Workers marching during the general strike -- image via the Portuguese Communist Party By Cameron Harrison, People's World Tens of thousands of Portuguese workers walked off the job this past week, dressed in workers’ red, in the country’s first general strike in 12 years. This massive show of force is a direct challenge to the right-wing government’s aggressive assault on labor rights, wages, and collective bargaining. The nationwide strike action halted ports, grounded flig

A Red Army health and sanitation worker distributes chocolate received from public organizations in Argentina as a gift for the 24th anniversary of the Red Army. The soldiers were part of a tank landing party on the western front in the USSR, February, 1942 -- Daily LIFT #1821

Image via the PCC By René Tamayo León, translated from the Spanish On Saturday morning, the XI Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, headed by its First Secretary and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, commenced. This session took place on the eve of the 67th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution, amid a challenging historical context with unique characteristics. The organization's highest governing structure betwe

On December 3, 2025 in a profoundly anti-democratic move, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal moved to ban the Communist Party of Poland (KPP). Solidarity statements from parties in Brazil, Spain and Catalonia. On December 3, 2025  in a profoundly anti-democratic move , Poland's Constitutional Tribunal (TK) ruled that the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) violates the country’s constitution. You can read the response to this by the party itself here: The Communist Party of Poland

Trump aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, October 5, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad Ever since Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, the United States has attempted  to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution. They have tried everything short of a full-scale military invasion: a military coup, selecting a substitute president, cutting off access to the global financial system, imposing layers of sanctions, sabotaging the electricity grid, sending in merc

Zhou Enlai speaks at a reception for the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1820

Skyline of Pudong, Shanghai, seen from Suzhou creek area -- Steffen Wurzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Shiran Illanperuma Is Asia possible? This provocation comes from a recent intervention by Tricontinental Asia, the latest in a series of conjunctural analyses on the Asian continent. There is increasing acknowledgement that the world economy’s centre of gravity is shifting to Asia. Home to 60 percent of the world’s population, the continent contributes to 70 per

The legal proceedings targeting the Communist Party of Poland continue to be brought to public attention in Turkey by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) which held rallies and protests both before and after the anti-democratic verdict by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal on December 3. The legal proceedings targeting the Communist Party of Poland continue to be brought to public attention in Turkey by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). On December 1, TKP Organization in Ank

Screenshot from a Department of Homeland Security video of the attack helicopter approaching the tanker The Communist Party USA condemns in the strongest terms the U.S. government’s illegal seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker which reports indicate was en route to Cuba. This is an act of piracy and a brazen escalation of imperialist aggression against the people of Latin America. Under the fraudulent pretext of combating “terrorism” and “drugs,” this criminal action has two

Photo via Alejandro Esquite By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish In Beijing, the Chinese government introduced the Third China's Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean. This document aims to summarize past experiences and thoroughly outline China's policy towards the region, with the goal of elevating relations and cooperation in various areas between China and LAC to a new level. The text delivered by Beijing's Assistant Foreign Minister Cai Wei em

Trump in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington, October 28, 2025 -- public domain image By Atul Chandra The year 2025 witnessed escalated threats from the United States on the Global South. In the span of months, Washington declared Venezuelan airspace “closed in its entirety,” threatened to invade Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” to protect Christians from an alleged genocide, and demanded that the Taliban return Bagram airbase with warnings of uns

Deaths in ICE facilities have reached their highest point in decades as the agency continues to abuse detainees and resist oversight. Adelanto immigration detention center -- image via news video screenshot By Farrah Hassen Gabriel Garcia-Aviles was a 56-year-old grandfather with a work permit who’d been living in the U.S. for over 30 years. He was a beloved member of his Southern California community. This fall, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Garci

Passenger train crosses the lower deck of the Nanking Yangtze River Bridge, People's Republic of China, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1819

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on December 10, 2025, farmers from the three powerful roadblocks in Thessaly carried out a symbolic blockade of the port of Volos, while fishermen from Magnesia, who are also struggling to make ends meet, lined up their boats to block traffic from the sea. The protesters who gathered at the port of Volos and joined forces by land and sea sent a strong message that “the people will not back down, we are on the

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), translated from the Spanish Jorge Luis Broche Lorenzo, a member of the Secretariat and head of the Economic and Productive Department of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), led a virtual meeting with Nguyen Thanh Nghi, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and head of its Policy and Strategy Commission. The theme agreed upon for this exchange was "The role of the Party in macroeconomic

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that a 24-hour strike was held on December 10, 2025 by workers in the construction sector, demanding collective labour agreements with wage increases, health and safety measures, and other advances. Valsamos Syrigos, general secretary of the Builders’ Federation, noted among other things in his speech at the strike rally in Athens: “We will continue and escalate our struggle! The next stop is the rally in Syntagma

The relentless push for data centers is raising US power bills and polluting US communities. It doesn’t have to be this way. Virginia data center -- image via news video screenshot By Michi Trota Bill Gates recently made headlines by suggesting that climate change is no longer a priority , but the American public begs to differ. In this last election, climate change was a defining issue in states like Virginia and Georgia , where voters grappled with rising energy costs. And

Image via the Communist Party of Cuba LET'S DENOUNCE THIS ACT OF IMPERIAL PIRACY! Declaration of the Cuban Delegation to the People's Assembly for Sovereignty and Peace in Our America The Cuban delegation participating in the People's Assembly for Sovereignty and Peace in Our America wants to publicly declare its support for the Communiqué of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denouncing "the brazen theft and the act of international piracy" that was the assault and seizure

Soviet Red Army Field nurse Valentina Kalugina provides first aid to a wounded machine gunner during the battles in the Orel-Kursk sector, 1943 -- Daily LIFT #1818 Under fire Kalugina carried 45 wounded men with their equipment from the battlefield over the course of these battles.

Image of the protest via X Various Sources The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader known for her far right positions and explicit support for US military intervention in Venezuela. This decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee triggered considerable backlash both domestically in Norway and internationally due to Machado’s association with calls for conflict escalation, support for Israel and its genocide in Gaza and