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Hunan Communist Party leader visits Cuba
Photo: Vladimir Molina Espada By the International Relations Department of the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish...
Michael Laxer
Mar 4, 20251 min read


Trump 2.0 – The View from China
Donald Trump, 22 February 2025 -- Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Wang Wen Donald Trump’s second term may not be...
Michael Laxer
Mar 3, 20253 min read


Cuba and China strengthen their cooperation
Images via the PCC By Angélica Paredes López, translated from the Spanish Cuba extended its thanks to China for the willingness of its...
Michael Laxer
Feb 23, 20253 min read


"Gaza and the West Bank are the homeland of the Palestinian people, not a bargaining chip" - China
Wang Yi at the UN, February 18 -- image via video screenshot On Tuesday, February 18, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi clearly...
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 20252 min read


Making Erhai Lake Bloom Again: A Story of China’s Ecological Transformation
View of the Erhai Lake in September 2023 -- Nishino Asuka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Tings Chak On a clear morning in June...
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20255 min read


China counters Rubio smear campaign in Panama
Marco Rubio at the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal, February 2, 2025 -- public domain image During a Q&A session on Friday, February...
Michael Laxer
Feb 8, 20254 min read


Washington’s Fantasy of a War Against China
Public domain image By Vijay Prashad The fragility of U.S. power was clear when a small Chinese startup released the DeepSeek machine...
Michael Laxer
Feb 5, 20255 min read


Daily LIFT #1555
Georgy Malenkov, Ho Chi Minh and Mao on a Vietnamese stamp, 1954 -- Daily LIFT #1555 Fascinating stamp from when Malenkov was briefly...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20251 min read


José Martí born January 28, 1853
The great, iconic Cuban revolutionary José Martí was born January 28, 1853. From People's China, October 1953, 100 years after his birth...
Michael Laxer
Jan 28, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1552
Chairman Mao on the reviewing stand at Tiananmen, Beijing, on China's National Day, October 1, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #1552
Michael Laxer
Jan 28, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1544
Mass rally in solidarity with the Dominican Republic, People's Republic of China, 1966 -- Daily LIFT #1544 Numerous slogans can be seen...
Michael Laxer
Jan 19, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1537
HO CHIEN - HSIU, Model Spinner, People's Republic of China, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #1537 "HO CHIEN - HSIU is a Model Spinner at the No. 6...
Michael Laxer
Jan 11, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1534
A worker, returned from training in the Soviet Union explaining the operation of a Soviet-made lathe at the first Seamless Tubing Mill in...
Michael Laxer
Jan 7, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1531
Ready for Battle for the People! - oil painting, People's Republic of China, 1971 -- Daily LIFT #1531
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20251 min read


The Banana Road From South America to China
Representational image. By Vijay Prashad In November, Álvaro Noboa, the father of Ecuador’s president Daniel Noboa, had a heart attack....
Michael Laxer
Jan 3, 20256 min read


Daily LIFT #1530
People's Liberation Navy Sailors Studying Maoism and Marxism-Leninism, Gouache, People's Republic of China, 1971 -- Daily LIFT #1530
Michael Laxer
Jan 3, 20251 min read


2024: The year in review on The Left Chapter
Although there were many stories from around the world we looked at -- from Syria to Ukraine to Sudan and on -- the grinding, genocidal...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 202513 min read


Anti-imperialism and international solidarity for New Year - SACP
Excerpt from the South African Communist Party, (SACP) 2024 year-end statement. In solidarity with Cuba, Swaziland, the Saharawi people,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 31, 20244 min read


Comrade Pak Thae Song new Premier of the DPRK
The Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) saw the election of Pak Thae Song as...
Michael Laxer
Dec 31, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1527
The new sugar refinery starts work in South China, woodcut, Wang Li, People's Republic of China, 1954 -- Daily LIFT #1527
Michael Laxer
Dec 30, 20241 min read
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