Michael Laxer
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...
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Michael Laxer
- Jun 12
- 20 min
"You ought to be ashamed of yourselves": Paul Robeson stands up against McCarthyism June 12, 1956
On June 12, 1956 the great American singer, actor, athlete, Communist and all-around Renaissance man Paul Robeson appeared before the...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 19
- 12 min
Red Review #94 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, the USA, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Canada, Cuba, Norway, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also a section...
Michael Laxer
- Mar 12
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #900
Paul Robeson on a trip to the Soviet Union, December 1934, with famed film director Sergei Eisenstein (right). -- Daily LIFT #900
Michael Laxer
- Feb 18
- 2 min
"The power of spirit" -- Paul Robeson
The power of spirit that our people have is intangible, but it is a great force that must be unleashed in the struggles of today. A...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 16, 2021
- 18 min
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
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #430
Paul Robeson Sings a Song of Peace in Peekskill, New York, poster USSR 1950 -- Daily LIFT #430 A truly magnificent Soviet poster...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
Music and Resistance -- In Honour of Paul Robeson's Birthday
Today is the birthday of one of the towering figures of 20th Century American musical and political history, Paul Robeson. Despite his...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #397
Paul Robeson and W.E.B DuBois great each other at the World Congress of the Partisans of Peace, 1949 -- Daily LIFT #397 Incredible photo...
Michael Laxer
- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
Joe Hill IWW Hero - Born October 7, 1879
With music by Paul Robeson Joe Hill, the IWW union organizer and hero, murdered by the bosses in Utah in 1915, was born on this day in...
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