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Daily LIFT #1048
Chairman Mao greets labour hero Chao Kuei-Jan at a reception -- painting, Lin Kang, People's Republic of China 1954 -- Daily LIFT #1048
Michael Laxer
Oct 4, 20231 min read
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Daily LIFT #1047
Chairman Mao Has Come to Our Factory, oil painting by the Workers' Art Group of Shanghai No. 1 Electrical Machinery Bureau, 1976 -- Daily...
Michael Laxer
Oct 2, 20231 min read
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Remembering W.E.B. Du Bois, scholar, civil rights activist, historian and communist: Video
W.E.B. Du Bois, the scholar, civil rights activist, historian and communist was born in 1868 in Massachusetts. He died on August 27, 1963...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20231 min read
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Daily LIFT #1004
Rural children being given vaccines by a Co-Operative Medical Brigade during a mass vaccination drive, People's Republic of China, 1969...
Michael Laxer
Aug 9, 20231 min read
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Daily LIFT #987
Chairman Mao delivers the opening address to the Third Session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political...
Michael Laxer
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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Revolutionary New Year art of the People's Republic of China, 1952
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party - Hou Yi-min & Teng Shu At the beginning of 1952 this collection of art...
Michael Laxer
Jul 16, 20231 min read
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Daily LIFT #984
All the peoples of China unite around Chairman Mao, water-colour painting, Yeh Chien-yu People's Republic of China, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #984
Michael Laxer
Jul 15, 20231 min read
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Mao and Latin American party leaders, 1959
Remarkable photo shows Mao, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, meeting the leaders of the fraternal...
Michael Laxer
Jul 7, 20232 min read
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On Coalition Government - Mao Yan'an, 1945
1974 photograph of the meeting hall where the 7th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held between April and June,...
Michael Laxer
Jul 4, 20236 min read
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Daily LIFT #973
Chairman Mao in Yenan, woodcut, Ku Yuan, People's Republic of China 1951 -- Daily LIFT #973
Michael Laxer
Jul 2, 20231 min read
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The Long March to Liberation: The Communist Party of China 1921-1951
Today, in honour of the 102nd anniversary of the formation of the Communist Party of China, we share this early history of the party from...
Michael Laxer
Jul 1, 20237 min read
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Daily LIFT #972
Mao and the New China, poster, People's Republic of China 1952 -- Daily LIFT #972
Michael Laxer
Jun 30, 20231 min read
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Daily LIFT #969
Chairman Mao portrait, People's Republic of China, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #969
Michael Laxer
Jun 26, 20231 min read
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Daily LIFT #963
Mao organizing a Marxist study group in Hunan Province before the Revolution, painting Ai Chung-hsin, People's Republic of China -- Daily...
Michael Laxer
Jun 18, 20231 min read
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Daily LIFT #962
Chairman Mao casts his ballot in the elections for People's Deputies, People's Republic of China, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #962
Michael Laxer
Jun 15, 20231 min read
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Daily LIFT #960
Chairman Mao inspecting the Yellow River, 1952 -- Daily LIFT #960
Michael Laxer
Jun 11, 20231 min read
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Daily LIFT #956
Mao photo, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #956 The force at the core leading our cause forward is the Chinese Communist Party. The theoretical basis...
Michael Laxer
Jun 5, 20231 min read
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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...
Michael Laxer
May 23, 20235 min read
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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 15, 20233 min read
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Daily LIFT #941
Chairman Mao making the "Get Organized" speech to a rally for labour heroes, 1943 -- Daily LIFT #941
Michael Laxer
May 13, 20231 min read
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