Image via the KKE Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), met with the Cuban Ambassador, Aramis Fuente Hernández, at the headquarters of the Party’s Central Committee in Perissos. The meeting was also attended by Giorgos Marinos, member of the Political Bureau and MP, and Aris Evangelidis, member of the Central Committee. During the meeting, the Cuban ambassador briefed the participants of the latest development

Various Sources Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania declined a major award at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) for her film The Voice of Hind Rajab. She left the award at the ceremony to protest against the festival’s complicity in providing “political cover” for Israel’s genocidal military actions in Gaza. The award was presented during the Cinema for Peace and Democracy Gala, an event that exists to honor contributions in film for humanitarian causes and

A woodcut portrait of Chairman Mao made by three staff members of the Capital Iron and Steel Company. It was two meters high. -- Daily LIFT #1883

Cubans march in solidarity with Gaza in Havana, October 2024 By Biljana Vankovska These days, I find myself thinking of a character from the old Yugoslav partisan film Battle of Sutjeska . The film is dedicated to the heroic battle and Tito’s brilliant tactical maneuver to extricate the surrounded partisan units. However, that is not my subject here, even if we are now speaking of a far greater encirclement tightening around humanity. In one scene, the young nurse Dana tries

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on Sunday 15 February, the two-day elections for the executive of the Athens Labour Centre (EKA) were concluded, held as part of the 33rd EKA Congress. It should be noted that the EKA is the largest Labour Centre in the country, bringing together 416 first-level trade unions, representing approximately 300,000 employees working in the private sector across the wider Athens area. As is well known, trade union

Banner and flag in Cuba -- Taymaz Valley from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad In January 2026, US President Donald Trump declared Cuba to be an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to US security—a designation that allows the United States government to use sweeping economic restrictions traditionally reserved for national security adversaries. The US blockade against Cuba began in the 1960s, right after the Cuban Revolution of 1959 but has tig

Images via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish To further develop the friendship and cooperation between the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and Argentina's Patria Grande Front, Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the PCC, welcomed Juan Grabois, the leader and founder of the Argentine political organization, at the Central Committee headquarters in Havana. Morales Ojeda expressed satisfaction that,

Images via the KKE (Communist Party of Greece) A strong message that “Cuba is not alone — hands off Cuba”, was sent by the people and youth of Thessaloniki during a militant rally held on February 17 outside the US Consulate, followed by a march through the streets of the city. The rally was organized at the call of the Organizations of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE). Delegations from the Greek-Cuban Friendship Association and the Greek Committee for International Detent

Chairman Mao Writes His Big Character Poster "Bombard the Headquarters", poster, People's Republic of China c. 1968 -- Daily LIFT #1882

Monument of the Flag of Cuba in Varadero -- Kurayba, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Statement of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) The US blockade imposed on Cuba has never been simply a series of sanctions. The blockade was the name of a comprehensive attack plan carried out by the US to subdue a people who refused to abandon socialism through deception and force. The United States did not merely ban U.S.-based companies from engaging in trade with Cuba, an independen

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on Saturday February 13, trade unions of Attica, mass organizations of the popular movement, and student associations welcomed toiling farmers and livestock breeders from across the country to Athens. These farmers are fighting for their survival against government policy and the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The mobilization was preceded by a mass workers’ rally outside the Greek parliament against

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish "Solidarity with Cuba is in our DNA," stated Pinarayi Vijayan, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Chief Minister of Kerala, while welcoming the delegation from the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) participating in an event on democracy and development in that Indian state. During the friendly meeting, the Cuban representatives reaffirmed the PCC's commit

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), translated from the Spanish New Delhi, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina): A Cuban official in Kerala, southern India denounced the fact that Cuba is currently living under an oil blockade by the United States that seriously affects the normal functioning of the economy and violates the fundamental human rights of its people. At the opening of the Vision 2031: Development and Democracy International Conference in southern India,

Image via the PCdoB Renato Rabelo, a stalwart leader of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) at many difficult points in its history, died on Sunday, February 15, 2026, at 83 after a long battle with cancer. His decades of struggle played an essential role in the evolution of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) and in Brazil's democratic transition. Communists in Brazil, Switzerland and Chile have honoured Renato Rabelo's profound and lasting legacy. Renato Rabelo Leaves I

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, conveyed his deep gratitude to the African Heads of State and Government for adopting a resolution condemning the blockade of the U.S. Government and against the inclusion of the island on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. "Its value is greater in these time

Soviet May 1 poster, c. 1945 -- Daily LIFT #1881

Rusanovka housing estate in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, 1980 -- At the time this was a newly constructed housing estate. A look at the Soviet Union's remarkable and humanistic housing policy -- that included constitutional guarantees -- from Socialism; Theory and Practice in 1985. Text: Today over 80 per cent of the Soviet population live in self contained flats or houses of their own. Over the past 15 years, 160 million people have moved into new flats, which is equal to the popula

Images all via the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Via the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, translated from the Russian February 14 marked the 83rd anniversary of the liberation of Luhansk (Voroshilovgrad) from the Nazi occupiers. Despite the rise of modern trends, some young individuals continue to observe the imposed Catholic holiday of Valentine's Day by exchanging "valentines" with their loved ones. For the past 10 years, on this day, Luhansk communist

Emergency Room at Coliseum Northside Hospital, Macon GA., -- NVaden, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Anna Claire Vollers, Utah News Dispatch More than half of working-age adults get their health insurance through an employer, but in many states premium contributions and deductibles take a significant bite out of household incomes. A new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund, a research nonprofit focused on health care, found that in 2024, premium contributions and deduc

Study the People's Liberation Army's hard work and plain living, poster, People's Republic of China, 1966 -- Daily LIFT #1880