Michael Laxer
Mao at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art, May 23 1942
On May 23, 1942, Mao gave his famous and ideologically significant concluding thoughts on the role of revolutionary literature and art at...
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Michael Laxer
- May 15
- 3 min
The story of the iconic 1939 Norman Bethune photo
In May, 1972, in the magazine China Reconstructs photographer Wu Yin-hsien told the story of how he came to take the iconic photo of Dr....
Michael Laxer
- May 13
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #941
Chairman Mao making the "Get Organized" speech to a rally for labour heroes, 1943 -- Daily LIFT #941
Michael Laxer
- May 2
- 2 min
Daily LIFT #933
Chairman Mao reviews the parade in Beijing on International Labour Day, standing beside him are two members of the Chinese Young...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Message on the Liberation of Saigon - Mao, Zhu De & Zhou Enlai, April 30 1975
The south Vietnamese army and civilians, after fighting long and valiantly, have thoroughly crushed the puppet regime in south Viet Nam...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 27
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #929
Chairman Mao at an immense rally in Beijing against US intervention in Vietnam, February 1965 -- Daily LIFT #929 The rally was attended...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Mao's statement "ln Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Repression" April 16, 1968
On April 16, 1968 Chairman Mao released this stunning and still stirring and important statement in the wake of the brutal murder of...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 15
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #921
Chairman Mao making a speech at the plenary session of the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China on April 14, 1969 --...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 14
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #920
Chairman Mao photo first published in Peking Review, April 14, 1967 -- Daily LIFT #920 "One of our current important tasks on the...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #916
Mao photo published April 1968 -- Daily LIFT #915 "In the final analysis, national struggle is a matter of class struggle." - Mao
Michael Laxer
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #902
Chairman Mao delivers the opening address to the third session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political...
Michael Laxer
- Mar 2
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #893
Mao and Ho Chi Minh share a laugh, Beijing 1959 -- Daily LIFT #893
Michael Laxer
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #880
Mao and W.E.B. Du Bois in the People's Republic of China, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #880
Michael Laxer
- Dec 28, 2022
- 1 min
Daily #857
Comrades Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong, 1935 -- Daily LIFT #857
Michael Laxer
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Daily LIFT #854
Mao and Norman Bethune meet, poster, People's Republic of China, 1976 -- Daily LIFT #854 On December 21, 1939 Comrade Mao Zedong wrote...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #850
Mao speaking, 1957 -- Daily LIFT #850 We cannot just follow the beaten track traversed by other countries in the development of...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #836
Mao portrait, Soviet artist Konstantin Finogenov (1902-1989) -- Daily LIFT #836
Michael Laxer
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #823
Mao Speaks -- Poster, People's Republic of China c. 1950 -- Daily LIFT #823
Michael Laxer
- Sep 14, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #795
Mao enjoying a quiet moment with a cigarette, September 1969 -- Daily LIFT #795
Michael Laxer
- Sep 9, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #791
United for a Bigger Victory, Chinese poster -- Daily LIFT #791 Chairman Mao died, September 9, 1976
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