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Michael Laxer
1 day ago5 min read
Our Ability to Think in Terms of Numbers Is Universal, Abstract, and Independent From Language
Frederick L. Coolidge explains the link between numerosity and language. morebyless, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Marjorie Hecht...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 185 min read
Cultural Revolution in the USSR
The 1928 Literacy courses on a cooperative farm in the Voronezh Region (Central Russia) From Socialism: Principles, Practice, Prospects...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 112 min read
Remembering Celia Sanchez: The Heroine of the Cuban Revolution
By Xenia Balón de la Cuesta, translated from the Spanish The heroine of the Sierra and the plains, a symbol of Cubanness and humanism, is...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 74 min read
10 Symbols of the Revolution in Havana
Choosing just ten locations in the capital that reflect Cuba's revolutionary work was a considerable challenge. This task is complicated...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 32 min read
"The Cuban Revolution has been a timeless source of inspiration for the struggle of the working class": KKE
Message of the International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE ) to the Communist Party...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 23 min read
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...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 113 min read
2024: The year in review on The Left Chapter
Although there were many stories from around the world we looked at -- from Syria to Ukraine to Sudan and on -- the grinding, genocidal...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 29, 20241 min read
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...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 28, 20241 min read
Building the Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway, 1953
Freight trains on the finished section bring up building materials for new stretches of the line. From the PRC press People's China,...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 26, 20245 min read
The Controversy Over Cannibalism
A panoramic view of Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, UK - Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 By Brenna R. Hassett A recent...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 25, 20241 min read
Remembering Fidel's Christmas Eve dinner with the charcoal burners
Images via the Communist Party of Cuba On the evening of December 24, 1959, the residents of the hamlet of Soplillar, in the Ciénaga de...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 17, 202410 min read
One Genius Worked Alongside Another: Marx & Engels
Manfred Brückels, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A look at the remarkable partnership and friendship of Marx and Engels from the...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 10, 20246 min read
Not as Simple as 1, 2, 3: Humanity Has a Surprisingly Diverse Understanding of Numbers
Language plays an important role in understanding the concept of numbers. Image via Jeuwre, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons By...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 7, 20243 min read
Frank PaÃs GarcÃa: The history of the Cuban Revolution could not be written without him
By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish Frank PaÃs GarcÃa was born on December 7, 1934 in Santiago de Cuba. His life was...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20247 min read
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...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 2, 20242 min read
In memory of the four US nuns murdered in El Salvador, December 2, 1980
On December 2, 1980, four American Catholic missionaries — Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel,...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20242 min read
The Communist Manifesto (Dr. Seuss Style)
A Comrade in Canada asked ChatGPT: Can you rewrite the Communist Manifesto in the style of Dr Seuss? The results are actually pretty...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20247 min read
Digging Up the Roots of Human Culture
Display of prehistoric stone tools at Melka Kunture Prehistoric Site -- Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Deborah...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 27, 20245 min read
The Hunter-Gatherer Guide to Keeping Society Equal​
By Brenna R. Hassett There is a great deal of attention in modern societies to inequality and the social problems it causes. Often...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 26, 20241 min read
Leftist Yamandu Orsi wins presidential election in Uruguay
Image via X Various Sources In a win that the Communist Party of Chile (CPC) is hailing as a "victory for the peoples of Latin America...
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