prospector's shacks...

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May 17, 20255 min read


80 years after the victory over fascism: No to militarism and war! For peace and co-operation! - PCP
Soviet War Memorial in Berlin -- Drrcs15, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Statement of the Portuguese Communist Party released in...

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May 12, 20254 min read


Archeologists Join Geologists in the Quest to Define the Age of Humans
A new archeology is being developed based on evidence of human activity in the Earth’s sedimentary record, and archeologists are helping...

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May 10, 20257 min read


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 9, 20252 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 5, 20253 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 5, 20251 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 3, 20251 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 2, 20252 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 1, 20251 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 23, 20256 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 23, 20254 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 22, 20255 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 22, 20252 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 22, 20256 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 21, 20251 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 19, 202511 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 19, 20254 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 18, 20252 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 17, 20252 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 16, 20251 min read
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