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Daily LIFT #745
Poster for the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Communist Party of China, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #745 July 1 was the 101st anniversary.
Michael Laxer
Jul 1, 20221 min read


Roe v. Wade overturned: Red Review #63 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the United States, China, India, Australia, the UK, South Korea and elsewhere. Protesters rally in San Francisco after the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 27, 20227 min read


Daily LIFT #724
Rostrum at the Tenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, 1973 -- Daily LIFT #724
Michael Laxer
Jun 2, 20221 min read


Red Review #57 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, the USA, China, the DPRK, Greece, Sweden and elsewhere. Greek Communists hold an anti-war rally on the acropolis in...
Michael Laxer
May 16, 20227 min read


Daily LIFT #711
Mao with Soong Ching-ling, May 1961 -- Daily LIFT #711 They were meeting in Shanghai by a portrait of her former husband, Sun Yat-sen....
Michael Laxer
May 14, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #704
Marx and Engels statue in Beijing, People's Republic of China, at an exhibition in honour of Karl Marx's 200th birthday, May 5, 2018 --...
Michael Laxer
May 5, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #703
Chairman Mao in Zhongnanhai, 1969, poster People's Republic of China -- Daily LIFT #703 The slogans read "Long live the great Chinese...
Michael Laxer
May 4, 20221 min read


New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor builds on China-Laos Railway success
Another remarkable example of the Belt and Road Initiative in action. Train leaves the Chinese city of Xi'an for the capital of Laos,...
Michael Laxer
Apr 28, 20222 min read


"We express deep concern over the deteriorating human rights conditions in the US" - Wang Wenbin
Wang Wenbin, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson of the People's Republic of China gave a powerful response on April 18 when asked a question...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 20222 min read


Daily LIFT #691
Kim Il Sung, Mao, Ho Chi Minh, Zhou Enlai and Song Qingling at a celebration for the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's...
Michael Laxer
Apr 15, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #677
Che shares a meal with workers at a factory canteen, People's Republic of China, 1960 -- Daily LIFT #677 For more photos from Che's...
Michael Laxer
Mar 20, 20221 min read


For Peace and Socialism!: Red Review #47 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Swaziland, the Philippines, the USA, Canada, India, the UK, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also an extensive special...
Michael Laxer
Mar 6, 202225 min read


Daily LIFT #654
Chairman Mao visits with his childhood school teacher Mao Juju when travelling back to his hometown, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #654 Mao credited...
Michael Laxer
Feb 20, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #653
Soldiers of the Chinese Red Army training for fighting the Japanese invasion, 1937 -- Daily Lift #653 The photo was taken by American...
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 20221 min read


The Communist fight to liberate China, 1945
Three members of the Chinese Communist forces -- including one who had lost an arm in battle -- learning to use captured Japanese machine...
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 202210 min read


Daily LIFT #651
People's Republic of China Vice Foreign Minister Wang Hairong, Mao and Kim Il Sung at a meeting in China, 1975. -- Daily LIFT #651 It was...
Michael Laxer
Feb 16, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #650
Edgar Snow and Mao, 1936 -- Daily LIFT #650 American journalist Edgar Snow travelled to Xi'an, China where he met with Communist leader...
Michael Laxer
Feb 15, 20221 min read


The Shougang Big Air course at the Olympics is forward thinking not "post-apocalyptic"
Far from being "post-apocalyptic" it is a part of a drive by the PRC to prevent the apocalypse of climate change. Image via Twitter In a...
Michael Laxer
Feb 14, 20222 min read


Daily LIFT #646
Mao with members of the People's Liberation Army's navy units, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #646
Michael Laxer
Feb 12, 20221 min read


An engine named for Chairman Mao: A train from revolutionary China
In October, 1946 Chinese railway workers in Harbin, China -- which had been newly liberated by the People's Liberation Army -- used scrap...
Michael Laxer
Feb 11, 20228 min read
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