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Lenin at the Third Congress of the Comintern
Stories of Iconic Lenin Photos #3 From the Soviet Sputnik Magazine in 1969, the third in a series of looks at the background of several famous, iconic photographs of Lenin. Text: An album produced by the Art Publishers and entitled Lenin in Photographs is thought to be the first large collection of pictures taken of the leader of the October Revolution. In it Leonid Volkov-Lannit has brought together many obscure facts. These 130 photographs recall the events in the Smolny he

The Left Chapter
Sep 231 min read


Tactical Retreats: Why Venezuela’s Revolution Still Stands
Just as the false claims of betrayal on January 3 are now easily disproved, so too are the claims of betrayal in the two months since. Delcy Rodríguez at a ceremony for the signing of the Hydrocarbon reform law in January -- image via X By Manolo De Los Santos The early morning hours of January 3, 2026, marked an inflection point in Venezuela and Latin America’s centuries-long struggle for self-determination and independence. Operation Absolute Resolve, ordered by the Trump a

The Left Chapter
Mar 718 min read
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