Emancipation and Freedom Monument on Brown's Island, Richmond Virginia -- WomenArtistUpdates, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Guillermo Barreto When one person hurts another, common sense dictates that the person should apologize and, preferably, make amends for the harm they may have caused. Apologize, make amends, and ensure it won’t happen again. These seem like basic rules of coexistence. Coexistence among people, but also among sectors of a society and among entir

Delegates to the Second All-Russia Komsomol Congress, October 5, 1919 -- Daily LIFT #1944

Part 2 of 2. The two doctors making their rounds. TLC Editor's Note: The barefoot doctor program emerged in response to a severe shortage of doctors in rural China, where most physicians were concentrated in urban areas. Before 1949 and the triumph of the Revolution, there were only about 40,000 doctors for a population of roughly 540 million, leaving rural communities vulnerable to diseases such as schistosomiasis. The program was formalized after Mao Zedong’s 1965 directive

Image via the PCC Various Sources The "My Signature for the Homeland" campaign was launched in Cuba on April 19 with the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez being the first to sign. This initiative supports the call made by the president on the the 65th anniversary of the declaration of the socialist character of the Revolution, to organizations in Cuba and the world so the truth about Cuba reaches ev

The left promises to undo the overall stagnation in socio-economic development the state has faced in the last decade and a half under TMC rule and curb the rise in sectarianism and religious polarization. Left Front election march in West Bengal April 20, 2026 -- image via the CPI(M) on Facebook By Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch With a promise to spend at least 30% of the state’s budget on health and education , the Left Front is seeking to revive welfarism in the electoral

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) was held on Sunday April 19 in Istanbul to determine the venue and theme, and to resolve organizational issues relating to the holding of the upcoming 24th International Meeting. The delegation of the KKE included comrades Giorgos Marinos, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (CC) of the KKE; Eliseos

May 1st illustration, USSR 1963 -- Daily LIFT #1943

Image of Meyer via X South African Communist Party SACP on the ill-advised appointment of apartheid-era politician Roelf Meyer as South Africa’s ambassador to the US Friday, 17 April 2026 - The South African Communist Party (SACP) has noted with great concern the decision of the President of the Republic of South Africa to appoint Mr Roelf Meyer as South Africa’s ambassador to the US. While the president has the constitutional authority to appoint ambassadors to represent th

With statements from the Party of Labour of Austria, the Communist Party of Greece and the New Communist Party of the Netherlands Image via the PdA Party of Labour of Austria, PdA Chairman Tibor Zenker has died suddenly and unexpectedly The chairman of the Party of Labour of Austria (PdA), Tibor Zenker, died suddenly and unexpectedly at his home in Wolkersdorf on 16 April 2026 at the age of 50. Tibor was born in Vienna on 7 March 1976, together with his twin brother Jan. As t

Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Istanbul, April 19 , 2026: The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) held in Istanbul on April 19 approved a declaration supporting the Cuban Revolution against the US imperialist encirclement. A delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), led by Emilio Lozada García and Elier Ramirez Caedo—head of the Department of In

On December 3, 2025 in a profoundly anti-democratic move, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal (TK) ruled that the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) violated the country’s constitution and the party was removed from the country's register of political parties. This move has, at least for now, been reversed. The KPP has issued the following statement: The Communist Party of Poland continues its activity and struggle for legal status. Due to the actions undertaken by us that undermi

Clara Zetkin in Moscow, 1924 -- Daily LIFT #1942

Kim Il Sung Monument in Pyongyang -- Roman Harak, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Jason Cohen, Friends of Swazi Freedom April 15th marked a glorious day in the history of the Korean nation’s struggle for national liberation and socialist construction and for the worldwide revolutionary movement writ large. On April 15, 1912 the future Great Leader and emancipator of the Korean nation, Kim Il Sung was born. We send warm greetings and militant solidarity to the Korean wo

Image of a Cuban flag at the 5th International Colloquium Patria -- image via the Communist Party of Cuba Translated from the Spanish We, the participants of the 5th International Colloquium Patria, held from April 16 to 18, 2026, in Havana, Cuba, with 154 international guests and over 3,000 national attendees, came together for an event honoring the centenary of Fidel Castro and the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion. We reaffirm the deeply political, historic, and

Image via the European Communist Action Various Sources Comrade Tibor Zenker, chairman of the Party of Labour of Austria, recognized for his efforts to rebuild the communist movement in Austria and his contributions to Marxist–Leninist thought, has died unexpectedly at the age of 50. Tibor Zenker was born on March 7, 1976, in Vienna, Austria, alongside his twin brother Jan. He was the son of Helmut Zenker, a well-known Austrian writer (1949–2003). During his early life, Tibor

Why Cuba is so special is all the little things they don't even know are special. To this people, everyone is always entitled to full human dignity. Cubans rally in defense of the Revolution, April 2 -- image via Granma on Facebook By Macdonald Stainsby Getting off the plane in late February to arrive in la Habana was an exercise in apprehension. The American attempt to completely choke and starve the country of Cuba had just been given its greatest assist by the Carney gover

Ho Chi Minh watching a performance at a youth rally -- Daily LIFT #1941

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Brussels, 17 April 2026 - A delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, led by Emilio Lozada García, head of the Department of International Relations, and joined by Elier Ramírez Cañedo, deputy head of the Ideological Department, is attending the 8th Congress of the Party of the European Left (PEL). The event was held in Brussels on April 17 and 18 under the slogan: "Win

April 17 is a day that reminds us that the Burkinabé, African, and international peasantry must be the heartbeat of livelihoods in our communities and must therefore be at the center of the claims being made to sovereignty. Burkina Faso President visits with women agricultural workers on International Women’s Day 2025 -- image via X By Jonis Ghedi-Alasow, People's Dispatch On April 17, 1996, military police in Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil, killed 21 landless workers who were

Via the Government of the Republic of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Cuba is living under the constant siege of the United States government, whose escalating threats have intensified in recent months. In addition to the brutal energy blockade, which exacerbates the genocidal policy of embargo of the last six decades, there are the declarations by representatives of the U.S. government elite regarding intentions of military aggression. The material and human cost of this b