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Daily LIFT #1942
Clara Zetkin in Moscow, 1924 -- Daily LIFT #1942

The Left Chapter
Apr 191 min read


Daily LIFT #1940
Clara Zetkin (3rd from left) and Friedrich Engels (4th from left) at the International Socialist Workers Congress, Zürich 1893 -- Daily LIFT #1940 Remarkable photo of two giants. At the Congress Zetkin's demands for protective rights for female workers, such as the nine-hour work day and maternity leave, had been endorsed by Engels in the meetings with shouts of "Bravo, Clara!".

The Left Chapter
Apr 171 min read


Daily LIFT #1930
V. I. Lenin meets with members of the Executive Committee of the IV Congress of the Comintern (Marcel Cachin, Clara Zetkin, Bela Kun, Sen Katayama), painting, E. Shirokov, USSR 1976 -- Daily LIFT #1930

The Left Chapter
Apr 71 min read


International Women's Day: A Militant Celebration - Alexandra Kollontai
Kollontai (at right) in 1921 with Clara Zetkin at an International Women's Conference The great Bolshevik revolutionary, leader, Marxist thinker, women's rights advocate and diplomat Alexandra Kollontai wrote this account of the history, necessity and importance of International Women's Day in 1920. Kollontai played an important role in the Bolshevik Revolution itself, was the People's Commissar of Social Welfare in the first Soviet government -- which made her the first woma

The Left Chapter
Mar 813 min read


Daily LIFT #1642
Clara Zetkin portrait, Karl-Ludwig Hartig, German Democratic Republic 1958 -- Daily LIFT #1642 To learn more about Zetkin see: Clara...

The Left Chapter
May 25, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1560
Communist giants Comrades Clara Zetkin & Nadezhda Krupskaya, 1927 -- Daily LIFT #1560

The Left Chapter
Apr 2, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1591
Clara Zetkin talking with Lenin, illustration, Robert Diedrichs. GDR 1960 -- Daily LIFT #1591
Michael Laxer
Mar 22, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1390
Clara Zetkin and Alexandra Kollontai at the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921 -- Daily LIFT #1390 To learn more about...
Michael Laxer
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Historical conclusions from the tactics of the anti-fascist fronts: The contemporary struggle of communists against fascism
Contribution of the Workers Party of Ireland at the European Communist Action meeting in Madrid (11th May 2024): Dear Comrades:...
Michael Laxer
May 16, 20249 min read


Daily LIFT #731
Clara Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg in Berlin, 1910 -- Daily LIFT #731
Michael Laxer
Jun 12, 20221 min read


Artek: The vast Soviet internationalist complex of children's camps
An in-depth look at the Soviet Artek Pioneer youth camp, a sprawling internationalist complex of ten sub-camps and various facilities...
Michael Laxer
Aug 16, 202118 min read


Daily LIFT #401
Nadezhda Krupskaya and Clara Zetkin at the Third All-Russia Conference on Preschool Education, Moscow, 1926 -- Daily LIFT #401 Zetkin,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 27, 20211 min read


The Hour of the People Has Come: Spartacus League Manifesto
In the lead up to the revolutionary wave that swept over Germany in January, 1919, this manifesto was issued by Clara Zetkin, Rosa...
Michael Laxer
Jan 15, 20212 min read
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