Cruise missile launched at targets in Nigeria on Christmas Day -- screenshot shot image via video released by the US Department of War SACP condemns US military intervention in Nigeria Saturday, 27 December 2025: - The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns the military intervention by the US military in northern Nigeria. The attacks have ignited widespread concern among countries in the African continent. This military intervention comes as no surprise given the rece

Russian Volunteer Corps members during a press conference on 24 May 2023. Kapustin in the front in a black uniform -- https://armyinform.com.ua/army-authors/oksana-ivanecz/ , CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Various Sources Denis Kapustin, the prominent Russian neo-Nazi leader and commander of the so-called Russian Volunteer Corps, was killed by a Russian drone strike in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast on December 27, 2025. Denis Kapustin, also known as Denis Nikitin or by his n

First published in the Soviet magazine Socialism: Theory and Practice in September, 1985: The life of the fighter for the people's happiness, Ho Chi Minh, (''worldlywise" - in Vietnamese) was both colourful and eventful. His real name was Nguyen Tat Thanh (1890-1969). He was the son of a village teacher. He began his revolutionary activity in his early youth. At the age of 15 he was a liaison for the local patriotically-minded democrats fighting against the French colonialist

Chairman Mao checking out a Dongfeng CA71 Car, 1958 -- Daily LIFT #1832 The Dongfeng CA71, produced in 1958 by First Automotive Works (FAW), was the first passenger car to be manufactured entirely in China, marking a key milestone in Chinese automotive history. The Dongfeng CA71 was developed by FAW in Changchun during the Great Leap Forward, with its first prototype completed on May 12, 1958. FAW was founded in 1953 with support from the Soviet Union and initially focused on

By Bisharat Abbasi Today we commemorate the birth of Comrade Chairman Mao Zedong (1893- 1976) one of the greatest revolutionary figures of the twentieth century and a giant of anti-imperialist history. Mao was not merely a Chinese leader; he was a world-historical figure who fundamentally altered the global balance of forces by smashing semi-colonial subjugation, defeating imperialism and feudalism, and founding the People’s Republic of China in 1949. For the oppressed nation

CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Dr Waseem Ahmad Bhat As the Indian Left completes a century of political existence, it finds itself at a moment that is both reflective and unsettled. Few political traditions have shaped the moral and institutional vocabulary of the Indian republic as deeply as the Left. From early interventions in debates on equality, labour rights, land reforms and federalism, the Left helped define the social ambitions of postcolonial democracy. Its f

For Peace on Earth, Soviet peace activists rally, 1983, painting USSR, Eduard Belagurov -- Daily LIFT #1831

The USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements, 1959 Part III Yakov Gumennik FOREIGN coal operators and mining engineers who visit the Machine-building Pavilion at the Exhibition invariably stop for a long look at a bright red machine, a high-speed coal-tunneling combine, and a talk with Yakov Gumennik, its designer. They tend to be a little skeptical that this light and compact caterpillar installation can burrow its way to a coal seam pressed down by a great wall of rock. But

From the original Soviet card (translated): GAZ-51 (1946-1955) The most widely produced Soviet truck. After its modernization in 1955, it was called the GAZ-51A. It was produced under license in the Polish People's Republic under the brand "Lublin" and in the DPRK as "Sunrig". Engine displacement - 3485 cc, power - 70 hp, length - 5.53 m, curb weight - 2710 kg, speed - 70 km/h, payload - 2500 kg. Additional research information: The GAZ-51 was a Soviet 2.5-ton light truck pro

Massive protests have forced the government to seek dialogue with unions and small and medium-sized mining companies. Protesters are demanding the complete repeal of the decree eliminating hydrocarbon subsidies. Bolivian workers mobilize on December 22 -- image via Ollie Vargas on X By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch The recently inaugurated right-wing government of Rodrigo Paz in Bolivia has kicked off its administration by shaking up the Andean country’s economy and targe

Rather than launching a military invasion that would provoke public backlash and congressional scrutiny, Trump is doubling down on something more insidious. Trump on December 17, 2025 -- public domain image By Michelle Ellner, Common Dreams The loudest question in Washington right now is whether Donald Trump is going to invade Venezuela . The quieter, and far more dangerous, reality is this: he probably won’t. Not because he cares about Venezuelan lives, but because he has

Victor Grossman showing off some of the books published during his time as a journalist in the GDR. -- image via the People’s World Archives By Nico Popp Victor Grossman, born Stephen Wechsler in New York City in 1928, died in Berlin on Wednesday, December 17. His Berlin Bulletin appeared regularly on MR Online, and in 2019 Monthly Review Press published his memoir A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee . Victor was a good friend of Monthly Review for over thir

By Biljana Vankovska A passage from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale haunts me often: “That was when they suspended the Constitution… There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home… watching television… There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.” Today, the enemy list is long: Russia, China, Iran, Hamas—you choose! Our screens have changed, but our passivity hasn’t. We no longer watch TV; we scroll, distracted and numb, as freedoms erode

Lenin directing the Bolshevik uprising from Smolny, illustration from a Soviet history book, 1968 -- Daily LIFT #1830

How can Washington claim the right to seize or blow up vessels, disrupt maritime trade, and kill civilian boaters—while bombing Yemen and condemning its de facto Houthi government for intercepting ships in the Red Sea to counter Israel’s genocide in Gaza? By Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies, Common Dreams The United States has now intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers as part of its escalating aggression against Venezuela , while also destroying dozens of small

Long before Christmas became a commercial spectacle, winter holidays carried a shared moral purpose: protecting the vulnerable, renewing social bonds, and reminding societies of their obligations to one another. Revisiting these ancient ethics may offer a surprising roadmap for civic repair in an age of division. Gathering Evergreens -- BPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Martina Moneke When we think of Christmas today, what comes first to mind? Twinkling lights alon

Venezuelans rally in defense of their sovereignty, December 2025 -- image via Nicolas Maduro By Bisharat Abbasi The Venezuelan struggle against U.S. imperialism once again tears away the ideological veil with which liberalism disguises the real functioning of the world order. It compels us to confront a truth that Marxism has never evaded but which the liberal-left endlessly suppresses: national sovereignty is not a legal abstraction, a constitutional formula, or a moral righ

Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideological study group at the Changchun No. 1 Automobile Plant, People's Republic of China 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1829

Cubans rally in support of Venezuela on October 17 By W. T. Whitney, People's World Hitting two birds with one stone, the U.S. government, top-level disturber of the peace now brandishing a Caribbean armada, is striking out against Venezuela—and Cuba too, indirectly. The U.S. military on Dec. 10 seized a large oil tanker in the Caribbean bound for China. Then, on Dec. 16, President Donald Trump declared he was imposing a total blockade on all oil leaving Venezuela. The ship

Image via the PAME The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on December 16, 2025, thousands of workers in Athens and dozens of other cities across Greece took part in mass demonstrations against yet another anti-popular state budget. The Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ADEDY), where the trade union list supported by the KKE recently emerged as the leading force , had called a nationwide strike, while several Labour Centres had also called strikes in area