By Giuliano Salvatore I am writing these words from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, on December 12, 2025, one day after María Corina Machado, the newly appointed Nobel Peace Prize winner, said at a press conference in Oslo, Norway, in response to a journalist’s question about whether she would accept a military invasion of Venezuela, that: Venezuela has already been invaded. We have the Russian agents, we have the Iranian agents, we have terrorist groups such as Hezbollah,

Victor Grossman in 2015 -- image via Junge Welt Junge Welt, 17 December 2025. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen. Berlin -- Victor Grossman has died. The journalist, author, and translator passed away on Wednesday in Berlin at the age of 97. junge Welt learned this from his family. Grossman was born Stephen Wechsler in New York City in 1928. As a teenager, he joined the youth organization of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) in 1942 and became a party member while studyi

Main stage at the First Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), which began on December 17, 1975 -- Daily LIFT #1825 Learn more about the Congress at: 50 years of revolutionary work: Honouring the anniversary of the First Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba

Julian Assange has legally challenged the Nobel Foundation to stop Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado from receiving the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize funds, accusing her of promoting war rather than peace. Machado in Oslo, December 11 -- Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Various Sources Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has filed a formal complaint and lawsuit targeting the Nobel Foundation’s decision to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Ve

Ursula von der Leyen, Volodymyr Zelensky, Mark Rutte & António Costa, December 8, 2025 -- © European Union, 2025, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad Sitting in a lively room in the University of Amsterdam, I ask a question about the respect accorded by students to their former Prime Minister and now head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Mark Rutte. The room is animated and funny. No-one seems to accord Rutte with the respect that he might deser

Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The First Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), which began December 17, 1975, marked a transcendent moment in Cuba's history, serving to solidify the Revolution's institutional framework and chart the country's political, economic, and social direction for the future. It was not only a very successful congress, it was a living embodiment of the continuity of the ideals of independence, sovereignty, and soc

Trump on December 13 -- public domain image By Tings Chak On 10 December 2025, U.S. forces seized the oil tanker Skipper off the coast of Venezuela, carrying over a million barrels of crude. “Well, we keep [the oil],” President Trump told reporters. Venezuela’s foreign ministry called it “blatant theft and an act of international piracy,” adding: “The true reasons for the prolonged aggression against Venezuela have finally been revealed. It has always been about our natural

Kast and Argentinian president Milei on December 16 -- Argentina.gob.ar , CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad On 14 December, the predictable happened: José Antonio Kast, the candidate of the far-right Republican Party, prevailed over Jeannette Jara of the Communist Party of Chile by 58.16 percent to 41.84 percent. Kast ran as the candidate of the Cambio por Chile (Change for Chile) platform and was backed by all the parties of the traditional right and the cent

Che Guevara photographic composition, artist unknown, date unknown, found in a Toronto thrift shop -- Daily LIFT #1824

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that last week the 39th Congress of the Confederation of Greek Civil Servants' Trade Unions (ADEDY) was held. ADEDY is the third-level trade union organization for the Greek public sector, serving as the confederation that brings together all public sector unions. This includes unions for teachers, professors, health professionals, doctors, cleaning and service workers in local government (municipalities and region

Kast campaigning in October, 2025 -- Equipo Kast, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Atilio A. Borón José A. Kast’s resounding victory in the runoff election is bound to have a profound influence on Chile. A solid, neo-fascist, extreme right-wing force consolidated as a result of the convergence of two radical variants of Pinochetism —one led by Kast and the other, even more extreme, by Johannes Kaiser— to which rushed to join the standard-bearer of a political fiction calle

The 41st Central Convention of the Communist Party of Canada convened in Montreal from December 5-7, 2025, amidst a consequential and dangerous period for the working class in Canada and worldwide. The Convention met in a spirit of political unity, determined to analyze and respond to an accelerating imperialist drive towards world war, a rightward shift by the federal government, and a rapidly intensifying corporate assault. Delegates assessed a situation where the Carney g

Drawing, P. Bendel, USSR c. 1985 -- Daily LIFT #1823

Nigel Farage speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February -- Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons “The left and the labour movement ignore recent advances by Reform UK at our peril”, Robert Griffiths warned the Communist Party of Britain’s political committee on Sunday (December 14). He was speaking after nine local council by-elections in England and Scotland showed gains in seats

Often overlooked in traditional emergency management, women play a critical role in preparedness, risk reduction, and building resilient communities. Representational image -- Kartiki Gonsalves, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Reynard Loki On February 26, 1852, the HMS Birkenhead struck a cluster of rocks off the coast of South Africa. With only a few lifeboats for the 638 people aboard, Captain Robert Salmond ordered the women and children to board first while the men

What if Gaza agrees to surrender its weapons? Will Israel leave the Palestinians alone? Will the prospects of a just peace and Palestinian freedom increase exponentially? Netanyahu and Trump in September, 2025 -- public domain image By Ramzy Baroud, Common Dreams US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” is reportedly set to be announced before the year’s end. This news coincides with increasing reports that the US administration is serious about pushing forward the secon

Chairman Mao at the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the formation of the People's Republic of China, October 1, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1822 "Once China's destiny is in the hands of the people, China, like the sun rising in the east, will illuminate every corner of the land with a brilliant flame, swiftly clean up the mire left by the reactionary government, heal the wounds of war and build a new, powerful and prosperous people's republic worthy of the name." -- Mao just

Manuel Marrero Cruz speaking at the Plenary Session -- image via the PCC By Oscar Figueredo, translated from the Spanish When assessing the implementation of the Government Program aimed at correcting distortions and revitalizing the economy, Prime Minister of Cuba and PCC Political Bureau member Manuel Marrero Cruz, speaking at the XI Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) , stated that the program aligns with strategic priorities. How

Donald Trump on the USS Harry S. Truman, October 5, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad Desde que Hugo Chávez assumiu o poder em 1998, os Estados Unidos têm tentado derrubar a Revolução Bolivariana. Eles tentaram de tudo, exceto uma invasão militar em grande escala: um golpe militar, a construção de um presidente substituto, o corte do acesso ao sistema financeiro global, a imposição de várias sanções, a sabotagem da rede elétrica, o envio de mercenários e a tentat

Images via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish The discussion during the plenary session of the Third Plenum of the National Committee of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) on December 10, centered on the role Cuban youth should assume in the current situation the country is facing and the contributions they can offer to implement the Government Program. During the meeting, Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of O