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One hundred years of the first Communist Party of Cuba
By Dayán González, translated from the Spanish A century ago, in the turbulent city of Havana, marked by the deep domination of American...

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Aug 16, 20252 min read


¡Y venceremos!: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on Fidel
By Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic of Cuba,...

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Aug 13, 20253 min read


The Revolution of '33 and the end of Machado's tyranny
Image via the PCC By Roberto Morales Ojeda, secretary of organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, translated...

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Aug 12, 20252 min read


The Lenin Peace Prize Winners of 1962
A remarkable year for a remarkable prize. Winners included Kwame Nkrumah and Pablo Picasso and hailed from Ghana, France, the Hungarian...

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Aug 10, 20253 min read


Working at the Vladimir Ilyich Electromechanical Plant, 1960 #7 & 8
From the Soviet Press, 1960 The union was an important factor in getting the plant and personnel prepared for the switchover to the 7...

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Aug 10, 20251 min read


Manifesto No. 1 of the M-26-7 (July 26 Movement) to the People of Cuba
On August 8, 2025, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) commemorated the 70th anniversary of...

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Aug 10, 202518 min read


ZIS-155 -- Vintage vehicle cards of the USSR #10
From the original Soviet card (translated): ZIS-155 (1949-1957) City bus with front engine based on ZIS-155 truck units. A modification...

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Aug 9, 20251 min read


Working at the Vladimir Ilyich Electromechanical Plant, 1960 #5 & 6
From The Soviet Press, 1960 Along with the changeover to the 7-hour day came not only more free time but a general overhaul of the wage...

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Aug 9, 20251 min read


Unbearable Perfection: The Crack That Gave Birth to the 20th Century in the West
The Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna -- C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, via Wikimedia Commons By Jorge Coulon From the orderly center...

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Aug 9, 20252 min read


The Soviet Palace of Congresses
A look at the magnificent Soviet palace from 1962 & 1979 From the Soviet Press, July 1962: ALTHOUGH the Palace of Congresses is one of...

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Aug 5, 20254 min read


Paul Robeson Addresses the Welsh people at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, August 4, 1958
From the Geoff Charles Collection held at the National Library of Wales , Creative Archive License -- May be used for non-commercial and...

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Aug 4, 20251 min read


Fighting in the Skies of the USSR for the Liberation of France
Soviet and French pilots at the Kursk Bulge. where nazi troops suffered a crushing defeat. From the Soviet Press 1984: The...

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Aug 2, 20254 min read


Working at the Vladimir Ilyich Electromechanical Plant, 1960 #3 & 4
From the Soviet Press, 1960 When the country had rebuilt itself after the enormous destruction of the Second World War, the work day was...

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Aug 2, 20251 min read


The Enclosure of the Commons and the War Economy: A Feminist and Anti-Colonial Critique
The war economy relies on the enclosure of the commons. By reclaiming the commons, we can build a world based on cooperation, ecological...

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Jul 31, 20257 min read


Working at the Vladimir Ilyich Electromechanical Plant, 1960 #1 & 2
From the Soviet Press, 1960 These pictures were taken at the Vladimir Ilyich electromechanical plant built in a Moscow suburb at the end...

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Jul 30, 20251 min read


GAZ-63 - Vintage vehicle cards of the USSR #9
From the original Soviet card (translated): GAZ-63 (1948-1968) All-terrain truck based on GAZ-51. Had two drive axles, rear - for the...

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Jul 27, 20251 min read


Marty in Moscow
THE AMERICAN FILM MARTY SHOWN AT UDARNIK, ONE OF THE LARGEST CINEMA THEATERS IN MOSCOW. TEN AMERICAN AND SEVEN SOVIET FILMS WILL BE...

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Jul 27, 20254 min read


Paul Robeson: Singer for Peace
From the Soviet Press, 1951 The image of Paul Robeson, the eminent black singer and indefatigable fighter for peace and the freedom of...

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Jul 20, 20252 min read


On the superiority of socialist power: KKE
At the headquarters of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) The superiority of socialist power lies in the fact that it is the state of a...

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Jul 18, 20253 min read


Sparta Knit-Goods Factory / For Our Homeland -- Tales of Soviet Women Workers for Peace, 1951 #8
From the Soviet Press, 1951 Image: The women Stakhanovites of the Sparta Knit-Goods Factory in Vilnius, the capital of the Lithuanian...

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Jul 15, 20252 min read
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