Communist Party of Swaziland’s message to the 24th International Meeting of Communist & Workers Parties, held in Cuba, 7-9 August 2026 Comrades, On behalf of the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) and the working class of our country, I hereby convey revolutionary greetings to the Communist Party of Cuba, the host of the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties. We also greet the revolutionary organisations convening on this momentous occasion and support t

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic held meetings with representatives of parties from Turkey, Chile, Uruguay and Laos. Images via Estudios Revolución By Alina Perera Robbio “We’re going to resist, and we’re going to win,” said Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, on Saturday afternoon at th

Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai's Delegate's Card (top) at the Comintern's 1935 VII Congress, Moscow, USSR -- Daily LIFT #2047 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai (born on 1 November 1910 in Vinh, Nghệ An province) was a Vietnamese revolutionary, politician, and one of the leading figures of the Indochinese Communist Party in the 1930s. On 28 August 1941, at age 30, she was executed by firing squad by the French colonial government at Ngã ba Giồng, Hóc Môn, Gia Định, after the Southern Rebellion faile

All images via Estudios Revolución By Leticia Martínez Hernández, translated from the Spanish "In the face of the imperialist offensive and the structural crisis of capitalism, the communist and workers' parties are called upon to play a vanguard role." The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, shared these thoughts during the closing of the 24th International Meeting of Communist and

Flags of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the DPRK along a higway in Vietnam in 2019 -- image via X Various Sources The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is constructing a memorial and refurbishing a cemetery to honour soldiers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) who died supporting North Vietnam in the 1960s during the Vietnam War, offering a public recognition of Pyongyang's role in the liberation struggle. During the war, the DPRK secretly sent an estima

All Power to the Soviets!, Lenin illustration, USA 1974 -- Daily LIFT #2046

Images via Estudios Revolución By Leticia Martínez Hernández, translated from the Spanish The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, attended the opening on Thursday of the IV Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, held in the Cuban capital. This popular participation platform unites over 400 organizations from 25 countries across Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States,

Komsomol members from the Urals with Krupskaya, 1936 -- Daily LIFT #2045

Vessels in the Staright of Hormuz -- image via news video screenshot By Vijay Prashad For more than three decades, the United States has treated Middle Eastern diplomacy as an exercise in writing the terms for others. Iran’s emerging regional strategy is challenging that privilege. The immediate evidence is emerging in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and Oman are negotiating an arrangement under which Tehran could oversee vessels entering the Gulf while Muscat manages outbound tra

Images via Estudios Revolución By Leticia Martínez Hernández, translated from the Spanish Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, awarded the "For Bravery During Service" medal to eighteen members of the Cuban Search and Rescue Brigade. They had provided aide in Venezuela following the devastating June 24 earthquakes, which claimed the lives of over 6,000 people. At the Portocarre

Images via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish An official meeting took place at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) between Emilio Lozada García, head of the PCC's Department of International Relations, and comrade Bounleua Phandanouvong, head of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). During the talks, Lozada highlighted the historic relationship of friendship

Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) -- Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CPUSA Statement on Hiroshima Day (August 6) The United States, eighty-one years ago, carried out a surprise nuclear attack on the people of Hiroshima. Three days later, it dropped an even more powerful nuclear device on Nagasaki. Between the initial blasts, subsequent firestorms, and acute radiation exposure, the two bombs killed over 200,000 people by the end of 1945. Those who survived

Caetano Veloso -- image via X By Urariano Mota To our great surprise, Caetano Veloso turns 84 today. But 84?! If the seasons rule our lives, we can say of them what Nelson Rodrigues said about videotape during a discussion: “Time is stupid!” We say this because when we look at the faces of these artists, we see ourselves in them. Not so much because of their physical appearance—their features and bodies—which are in better shape than ours these days. Some of them, like Paulin

Monument to Marshal Georgy Zhukov in Ulanbataar, Mongolia -- Daily LIFT #2044 The monument to the great Soviet military leader of the Great Patriotic War was erected during the glorious era of the Mongolian People's Republic. Happily it has survived the counter-revolution as this photo is from 2025.

Various Sources The Central Party Theoretical Council of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the Central Theoretical Council of the Communist Party of Vietnam met to discuss preparations for the upcoming theory conference between the two Parties and orientations for future cooperation. The meeting was led by Politburo member and Council President Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune of Laos and Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Doan Minh Huan of Vietnam. The di

Today we live as prisoners consigned to a permanent death row, having organized our world not around a commitment to collective sanity, safety, and security but around the perpetual preparation for collective destruction. Public domain image. By Eric Ross, Common Dreams It has been 81 years since the atomic bombings delivered an unmistakable message. From the ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, humanity was faced with a choice that Martin Luther King, Jr. would later describe as

Lenin directing the Bolshevik uprising from Smolny, illustration from a Soviet history book, 1968 By Alexandra Kollontai, published in English in 1947 Kollontai was a famed Bolshevik revolutionary leader, Marxist thinker, women's rights advocate and diplomat. You can learn more about her at: Remembering Alexandra Kollontai b. March 31, 1872. This is her remembrance of Lenin in the early days of the Revolution: If someone were to ask me what hour of my life I cherished most an

Engels portrait, 1865 -- Daily LIFT #2043 Comrade Engels died August 5, 1895.

In Bolivar Square, Caracas -- J.A. Vergara, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Guillermo R. Barreto We are living in complex times in which U.S. imperialism is manifesting itself in an extremely aggressive manner, with greater violence and disregard for international law and the sovereignty of peoples, but with a desperation that translates into increasingly irrational decisions that openly threaten not only world peace but the future of all humanity. What we are witnessi

From the PRC Press: Chairman Mao, our most respected and beloved great leader, had a good swim in the Yangtse River, braving the wind and waves on July 16 last year (1966). It left on indelible, happy memory in our minds and greatly inspired, the people throughout China and the world to go forward courageously in the storms of class struggle. Translation of the poem first published in English in 1967. Swimming to the melody Shui Tiao Keh Tou (2) I have just drunk the waters o