As more and more communities criminalize homelessness, I want to share what it’s actually like to have the police take all your earthly belongings. Austin Police Car -- Josephawesome34, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Carrieann Smith Police “sweeps” of homeless encampments aren’t what you think — they’re much worse. I know, because I’ve been a victim of one. The Supreme Court ruled last year that unhoused people can be punished for sleeping outside, even when no shelt

An urgent call to preserve peace Call of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power ( translated from the Spanish ) The members of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba call on the citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean, and of the United States, to act in a timely and decisive manner in favor of preserving our region as a Zone of Peace, as approved and proclaimed b

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The Communist Parties of Cuba (PCC) and China (CPC) met in Beijing on Thursday for the VII theoretical seminar between the two parties, focusing on the practices and experiences related to advancing socialist modernization through scientific development planning. Gladys Martínez, a member of the Political Bureau and the first secretary of the Provincial Committee of the PCC in Artemisa, emphasized

On December 3, 2025 in a profoundly anti-democratic move , Poland's Constitutional Tribunal (TK) has ruled that the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) violates the country’s constitution. The KPP's response: The Communist Party of Poland continues its struggle Dear comrades, The Communist Party of Poland thanks all fraternal parties participating in the international campaign against the persecution of our Party. We very appreciate your support by the Joint Statement of the Com

New Doctors tor Borderland Villages (Papercut), Yuan Kuo-ping, People's Republic of China, 1976 From the PRC Press: "New Doctors for Borderland Villages", a uniquely decorative papercut, shows a woman army medical worker teaching barefoot doctors of minority nationalities the use of medicinal herbs.

On Tuesday, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, met with Ho Phuoc Dung, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at the Palace of the Revolution. Images via Estudios Revolución By Yaima Puig Meneses, translated from the Spanish The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist

It’s looking a lot like the run-up to the Iraq war — only this time, the allegations are even more bogus and easily disproven. Trump on December 1, 2025 -- public domain image By Farrah Hassen President Trump promised “no new wars,” but his aggression against Venezuela is the exact opposite. The U.S. military has been blowing up alleged “drug boats” near Venezuela that have killed at least 83 people. The UN has condemned these unprovoked strikes as unlawful extrajudicial exec

Tens of thousands marched in four Croatian cities to oppose escalating far-right violence, intimidation, and revisionism. Image via X By Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch Tens of thousands of people in four Croatian cities took to the streets on Sunday, November 30, responding to a call from the initiative United Against Fascism (Ujedinjeni protiv fašizma), a broad coalition of civil society organizations and grassroots groups. Marchers in Zagreb, Rijeka, Zadar, and Pula denounc

Maurice Thorez, legendary General Secretary of the French Communist Party, talks with delegates from Siberia at the XXII Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #1812

Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Cuba and China are strengthening their regional ties today with the visit of Gladys Martinez, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and the first secretary of the Provincial Committee in Artemisa. She met with Shen Xiaoming, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Secretary in Hunan, and both emphasized the robust friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. Martínez and S

Image via Notes from Poland By Michael Laxer In a profoundly anti-democratic move, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal (TK) has ruled that the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) violates the country’s constitution rendering it in theory illegal despite the questionable legitimacy of the TK itself.. Last month, Polish president Karol Nawrocki, filed the application with the TK. This came five years after a previous attempt to do this failed. In a telling part of Nawrocki's applicati

Image via the KKE On 1 December, a delegation from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) , led by Aphrodite Ktena, an MP of the KKE, held a mass protest outside the Polish embassy in Athens against the planned effort to ban the Communist Party of Poland, which will be examined by the country’s Constitutional Court on 3 December 2025. The mass protest was part of similar demonstrations organized by dozens of communist parties around the world to express their solidarity with the

Keeping His Youth, Gouache, Li Ping-kang, People's Republic of China c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #1811 From the PRC Press:  In "Keeping His Youth", gouache, during a break in field work a grey-haired commander explains quotations from Marx, Engels and Lenin on the dictatorship of the proletariat to a group of young people with education who have gone to work on a farm. He typifies veteran revolutionaries who are helping to bring up a new generation to carry on the revolution.

The Cuban delegation held bilateral exchanges with representatives of Venezuela, China, Russia and other countries attending the People's Summit. Rio de Janeiro, December 2, 2025 -- A delegation led by the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and made up of representatives of the ICAP, FMC, CTC and the Network of Intellectuals in Defense of Humanity is participating in the BRICS People's Summit, which is being held from December 1 - 4 in Rio de Janeiro. The event, organized by the

Image via the WPI Today, 1st December 2025, the Workers Party of Ireland, in conjunction with other member parties of the European Communist Action, held a Europe-wide mobilization with protests outside Polish embassies and consulates to oppose the Polish government’s anti-communist plans. The WP Ireland held a demonstration outside the Polish Consulate in Belfast and presented its criticisms and demands to the Consul. The Communist Party of Poland (KPP) is a legally register

Revolutionary Monument at the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum in the city of Vientiane, the capital of the Lao People's Democratic Republic December 2 is Laos National Day commemorating the founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in 1975, marking the end of the monarchy and the beginning of modern socialist Laos. This event marked the beginning of the country's socialist transformation led by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the great Marxist-Leninist revolu

Thongloun Sisoulith and Tô Lâm on December 1 -- image via X Various Sources General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Tô Lâm made his first official visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic in his current role, highlighting the strong and longstanding ties between Vietnam and the fellow socialist country. Tô Lâm, arrived in Vientiane accompanied by his spouse and a senior Party and State delegation, for a two-day official visit that started Monday, Decemb

The South African Communist Party on Venezuela, Palestine, Lebanon, South China provocations by the US imperialist regime, Russia, Cuba, Sudan, Western Sahara and Swaziland. The South African Communist Party (SACP) convened its Augmented Central Committee (ACC) at Birchwood Hotel Boksburg from 28 – 30 November 2025. The ACC assessed the implementation of the SACP annual programme of action and resolutions of the 15th National Congress and the 5th Special National Congress. Ac

Nikita Khrushchev delivers the report "On the Program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union" at the Twenty Second Communist Party Congress on October 18 , 1961 -- Daily LIFT #1810

Statements for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People from the New Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Communist Party of Swaziland and the World Federation of Trade Unions. Andrew Ratto, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Statements for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People NCP of the Netherlands, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People : On 29 November, the International Day of Solidarity with the Pales