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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 281 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 191 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 111 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 71 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 31 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 36 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 21 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 113 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 30, 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


Building the Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway, 1953
Freight trains on the finished section bring up building materials for new stretches of the line. From the PRC press People's China,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 28, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1526
Work Hard for National Construction; Improve the Quality of Work!, poster, People's Republic of China, Chang Huai-kiang 1953 -- Daily...
Michael Laxer
Dec 27, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1523
Knife-cut, North Hopei, Meng Hua-feng, People's Republic of China, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #1523 Decoration for a wall newspaper calling for...
Michael Laxer
Dec 23, 20241 min read


US Political Economy Contradictions as We Lurch Into 2025
President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, in the Oval Office -- public domain image By...
Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20245 min read


Daily LIFT #1520
A student of the Yangtze Navigation School takes the helm, People's Republic of China, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #1520
Michael Laxer
Dec 18, 20241 min read


For democracy, for socialism and communism - Paulo Raimundo
Image via the PCP Tour de force speech by Paulo Raimundo, General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) at the Opening...
Michael Laxer
Dec 18, 202424 min read


Daily LIFT #1518
Electing Our Deputies for the Building of the New China, poster, Tao Mou-chi, People's Republic of China 1953 -- Daily LIFT #1518
Michael Laxer
Dec 16, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1514
Women People's Militia members practice shooting in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, 1971 -- Daily LIFT #1415
Michael Laxer
Dec 12, 20241 min read


Sovereignty, Modernization, and Cooperation Championed at Global South Academic Forum in Shanghai
A screenshot from one of the panel discussions. By Shiran Illanperuma Panelists and attendees championed the cause of sovereignty,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 12, 20245 min read
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