Michael Laxer
The Spartakiads of the peoples of the USSR
Opening ceremonies of the Second Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, Moscow, August 1959. The Spartakiad was a festival of amateur,...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 71 min
Daily LIFT #1438
A peasant family receiving their new title deed after land reform, illustration, Chiang Chao-ho, People's Republic of China 1951 -- Daily...
Michael Laxer
Sep 73 min
Cuba and Vietnam: Ties of friendship and solidarity
Marydé Fernández López, member of the CC PCC and deputy head of its Ideological Department, received at the headquarters of the Central...
Michael Laxer
Sep 74 min
UN Expert Fears 'Almost the Entire Population' of Gaza Exterminated If Israel Not Stopped
"The range of presumable direct and indirect deaths could be between 15 and 20% of the population already by the end of this year," said...
Michael Laxer
Sep 72 min
New bombings, hunger, destruction and chaos in Palestine
Over the 334 days of aggression, the deaths are around 41,000 and there are 94,389 injured. These numbers, unfortunately, are growing by...
Michael Laxer
Sep 76 min
The Strange Case of the Persecution of Daniel Jadue
By Vijay Prashad Daniel Jadue, the former mayor of Recoleta (a part of Santiago, Chile), opens the door to his modest home. It is late in...
Michael Laxer
Sep 65 min
The Decline of the U.S. Empire: Where Is It Taking Us All?
By Richard D. Wolff The evidence suggests that empires often react to periods of their own decline by over-extending their coping...
Michael Laxer
Sep 63 min
South African Communists condemn seizure of Venezuelan aircraft by US
Image of seized airplane via video screenshot The South African Communist Party (SACP) issued a statement Friday, September 6: The South...
Michael Laxer
Sep 64 min
Knowledge Is Power. Gaza War Supporters Don’t Want Students to Have Either
Silence is complicity, and that’s the way Israel’s allies like it. Police during the military like attack on the po-Palestinian students...
Michael Laxer
Sep 51 min
Daily LIFT #1437
Chairman Mao on a tour of inspection in Fushun, Ideas of Mao Zedong poster series, 1972, People's Republic of China -- Daily LIFT #1437
Michael Laxer
Sep 51 min
Xiang Xiuli, Young Hero of the People's Republic of China
From a poster series of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Xiang Xiuli was born in 1933 into a poor working-class family in...
Michael Laxer
Sep 52 min
Jean-Luc Mélenchon & French Communists condemn Macron's PM choice, say election was stolen
Michel Barnier -- image via X Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the far left La France Insoumise (LFI) party and the French Communist Party...
Michael Laxer
Sep 54 min
Israel's War on Palestinian Children Must End
The betrayal of these children by the international community shall stain the collective consciousness of humankind for decades to come....
Michael Laxer
Sep 44 min
Communists in Turkey protest US warship
Image via the TKP The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) reports that the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, one of the ships sent by the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 41 min
Daily LIFT #1436
A family visits the Marx & Engels monument in the Marx-Engels-Forum in Berlin, German Democratic Republic, summer of 1986 -- Daily LIFT...
Michael Laxer
Sep 42 min
Pakistan Set to Illegally Expel More Afghan Refugees
Image of the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan By Global News Service Pakistan’s Interior Minister Syed Mohsin...
Michael Laxer
Sep 41 min
Hundreds of Rideshare Drivers Form Tennessee Drivers Union and Launch Labor Day Weekend Strike
Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Scalable Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Global News Service On August 20, hundreds of...
Michael Laxer
Sep 42 min
Attacks on Xiomara Castro’s Government Escalate After Termination of Extradition Agreement With the U.S.
Xiomara Castro during a trip to Guatemala, June, 2024 - public domain image By Global News Service Following the termination of the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 43 min
Low wage work is bad for workers...and customers too
When companies cut corners on wages and safety, executives cash in while putting workers and customers at risk. I saw it first hand at...
Michael Laxer
Sep 45 min
A brown tide of sargassum is causing havoc in Barbados
The small Caribbean island is struggling to deal with environmental and economic damage from algae inundation Shoreline in Barbados,...
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