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Daily LIFT #1088
Bakers, Viktor Starostin artist, USSR, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #1088
Michael Laxer
Nov 12, 20231 min read


Remembrance and the Democratic Struggle for Peace
By Gabriel Haythornthwaite At this point, Remembrance Day is the most Orwellian holiday of the year in the Western world. Here and...
Michael Laxer
Nov 11, 20235 min read


Daily LIFT #1087
Long Live the First of May, Moscow & Leningrad, poster V. N. Deni, USSR 1929 -- Daily LIFT #1087
Michael Laxer
Nov 10, 20231 min read


From the Kremlin to Kilimanjaro: Commemorating the October Revolution
This past Tuesday, November 7 marked the 106th anniversary of the beginning of the Great October Socialist Revolution. This statement,...
Michael Laxer
Nov 10, 20234 min read


War Monuments and Sights of Soviet Kiev 1975 -- 16 Vintage Photographs
As we noted in a previous post, November 6 is the anniversary of the liberation of Kiev from the Nazis by the Red Army in 1943. It was...
Michael Laxer
Nov 6, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #1081
Lenin reading tales to children, painting A. Safargalin, USSR 1967 -- Daily LIFT #1081
Michael Laxer
Nov 3, 20231 min read


Lenin's Cause
V. I. Lenin, P. Staronosov, USSR 1935 "We are not saying anything new. Today everybody, even the colonialists and imperialists, fully...
Michael Laxer
Oct 29, 20231 min read


Venera 10 lands on Venus
On October 25, 1975, the Soviet spacecraft Venera 10 landed on the surface of Venus. This was just 3 days after Venera 9 had landed on...
Michael Laxer
Oct 25, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #1057
The Soviet Union is a champion of peace and friendship among all peoples of the planet, children's poster, USSR 1970s -- Daily LIFT #1057
Michael Laxer
Oct 16, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #1056
By the map of military operations, illustration, N. Zhukov USSR, 1960 -- Daily LIFT #1056 From the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1979:...
Michael Laxer
Oct 15, 20231 min read


Sergo Ordzhonikidze: The Bolshevik Organizer of Industry
On the anniversary of his birth, October 12, 1886, a look at the life of the great Georgian Bolshevik revolutionary and hero Grigory...
Michael Laxer
Oct 12, 20238 min read


Daily LIFT #1052
Lenin unveils a plaque, November 7, 1918 in Moscow's Red Square in honour of those who died fighting in the revolution the year before --...
Michael Laxer
Oct 8, 20231 min read


Erich Honecker on the formation of the GDR, October 7, 1949
October 7 marks the anniversary of the formation of German Democratic Republic in 1949. Having come into being as a result of the Second...
Michael Laxer
Oct 7, 202314 min read


Fidel Castro on the revolutionary importance of the USSR 1970
Today there are, as we know, theoretical super-revolutionaries, super-Leftists, veritable "supermen" if you will, who can destroy...
Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20231 min read


What if UFOs Have Been a Cover for High-Tech -- and Human -- Defense Research Programs?
A mix of government, private, adversarial, and unexplained objects are filling up an increasingly congested U.S. airspace. Uncovering...
Michael Laxer
Oct 4, 20236 min read


Daily LIFT #1046
The Banner of Lenin, graphic USSR 1983 -- Daily LIFT #1046 This graphic available as a hoodie and two kinds of shirt at our Etsy store:...
Michael Laxer
Oct 1, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #1045
The Leninist Party, graphic, USSR 1983 -- Daily LIFT #1045
Michael Laxer
Sep 30, 20231 min read


Canada's parliament giving a standing ovation to a former SS soldier is an unconscionable disgrace
But not a surprising one. Zelenskyy, Freeland and Trudeau enthusiastically applaud a former Nazi soldier -- image via Twitter In case you...
Michael Laxer
Sep 24, 20235 min read


Daily LIFT #1040
At the Lenin Museum Moscow, USSR 1967 -- Daily LIFT #1040 This unique and striking image is available on a variety of mugs at our Etsy...
Michael Laxer
Sep 23, 20231 min read


Tallinn liberated by Red Army, September 22, 1944
The Estonian capital of Tallinn was liberated from Nazi occupation by the Red Army on September 22, 1944. Among the Red Army heroes who...
Michael Laxer
Sep 22, 20234 min read
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