Images via the KKE On Saturday January 10, the Communist Party of Greece's (KKE) Party Organization in Germany held an event and discussion in Berlin on the topic: “Lessons from the class struggle in Germany, 1918–1923”. On Sunday January 11, the annual march in memory and honour of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, leading figures of the German revolutionary movement and founders of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), took place in Berlin. The march, first held in 1926,

Stamp of the famed Karl Marx bust in Karl-Marx-Stadt, German Democratic Republic, 1980 -- Daily LIFT #1844

Victor Grossman showing off some of the books published during his time as a journalist in the GDR. -- image via the People’s World Archives By Nico Popp Victor Grossman, born Stephen Wechsler in New York City in 1928, died in Berlin on Wednesday, December 17. His Berlin Bulletin appeared regularly on MR Online, and in 2019 Monthly Review Press published his memoir A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee . Victor was a good friend of Monthly Review for over thir

Victor Grossman in 2015 -- image via Junge Welt Junge Welt, 17 December 2025. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen. Berlin -- Victor Grossman has died. The journalist, author, and translator passed away on Wednesday in Berlin at the age of 97. junge Welt learned this from his family. Grossman was born Stephen Wechsler in New York City in 1928. As a teenager, he joined the youth organization of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) in 1942 and became a party member while studyi

The Moscow Restaurant Cafe, East Berlin, German Democratic Republic, 1960s -- Daily LIFT #1806

The Berlin Freedom Week, hosted by Mayor Kai Wegner (Christian Democratic Union), brings together an international cast of regime change actors. Credit: Mo Wüstenhagen/visitBerlin By Susann Witt-Stahl. Junge Welt, 8 November 2025. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen. The German capital has been bathing in a sea of freedom. While Berliners were able to withstand the scurrilous attacks by high priests like Ronald Reagan against the "Evil Empire" in 1987 ("Tear down this wall!"),

Anna Seghers By Jürgen Reusch. Junge Welt, 22 October 2025. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen She was a poet and writer with heart and soul, a communist, an antifascist, a Jew. Throughout her life, she was also a migrant, a refugee. Anna Seghers was born in Mainz in 1900 and died in East Berlin in 1983. Club Voltaire in Frankfurt am Main marked her 125th birthday as an occasion to hold a moving event at the Haus am Dom, which – beautifully moderated by Claus-Jürgen Göpfert –

The youngest member of the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, Margot Feist, congratulates Wilhelm Pieck on his election...

Presidium of the General Assembly of the Fourth World Youth Festival, German Democratic Republic, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #1749 Right to left:...

Kim Il Sung and Erich Honecker entered the Great Hall of the Palace of the Republic to thunderous applause from the rally participants,...

Set of Karl Marx stamps, German Democratic Republic, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #1713

A short look at the festival from the Soviet magazine STP The main viewing stage in front of the festival logo From the Soviet press,...

Defending Soviet memorials also means showing up in large numbers on May 8 and9 - Photo: Little Polar Bear 2015 / Wikimedia Commons / CC...

Karl Marx illustration, Robert Diedrichs, German Democratic Republic 1970 -- Daily LIFT #1594

Adolf von Thadden (1921-1996), NSDAP member, parliamentarian (member of the Bundestag and Bundesrat), and head of the NPD, known since...

Erich Honecker addresses the report of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany to the Eighth Party Congress on June...

Fidel Castro speaks to members of the People's Navy during his visit to the German Democratic Republic, 1972 -- Daily LIFT #1561

Images via video screenshot on X The annual Liebknecht-Luxemburg memorial march in Berlin took place on January 12, 2025, to honor the...

The magnificent Karl Marx Monument in the center of Karl-Marx-Stadt with youth from the 5th Festival of German-Soviet Friendship, 1980,...

Fidel Castro, presents Erich Honecker with a map of the Republic of Cuba during a visit to the German Democratic Republic. He was showing...