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Daily LIFT #1536
USSR People's Commissariat of Health symbol on a diploma, USSR 1942 -- Daily LIFT #1536
Michael Laxer
Jan 101 min read
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When did Fidel first say the slogan Socialism or Death!?
Fidel speaks, January 1, 1989 By Enrique Villuendas Calleyro, translated from the Spanish Among the slogans that after the triumph of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 23 min read
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Daily LIFT #1528
Builders of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station, oil painting, V. Popkov, USSR 1961 -- Daily LIFT #1528
Michael Laxer
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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Soviet Moscow transport, 1948
A look at transport in the Soviet capital in 1948, just three years after the end of the Great Patriotic War. STREET SCENE. Thousands of...
Michael Laxer
Dec 29, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1524
Lenin with children at the holiday party, folk art piece, artist unknown, USSR -- Daily LIFT #1524 From all of us at The Left Chapter to...
Michael Laxer
Dec 24, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1522
Students learning skilled trades at Vocational School #14, Moscow, USSR c. 1976 -- Daily LIFT #1522
Michael Laxer
Dec 22, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1516
"How the Soviets Were Formed", book cover illustration, USSR 1982 -- Daily LIFT #1516 “If the creative enthusiasm of the revolutionary...
Michael Laxer
Dec 14, 20241 min read
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The overthrow of capitalism and the building of socialism–communism remain the only way out for the peoples of Europe
On the initiative of the Members of the European Parliament of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the European Communist Meeting was...
Michael Laxer
Dec 7, 20249 min read
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The start of a difficult path to victory: The Red Army defends Moscow, 1941
Red Army forces marching through Moscow to the front, December, 1941 - RIA Novosti archive, image #429 / Oleg Ignatovich / CC-BY-SA 3.0...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20247 min read
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Daily LIFT #1507
Karl Marx at Work, lithograph, V. Lapin, USSR 1957 -- Daily LIFT #1507
Michael Laxer
Dec 3, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1506
Lenin arrives from exile at the Finland Station, illustration, Mikhail Sokolov, USSR -- Daily LIFT #1506
Michael Laxer
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1501
In the Tent of the Loggers, painting, V.V. Zagonek, USSR 1976 -- Daily LIFT #1501
Michael Laxer
Nov 24, 20241 min read
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"An Act of Solidarity in Angola" - Fidel Castro, 1975
Fidel Castro during his historic visit to Angola, March 1977 An historic speech given by Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in 1975...
Michael Laxer
Nov 24, 202412 min read
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Daily LIFT #1497
Still Life With Lenin, photograph, Vladimir Rufinovich Lagranzh, USSR -- Daily LIFT #1497
Michael Laxer
Nov 21, 20241 min read
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The 17th Chess Olympiad, Havana 1966
The International Chess Federation's (FIDE) 17th Chess Olympiad was held in Havana, Cuba between October 23 and November 20, 1966. 52...
Michael Laxer
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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Daily LIFT #1496
Komsomol women at the ‘Svetlana Factory’, painting, A.G. Sittaro (1906-1942), USSR 1937 -- Daily LIFT #1496 Sittaro, a painter also...
Michael Laxer
Nov 19, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1494
The Victory of Communism is Inevitable, motor plant shopfloor, USSR 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1494
Michael Laxer
Nov 16, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1493
March on the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR, November 1940 -- Daily LIFT #1493
Michael Laxer
Nov 14, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1491
Peace to the Peoples, poster. Soviet Artists for Peace. R. Suryaninov, USSR 1982 -- Daily LIFT #1491
Michael Laxer
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1490
Protest, painting, A.A. and P.A. Smolin, USSR 1964 -- Daily LIFT #1490
Michael Laxer
Nov 10, 20241 min read
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