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

By cutting aid abroad and the social safety net at home, while spreading vaccine skepticism, the administration is ensuring that more children will suffer and die. Vaccination campaign in Nigeria, 2021 -- Ugochukwu2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By James Alwine & Elizabeth Jacobs, Common Dreams Most of us understand that children are vulnerable, innocent, and must be protected and nourished. But too often in our country, and the world, that doesn’t happen—and now t

Protest in support of Palestine Action, September 6, 2025 -- indigonolan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Various Sources In another blow to Keir Starmer's reactionary regime, Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government’s designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful due to disproportionate restrictions on freedoms of expression and assembly. Palestine Action, a UK-based pro-Palestinian direct action group established in 2020, had engaged in

The cave-house at the tool at Phoenix Mountain where Comrade Mao at one time lived. Excerpted from an article by Ruth Lake, a New Zealander visiting Yenan (now translated as Yan'an), People's Republic of China, in 1966 (China Reconstructs Magazine): The caves are one of the greatest surprises in Yenan, We have seen pictures of these hillsides pierced with a thousand eyes, the rows of arched caves extending along ledged terraces to house colleges, cadres. hospital and armymen,

"On the sports grounds and in the field — our will to win!", poster, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, 1968 -Daily LIFT #1879

Tarique Rahman on the campaign trail -- image via X video screenshot By Vijay Prashad and Atul Chandra El Partido Nacionalista de Bangladesh (BNP) obtuvo una victoria aplastante en las elecciones del 12 de febrero de 2026, asegurándose 212 de los 300 escaños parlamentarios. Esta victoria no representa simplemente un cambio de gobierno. Es la culminación de un proceso político que no comenzó con la ira espontánea de los estudiantes en las calles de Daca en 2024, sino mucho ant

BNP leader Tarique Rahman -- Image cropped via X By Vijay Prashad and Atul Chandra The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a sweeping victory in the 12 February 2026 elections, securing 212 of 300 parliamentary seats. This victory represents not merely a change of government. It is the culmination of a political process that began not with the spontaneous anger of students on the streets of Dhaka in 2024, but much earlier, in the strategic calculations of sections of the B

Taylor Dahlin, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Laura Capote La insistencia permanente del discurso estadounidense alrededor de la lucha contra las drogas pareciera evidenciar una cruzada moral de los sucesivos gobiernos norteamericanos en limpiar su país del consumo de drogas. Sin embargo, la realidad dista mucho de esta simple idea que suele instalarse en los medios de comunicación masivos. En realidad lo que se busca con la denominada “guerra contra las drogas”, demostra

Vilma Espin and iconic Che portrait -- Daily LIFT #1878

Representational image By Laura Capote The constant insistence of the US discourse on the war on drugs seems to reflect a moral crusade by successive US administrations to rid their country of drug use. However, the truth is far removed from this simplistic idea that is often perpetuated by the mass media. In reality, what the so-called ‘War on Drugs’ seeks to achieve, as demonstrated by our region’s history, is a facade for the development of various mechanisms of imperialis

Anutin Charnvirakul arrives at the Bhumjaithai Party headquarters on election night in Thailand -- image via news video screenshot By Kay Young The march of the Ultra-Right in the Global South continues on, but unlike their Global North counterparts like Trump, Le Penn & Farage, as bleak as the future may seem, there are green shoots amongst the concrete. On 8 February 2026 following the Thai general election , there was a paradigm shift ushering in a new era of Southeast Asi

Water being distributed into buckets in South Africa -- image via news video screenshot South African Communist Party Statement on the national water crisis Thursday, 12 February 2026: - The South African Communist Party (SACP) is extremely concerned by the current national water crisis in the country. The taps have been dry for months in several parts of the country and where there has been no constant absence of water the residents have been forced to contend with inconsis

Monumento a José Martí en la Plaza de la Revolución. La Habana, Cuba. -- RG72, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons By Guillermo Barreto El 29 de enero pasado, el presidente de los EE. UU., Donald Trump, firmó una orden ejecutiva que declara una emergencia nacional y establece aranceles a productos de cualquier país que venda o suministre de otro modo petróleo a Cuba. Según la Orden, esto tiene la finalidad de proteger “la seguridad nacional de los Estados Unidos y su políti

Image via the CITU On Thursday, February 12, as many as 300 million workers, farmers, students, and professionals from diverse sectors across India protested in the streets in defense of their rights and to condemn the anti-labour policies of the ultra-right-wing government in the country. The strike shut down coal fields, refineries, factories, banks, and transportation services. Workers were responding to the call of the Central Trade Unions (CTUs), a coalition of major tra

Fidel Castro on his way home after a trip to New York, 1979 -- Daily LIFT #1877

Despite several theories proposed by scientists and philosophers, there are no conclusive answers. Mind in Cave, David S. Soriano -- David S. Soriano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Leslie Alan Horvitz Consciousness, at its basic level, is an individual’s self-awareness , comprising both external and internal phenomena; it may constitute any kind of cognition , experience , feeling, or perception . Awareness can be a continuously changing continuum, or it may shut do

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that students at Panteion University in Athens, Greece organized a protest, declaring their refusal to adapt their studies to facilitate the Greek government's preparations for war. At the rally they chanted slogans like: “Panteion University must not become a training ground for war – no one must be complicit in crime”. The catalyst was the war seminar organized by the Institute of International Relations (IDIS) o