By Shadab Murtaza In contemporary left-wing political discourse, particularly in debates surrounding anti-imperialist struggle, two distinct liberal tendencies have become increasingly evident. The first is an openly bourgeois liberal current that accepts the imperialist system as natural, inevitable, and structurally permanent. The second, and more theoretically problematic, tendency presents itself as Marxist or communist while remaining confined—both analytically and polit

Marx & Engels stamp in honour of the Centenary of the founding of the First International (1864–1876), USSR 1964 -- Daily LIFT #1837

Graphic of the national emblems of the USSR with words from the Soviet constitution, graphic, USSR, December 1972, for the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Soviet Union -- Daily LIFT #1834 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first socialist state led by the working class was formed on December 30, 2022.

"Youth of the North", photograph, G. Nadezhdin, USSR 1963 -- Daily LIFT #1833 Maya Pyak, a Nenets woman, breeder of blue fox at the Purovsk state farm of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region of the R.S.F.S.R.

CPI centenary rally in Chhattisgarh -- image via the CPI Facebook page By Pallab Sengupta The centenary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) is not only an occasion to commemorate a hundred years of struggle within the country, but also a moment to recall and reaffirm its consistent and principled engagement with the international communist and workers’ movement. From its formation in 1925 to the present day, the CPI has understood the Indian revolutionary struggle as insepa

First published in the Soviet magazine Socialism: Theory and Practice in September, 1985: The life of the fighter for the people's happiness, Ho Chi Minh, (''worldlywise" - in Vietnamese) was both colourful and eventful. His real name was Nguyen Tat Thanh (1890-1969). He was the son of a village teacher. He began his revolutionary activity in his early youth. At the age of 15 he was a liaison for the local patriotically-minded democrats fighting against the French colonialist

By Bisharat Abbasi Today we commemorate the birth of Comrade Chairman Mao Zedong (1893- 1976) one of the greatest revolutionary figures of the twentieth century and a giant of anti-imperialist history. Mao was not merely a Chinese leader; he was a world-historical figure who fundamentally altered the global balance of forces by smashing semi-colonial subjugation, defeating imperialism and feudalism, and founding the People’s Republic of China in 1949. For the oppressed nation

For Peace on Earth, Soviet peace activists rally, 1983, painting USSR, Eduard Belagurov -- Daily LIFT #1831

The USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements, 1959 Part III Yakov Gumennik FOREIGN coal operators and mining engineers who visit the Machine-building Pavilion at the Exhibition invariably stop for a long look at a bright red machine, a high-speed coal-tunneling combine, and a talk with Yakov Gumennik, its designer. They tend to be a little skeptical that this light and compact caterpillar installation can burrow its way to a coal seam pressed down by a great wall of rock. But

From the original Soviet card (translated): GAZ-51 (1946-1955) The most widely produced Soviet truck. After its modernization in 1955, it was called the GAZ-51A. It was produced under license in the Polish People's Republic under the brand "Lublin" and in the DPRK as "Sunrig". Engine displacement - 3485 cc, power - 70 hp, length - 5.53 m, curb weight - 2710 kg, speed - 70 km/h, payload - 2500 kg. Additional research information: The GAZ-51 was a Soviet 2.5-ton light truck pro

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

A Red Army health and sanitation worker distributes chocolate received from public organizations in Argentina as a gift for the 24th anniversary of the Red Army. The soldiers were part of a tank landing party on the western front in the USSR, February, 1942 -- Daily LIFT #1821

From the Soviet Press, June 1960: THE DEPARTMENT store in Maryita Roshcha, which was once a run-down section in an outlying part of Moscow, has been growing with the neighborhood. Maryina Roshcha in the last few years has mushroomed with new houses, schools, clubs and shops. Look at the attractive window display of the department store and it is apparent that the Soviet purchaser has more goods to buy and more money to buy with than was true even a few months ago. The quantit

Red Army packer Maria Ivanova Petrova putting medical supplies and instruments into a parachute bag to be dropped from a plane for wounded guerrilla fighters and soldiers of Red Army units operating behind enemy lines during the Great Patriotic War, 1942 -- Daily LIFT #1817

Subway trainee students at the Moscow Railway School No. 1, USSR 1947 -- Daily LIFT #1815

Cosmonaut Gherman Titov and Hero of Socialist Labor Nikolai Mamai from the Donbas at the Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1961 The whole world knows that socialism was the launching pad from which spaceships Vostok I and Vostok II were shot. Socialism created the necessary conditions for cosmic flight. My friends and fellow cosmonauts are getting ready for new ventures. The era of space exploration has only just begun. Yuri Gagarin and I are

Solidarity with the Communist Party of Poland Dear comrades! Within a few months, another attempt has been made to ban your party through the Constitutional Court. On 14 November 2025, the Polish President submitted a request to ban the Communist Party of Poland. Your party is to be declared unconstitutional and thus banned. This follows numerous repressive measures that have been taken against your party and its members for several years due to their use of communist symbols

Images via the PCC and the State Duma of Russia By Yuniel Labaceno Romero, translated from the Spanish MOSCOW, Russian Federation - On Wednesday, Ivan Melnikov, who exemplifies the unbreakable bond between Cuba and Russia like few others, and is affectionately known as a "friend, comrade, and brother" of the Cuban people, was awarded the Order of Solidarity. Melnikov serves as the first vice president of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

Joint Statement on the 108th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, November 24, 2005 The Communist and Workers’ Parties signing this Joint Statement wish, among other means, to honour the October Revolution, which illuminated the strength of the revolutionary class struggle — the power of the exploited and oppressed — when they surge to the forefront and turn the wheel of history forward, towards social emancipation. It was a Revolution inseparably linked wit

Soviet City of the Future, illustration, E. Serov, USSR 1985 -- Daily LIFT #1802