On the March, cartoons from the Little Red Guard Magazine, People's Republic of China, 1973 -- Daily LIFT #1799 Little Red Guard Magazine was by and for youth and promoted values of community, solidarity and selflessness.

Image via the PCC Speech by Emilio Lozada García, Head of the Department of International Relations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba at the BRICS EUROPE meeting (November 14-15), translated from the Spanish Dear Representatives of Political Parties, Distinguished Participants and Guests: On behalf of the Communist Party of Cuba, I thank United Russia for organizing this BRICS Europe space, which we find highly relevant and timely given the current inter

Public domain image By Nada Hassanein, Michigan Advance Homicide rates among pregnant women increase with the rate of firearm ownership, according to a state-by-state study published this week in the medical journal JAMA Network Open. Researchers found the firearm homicide rate for pregnant women was 37% higher than the rate for nonpregnant women. Suspected perpetrators were most often male for both pregnant and nonpregnant women. The study builds on previous research showi

“It is, to date, the Noboa government’s biggest electoral defeat.” Ecuadorians celebrate referendum victory -- Image via video screenshot on X By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Ecuador’s voters on Sunday delivered a major blow to right-wing President Daniel Noboa by decisively rejecting the proposed return of foreign military bases to the South American country’s soil—including installations run by the United States . Around two-thirds of voters opposed the measure with most b

As consumers flock to “reef-safe” and “ocean-friendly” skincare, beauty brands are selling a vision of ocean purity that is more marketing-driven than science-based. By Kate Petty The personal care industry has mastered the art of marketing eco-consciousness— evolving beyond familiar labels like “green,” “clean,” and “natural”—into a new wave of sea-inspired branding that claims to champion ocean conservation. Terms such as “reef-safe” and “ocean-friendly” evoke images of cry

May Day parade on Stalin Square, Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic, 1955 -- Daily LIFT #1798

Amid US threats of an attack on Venezuela, we look back at some of the most infamous chapters in the history of US military invasions in Latin America and the Caribbean. US Marines outside a destroyed Panamanian Defense Force building during the US invasion of Panama, 1989 By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch The administration of US President Donald Trump began carrying out extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea under the auspices of waging a war on drug trafficking ove

Screenshot of the Forum in session Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish A delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CCPCC), led by Emilio Lozada García, head of the Department of International Relations, denounced the escalation of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the fascist U.S. government and the country's irrational military deployment in the Caribbean. This came during the second session of th

Pasha Angelina (right) famed hero tractor driver of the Ukrainian SSR in the 1930s helped to teach tractor driving skills to countless collective farm workers and to popularize tractor skill education for women collective farmers across the USSR -- Daily LIFT #1797

The election of Zohran Mamdani as New York mayor has inflated the illusion that radical change is possible without changing the mechanics of power. Image via Mamdani's Facebook page By Ali Ridha Khan & Joshua Reed, Elitsha, South Africa There is a seduction in the story of Zohran Mamdani. The insurgent from Queens. The son of an African exile and South Asian cinema royalty. A hunger striker for taxi drivers. A face of the new New York – brown, Muslim, global, young, fluent in

Gagarin in 1961 From the Soviet Press, November 1961: Yuri Gagarin, known to people the world over as the first man to venture into space, was elected a delegate to the Party Congress from the Leningrad District of Moscow by acclamation. The 27-year old cosmonaut is a newcomer to the Party, having applied for membership a year ago when he was training for his pioneering flight. At that time he wrote, "I ask to be enrolled in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It is my w

The coming months and years mark the most critical fight for truth in the conflict’s history. Catastrophic devastation in Gaza -- UNRWA video screenshot from November 2025 By Ramzy Baroud, Common Dreams Israel’s allies worldwide are desperately scrambling to help Tel Aviv reestablish a convincing narrative, not only concerning the Gaza genocide , but the entire legacy of Israeli colonialism in Palestine and the Middle East. The perfect little story, built on myths and outr

Trump at Fort Bragg, 2025 -- public domain image By D. Raja, General Secretary, Communist Party of India Imperialism today no longer requires colonies in the traditional sense. It governs through networks of finance, data, and technology — invisible chains binding nations to the logic of capital accumulation. The world that emerged from the ashes of the Cold War falsely promised unending prosperity under the banner of globalisation and neo-liberalism. What we have instead is

Red Guardsmen, Soldiers of the Revolution, illustration, USSR 1947 from a painting by Maximov -- Daily LIFT #1796

Image via the Communist Party (Switzerland) 25th Congress of the Communist Party concluded. Massimiliano Ay re-elected General Secretary In the presence of 120 delegates, the 25th Congress of the Communist Party (Switzerland) concluded with full satisfaction at the Arbedo Civic Center after two days of proceedings. The sessions were opened by MP Lea Ferrari and Arbedo-Castione, social democratic municipal councillor Gabriele Del Don, as well as by a video message from the Jew

Image via the PCC By René Tamayo León, translated from the Spanish GUANAJAY, Artemisa.- "China's collaboration with Cuba in the energy sector continues to be strong and consistent. This includes ongoing projects like providing equipment and spare parts for distributed generation, supplying five thousand photovoltaic systems for isolated homes, and setting up additional photovoltaic solar parks (PSFV) with a combined capacity of 85 MW. Future plans involve installing another 2

The most urgent task, to end genocide, requires truthful coverage about Israel’s war crimes. People amid the catastrophic devastation in Gaza as winter approaches -- UNRWA video screenshot from November 2025 By Kathy Kelly, Common Dreams On Saturday, 8 November, 2025, Dan Perry wrote in The Jerusalem Post about Israel’s projected lifting of the media blockade on Gaza . Perry laments that Israeli censorship has left all reporting of the atrocity in the hands of Palestinian

Krupskaya with a group of Soviet Young Pioneers, 1927 -- Daily LIFT #1795

The most effective approach to homelessness is simply to house people. But some states — and the White House — want to lock them up instead. JMSuarez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Jeremy Saunders No one wants people sleeping on our streets. For years, experts have agreed the best way to prevent that is to create more housing everyday people can afford, and to provide housing — coupled with supportive services for addiction, mental health, and other help — to those liv

As its workers fight for a living wage and for the company to address hundreds of labor violation complaints, Starbucks Workers United says it’s prepared for the “biggest and longest” strike in the company’s history. Starbucks workers striking in Long Beach, CA, November 12, 2025 -- image via Starbucks Workers United on X By Stephen Prager, Common Dreams As hundreds of Starbucks workers go on strike across the US to protest the company’s unfair labor practices, its union is