<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Left Chapter]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Left Chapter]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/all-news</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:33:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.theleftchapter.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of the 114th Anniversary of the Birth of Great Leader Kim Il Sung]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kim Il Sung Monument in Pyongyang -- Roman Harak, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Jason Cohen, Friends of Swazi Freedom April 15th marked a glorious day in the history of the Korean nation’s struggle for national liberation and socialist construction and for the worldwide revolutionary movement writ large. On April 15, 1912 the future Great Leader and emancipator of the Korean nation, Kim Il Sung was born. We send warm greetings and militant solidarity to the Korean working class and...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/commemoration-of-the-114th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-great-leader-kim-il-sung</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e53d170c8d230c9e934b17</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:58:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_5bebc1ce981549deb0521a3b7c1b9b85~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Final Declaration of the 5th International Colloquium Patria]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image of a Cuban flag at the 5th International Colloquium Patria -- image via the Communist Party of Cuba Translated from the Spanish We, the participants of the 5th International Colloquium Patria, held from April 16 to 18, 2026, in Havana, Cuba, with 154 international guests and over 3,000 national attendees, came together for an event honoring the centenary of Fidel Castro and the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion. We reaffirm the deeply political, historic, and strategic nature...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/final-declaration-of-the-5th-international-colloquium-patria</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e51f638e63193b95d0d1d5</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:08:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_1a1058a4e2ea490c9a2e42d66c4f77ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comrade Tibor Zenker, chairman of the Party of Labour of Austria, dead at age 50]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image via the European Communist Action Various Sources Comrade Tibor Zenker, chairman of the Party of Labour of Austria, recognized for his efforts to rebuild the communist movement in Austria and his contributions to Marxist–Leninist thought, has died unexpectedly at the age of 50. Tibor Zenker was born on March 7, 1976, in Vienna, Austria, alongside his twin brother Jan. He was the son of Helmut Zenker, a well-known Austrian writer (1949–2003). During his early life, Tibor was deeply...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/comrade-tibor-zenker-chairman-of-the-party-of-labour-of-austria-dead-at-age-50</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e4e5128e63193b95d052ea</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:41:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_daf54765cede4eab994013f5035ef1ba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_591,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things Cubans Can’t Tell You About Cuba]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Cuba is so special is all the little things they don't even know are special. To this people, everyone is always entitled to full human dignity. Cubans rally in defense of the Revolution, April 2 -- image via Granma on Facebook By Macdonald Stainsby Getting off the plane in late February to arrive in la Habana was an exercise in apprehension. The American attempt to completely choke and starve the country of Cuba had just been given its greatest assist by the Carney government, whose...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/things-cubans-can-t-tell-you-about-cuba</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e4cf935e3a88e8e09cea16</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:08:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_1e604cf998434986a95cc834baaadf57~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_649,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daily LIFT #1941]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh watching a performance at a youth rally -- Daily LIFT #1941]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/daily-lift-1941</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e44d8c0c8d230c9e915f33</guid><category><![CDATA[Daily LIFT]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:39:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_9cc3f2d6b0f44df0bad6b3d8881cc3f2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_843,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communist Party of Cuba delegation attends 8th Congress of the Party of the European Left]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Brussels, 17 April 2026 -  A delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, led by Emilio Lozada García, head of the Department of International Relations, and joined by Elier Ramírez Cañedo, deputy head of the Ideological Department, is attending the 8th Congress of the Party of the European Left (PEL). The event was held in Brussels on April 17 and 18 under the slogan: "Win the Future....]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/communist-party-of-cuba-delegation-attends-8th-congress-of-the-party-of-the-european-left</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e425120c8d230c9e910e39</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:04:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_905696f27de0461e943404e95c0ea848~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_860,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeds, land, sovereignty: lessons from the Sahel for the International Day of Peasant Struggle]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 17 is a day that reminds us that the Burkinabé, African, and international peasantry must be the heartbeat of livelihoods in our communities and must therefore be at the center of the claims being made to sovereignty. Burkina Faso President visits with women agricultural workers on International Women’s Day 2025 -- image via X By Jonis Ghedi-Alasow, People's Dispatch On April 17, 1996, military police in Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil, killed 21 landless workers  who were blocking a road...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/seeds-land-sovereignty-lessons-from-the-sahel-for-the-international-day-of-peasant-struggle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e3b114a96d49e56ec044d6</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:01:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_e261b0b3ff964214b49d76887cf5613e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_772,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory at the Bay of Pigs is today and forever!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Via the Government of the Republic of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Cuba is living under the constant siege of the United States government, whose escalating threats have intensified in recent months. In addition to the brutal energy blockade, which exacerbates the genocidal policy of embargo of the last six decades, there are the declarations by representatives of the U.S. government elite regarding intentions of military aggression. The material and human cost of this blockade is a...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/victory-at-the-bay-of-pigs-is-today-and-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e37eb2a96d49e56ebfd7c1</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:36:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_e382e06553db4364a752b117c931d1b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_860,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daily LIFT #1940]]></title><description><![CDATA[Clara Zetkin (3rd from left) and Friedrich Engels (4th from left) at the International Socialist Workers Congress, Zürich 1893 -- Daily LIFT #1940 Remarkable photo of two giants. At the Congress Zetkin's demands for protective rights for female workers, such as the nine-hour work day and maternity leave, had been endorsed by Engels in the meetings with shouts of "Bravo, Clara!".]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/daily-lift-1940</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e2f4be0c8d230c9e8e896c</guid><category><![CDATA[Daily LIFT]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:09:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_f4b2e00671cf4a9b8656f55ac17258e8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_745,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuba does not surrender! Long live Socialism!:  Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on the Socialist character of the Cuban Revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image via the PCC Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, at the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, at 23rd and 12th Streets, Plaza de la Revolución municipality, on April 16, 2026, “Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz” Translated from the Spanish Long live free Cuba! ...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/cuba-does-not-surrender-long-live-socialism-d%C3%ADaz-canel-berm%C3%BAdez-on-the-socialist-character-of-th</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e29562a96d49e56ebde0cf</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:50:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_c8a944982c50468cb14950ae3242f21e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_860,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sixty-five years since the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs: KKE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sixty-five years since the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs Statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) In April 1961, the armed people of Cuba, under the leadership of Fidel Castro, crushed the attempted landing of US mercenary forces, inflicting a humiliating defeat on  North American imperialism. The revolutionaries, led by the communists, delivered a decisive response to imperialist plans, halting the United States’...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/sixty-five-years-since-the-heroic-victory-of-the-cuban-revolution-at-the-bay-of-pigs-kke</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e286ae746e076a45a25711</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:27:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_52f49ca7177b49c79e9a1893753d5c11~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_808,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daily LIFT #1939]]></title><description><![CDATA[General Võ Nguyên Giáp presented Cuban leader Fidel Castro with the "Dien Bien Phu Warrior" medal during his visit to Vietnam in September 1973 -- Daily LIFT #1939]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/daily-lift-1939</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e19e5d45b641fceca18670</guid><category><![CDATA[Daily LIFT]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:50:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_4fa9fba093144102896d1a5e3a614e74~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_955,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Preliminary Considerations Regarding the 2026 Elections in Peru]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keiko Fujimori speaking on April 13 -- news video screenshot By José Carlos Llerena Robles On Sunday, 12 April 2026, Peru held presidential and parliamentary elections for the 2026–2031 term. The deepening political crisis in which Peru has been mired since 2017, the social and economic crisis—recently characterized by issues of public safety and rising fuel prices, respectively—and the return to a bicameral legislature (Senate and Chamber of Deputies) signaled that we were in for a unique...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/four-preliminary-considerations-regarding-the-2026-elections-in-peru</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e161e243fd38a1bb6d43a1</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:41:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_910d78a4e2764b2995edb0b9bda4f4fc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_651,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lebanon Ceasefire Marks Historic Strategic Defeat... for the US and Israel]]></title><description><![CDATA[After failing to secure victory through overwhelming violence, Israel is increasingly relying on coercive diplomacy to impose political outcomes. IDF 162nd Division on the Israeli–Lebanese border, March 21, 2026 -- IDF Spokesperson's Unit / CC BY-SA 3.0 By Ramzy Baroud, Common Dreams A ceasefire in Lebanon  was announced  on Thursday by US President Donald Trump , but its reality tells a very different story. The ceasefire was not the product of American diplomacy, nor Israeli strategic...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/lebanon-ceasefire-marks-historic-strategic-defeat-for-the-us-and-israel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e140c143fd38a1bb6cf413</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:57:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_63c3d6aa93c145acbe6f25afc432ac96~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuban solidarity with Africa was “never rhetorical, it was practical”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Socialist Party of Zambia leader Dr. Fred M’membe shared reflections on a recent solidarity mission to Cuba and Venezuela and the urgent need for people’s movements in Africa to express concrete solidarity Image from a rally in Havana in early April via Granma on X By Nicholas Mwangi, People's Dispatch Organizers and members of popular movements across Africa convened on April 12 in a public webinar  to reflect on the outcomes of the International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA) solidarity mission to...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/cuban-solidarity-with-africa-was-never-rhetorical-it-was-practical</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e11a4a9e117b67ff826a55</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:38:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_d5e08dac6832445aaee12cca59988ad9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution proclaimed: April 16, 1961]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Lissel Pino Ceballos, Communist Party of Cuba On April 16, 1961, at the bustling intersection of 23rd and 12th in Havana, the Cuban Revolution was defined in words that would forever shape the nation’s destiny. Fidel Castro, the Commander in Chief, stood before a crowd mourning the victims of the bombings that took place before the mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs and declared that the Revolution would be socialist. With rifles held high and the people's anger raging, the unshakable...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/the-socialist-nature-of-the-cuban-revolution-proclaimed-april-16-1961</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e0e1175ebb5a90196fd03f</guid><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:38:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_eb3e89ee66464208abca4f4e90fe5702~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_860,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daily LIFT #1938]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fidel! -- Daily LIFT #1938]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/daily-lift-1938</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e052edc0d279b375a81a56</guid><category><![CDATA[Daily LIFT]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:10:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_4c9f220d1e674646a9f08fe2f6775ff4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_598,h_781,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tô Lâm meets with Xi Jinping during official visit to China ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image via X Various Sources Vietnamese General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm is in the People's Republic of China on an official visit from April 14 to 17, 2026, engaging in state-level meetings and a forum on higher education, science, and innovation at Tsinghua University. During this state visit, Tô Lâm is aiming to strengthen bilateral ties between Vietnam and China, with a strong focus on education, technology, and scientific cooperation. The visit reflects Vietnam’s priorities in...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/t%C3%B4-l%C3%A2m-meets-with-xi-jinping-during-official-visit-to-china</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dffea747c3def1fff0f041</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:23:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_3fbc354daece4217b7de41d802e87587~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy Depends on Broad-Based Taxation—History Is Clear About That]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tax the Rich placard -- Yuri Keegstra from Milwaukee, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Gary M. Feinman Political debates about democracy often focus on culture, leadership, or polarization. But history points to a more prosaic—and more powerful—driver of political outcomes: how governments raise revenue. Across thousands of years of human history, the strongest predictor of whether power is shared or concentrated is not population size, technological sophistication, or even...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/democracy-depends-on-broad-based-taxation-history-is-clear-about-that</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dfebe1934ce577916ffddd</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:02:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_0ac77f5731664792bcb9a8ca49f87208~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Embassy: Buchenwald Memorial Sought to Prevent Diplomats from Attending Commemoration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo: A wreath from the Russian Embassy was laid at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial on the anniversary of the liberation. IMAGO/ZUMA Press / jW screenshot Junge Welt, April 15, 2026. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen. On Monday evening, the Embassy of the Russian Federation reported on X that on Sunday, the Buchenwald Memorial had attempted to prevent Russian diplomats, including the ambassador, from participating in a German Communist Party (DKP) commemoration ceremony at the...]]></description><link>https://www.theleftchapter.com/post/russian-embassy-buchenwald-memorial-sought-to-prevent-diplomats-from-attending-commemoration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dfb77a934ce577916f628b</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:13:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9fd087_e860beddfda140d89903b29f6ff19947~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_865,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Left Chapter</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>