All images via the KKE At a mass event held on 29 March 2026 in Litohoro —where, 80 years ago, the response to the “White Terror” began and led to the formation of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE)— the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) inaugurated its programme of events marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the DSE. The main speaker was Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the CC of the KKE, who stated, among other things: “We honou

Image via the PCC Via Granma and the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish "Thank you Russia. Thank you President Putin. Thank you crew members of the tanker Anatoly Kolodkin who, upon docking in a Cuban port with your valuable cargo of fuel, bring us the certainty of a friendship proven in the hardest moments, as so many times throughout history." This is how Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cub

The Trump regime’s elimination of the legal basis to regulate greenhouse gases is an attack on Americans — and the rest of the world. Trump on March 9, 2026 -- public domain image By Basav Sen The White House recently announced what might be its most brazen attack on climate science yet. A few weeks ago, the administration rolled out plans to repeal the federal government’s “Endangerment Finding” — essentially, its authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas

The Left Chapter's editor Michael Laxer looks at how Trump's tantrums tell an April Fool's Day tale that says things are obviously going very badly in the war on Iran for both the United States and Israel.

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht (center) in Leipzig, 1909 -- Daily LIFT #1924

Protestors outside of the federal courthouse in Manhattan, March 26, 2026 -- image via news video screenshot By Celina della Croce Venezuelans in the News On the morning of 26 March 2026, two crowds gathered outside of the federal courthouse in Manhattan where President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores sat awaiting their trial, set to begin at 11AM that day. On one side was a group of protestors gathered behind a large yellow banner that read “Free President Maduro

Coup president Jorge Rafael Videla assuming power in 1976 -- public domain image By Julián Bokser It has been fifty years since the coup d’état of 24 March 1976, one of the most tragic chapters in Argentina’s recent history: a dictatorship that combined state terrorism with a structural transformation of its economy. Throughout the 20th century, the country experienced six interruptions of its democratic order—in 1930, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1966, and 1976—but the last coup ushere

Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Memorial in Angola By Vijay Prashad In ‘Freedom Park’ (S’kumbuto) outside Pretoria (South Africa), there is a Wall of Names that honors the men and women who died in the fight to liberate South Africa from apartheid. Amongst these are the names of two thousand and seventy Cuban soldiers who died in Angola between 1975 and 1988 for the liberation of southern Africa. It is said, however, that two thousand two hundred and eighty-nine Cubans died in that

Signs at a No Kings protest in Washington DC, March 28 -- G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska We are living through times where the architecture of global peace is not merely crumbling; it is being deliberately dismantled. The drums of global war beat louder than ever, drowning out the voices of reason. Across the globe, imperial power grinds forward, indifferent to human lives. In the face of such force, silence is complicity. We are com

The tanker in Matanzas Via Granma and the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish MATANZAS - After several months without spotting an oil tanker in Cuban waters, a Russian tanker arrived in the bay of Matanzas on Tuesday morning carrying 100,000 metric tons of crude oil. As stated in a press release, the load will enable the National Electric System and other economic activities to continue operating for about 10 days. It was specified that, from the refining of

Ho Chi Minh poster for a Cuban documentary film, 1970 -- Daily LIFT #1923

Stamp of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1975 From the Soviet press, 1983: The liberation of Czechoslovakia from nazi occupation in May 1945 marked a turning point in the country's history. The new National Front government launched democratic transformations. The defeat of the counter-revolutionary coup in February 1948, which aimed at restoring capitalism in the country, ensured the peaceful development of the national democratic revolution into a socialist revolution.

Image of the march via X By Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch London witnessed one of its biggest ever marches against the far right on Saturday, March 28, with at least half a million people joining the event. The demonstration was organized by hundreds of groups – trade unions, climate justice organizations, anti-war alliances, and community associations – in response to strengthening racist narratives and hatred in Britain. These hate-driven narratives are promoted on differen

Images via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on March 27 thousands of workers and young people took part in a mass rally organized by trade unions, unions of the self-employed and other mass organizations. The demonstration in Athens began at the Ministry of Finance and concluded at the US Embassy. The rally expressed broad popular condemnation of the country’s involvement in the war, as well as of government propaganda suggesting that the people shoul

Mao Receives the Model Workers, painting, Li Mo Bai People's Republic of China, 1964 -- Daily LIFT #1922

Image via the Communist Party of Cuba By Raúl Antonio Capote, translated from the Spanish While the world focuses its attention on other conflicts, Cuba has become the scene of an unprecedented communication offensive. Be careful, we are not talking about an invasion in the style of the last century; This is more subtle, and perhaps that is why more dangerous. It is a war designed to shape perceptions, sow doubts, fabricate realities. Three techniques are, with surgical preci

Image via Granma on Facebook Various Sources The Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, carrying approximately 100,000 tons of crude oil and flying the Russian flag, arrived in Cuba Monday, March 30 according to the Russian Ministry of Transport. It is currently in the port of Matanzas, awaiting unloading. This aid shipment from Russia marks the first oil tanker to arrive in Cuba in about three months, a consequence of the oil blockade imposed on the Caribbean nation following

Image via Vanguardia de Cuba on Facebook Various Sources 15,600 tons of rice from the People’s Republic of China arrived in Cuba on Friday, March 27. The shipment is part of a broader aid package through which China plans to deliver a total of 90,000 tons of rice in two rounds, reflecting both humanitarian intent and deepening ties between Havana and Beijing. The 15,600‑ton batch, transported aboard the vessel Loyalty Hong, fulfills a major portion of China’s pledged assistan

Today’s war rhetoric is often dismissed as “childish,” likened to video games and online bravado. But the issue is not immaturity—it is adaptation. As political communication adopts the language of spectacle, war is increasingly encountered as sensation before meaning—altering the sequence through which violence is felt before it is judged. Francisco Goya, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Martina Moneke A word keeps appearing across political commentary and media criti

Imperialism: On to the Next War, cartoon, Fred Ellis, USA 1927 -- Daily LIFT #1921