Michael Laxer
Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence
We know from history that there are many ways we can live together—let’s explore the idea. Aerroscape & Lino Zeddies, CC BY-SA 4.0 By...
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Michael Laxer
2 days ago5 min read
Book Review: Family Ties: How a Ukrainian Nazi and a living witness link Canada to Ukraine today
Reviewed by Daniel McClelland On September 22nd, 2023, I was watching ‘The National’, Canada’s nightly news show on CBC. The first news...
Michael Laxer
3 days ago2 min read
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 142 min read
Study the ‘Three Old Articles’ Forever
From the Shanghai People’s Fine Art Press 1967: Study the ‘Three Old Articles’ Forever, poster, People's Republic of China. The "Three...
Michael Laxer
Nov 124 min read
Remembering Norman Bethune - Nie Rongzhen
Meeting between Dr. Norman Bethune (left) and Nie Rongzhen (centre), Commander-in-Chief of the Chin-Ch'a-Chi Border Region, 1938, China...
Michael Laxer
Nov 75 min read
The Great Russian Revolution: Its Lessons for the World and India Today
Marzan Sharav, Lenin, tempera on cotton, 1922 By D. Rama, General Secretary, Communist Party of India The current geopolitical landscape...
Michael Laxer
Oct 2945 min read
A short history of the Soviet Komsomol founded October 29, 1918
Mass rally in Red Square for the 50th anniversary of the Komsomol, October 29, 1968 -- RIA Novosti archive, image #569464 / Vladimir...
Michael Laxer
Oct 2510 min read
Why Is Prehistory Inspiring So Many Artists?
What draws us to such a distant and long-gone time? A fruitful relationship has always existed between prehistory (a scientific...
Michael Laxer
Oct 1818 min read
Farewell to Che - Fidel Castro
On October 18, 1967, Fidel Castro gave a stirring, powerful and deeply moving speech in memory of his friend and comrade, Che Guevara,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 162 min read
United Action Can Defeat War Measures Act - Communist Party of Canada 1970
Canadian troops on patrol in Montreal during the War Measures Act On October 16, 1970 the federal Trudeau government used the pretext of...
Michael Laxer
Oct 1616 min read
Chinese Red Army's Long March begins, October 16, 1934
Soldiers of the Second Front Army after the march. The Long March, which would prove to be one of the most significant military campaigns...
Michael Laxer
Oct 161 min read
History Will Absolve Me! -- Fidel Castro's iconic speech, October 16, 1953
On October 16, 1953 Fidel Castro gave his iconic History Will Absolve Me speech before a Cuban court. He was on trial for his leading...
Michael Laxer
Oct 1117 min read
What Ideas From the Paleolithic Are Still With Us in the Modern World?
An interview with renowned economic historian Michael Hudson on where our calendar comes from, his collaborations with the late...
Michael Laxer
Oct 101 min read
Jet train of the USSR
Recently while looking through an issue of the Soviet magazine Sputnik from 1974, I came across a photo of an absolutely wild looking...
Michael Laxer
Oct 82 min read
Being like Che: Inspiration for the new generations
By Marlen Carrasco, Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Today, the world faces complex challenges: social inequality,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 311 min read
Fidel speaks and Che's Farewell Letter: October 3, 1965
Fidel reads Che's letter The historic first Central Committee meeting of the newly formed Communist Party of Cuba was held in Havana on...
Michael Laxer
Oct 33 min read
United for the Revolution: 59th anniversary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
On October 3, 1965, the first Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba was established in an historic event that marked the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 283 min read
The Red Banner of the USSR
A look at the history and symbolism of the Red Banner of the USSR from the September, 1982 issue of Socialism: Principles, Practice,...
Michael Laxer
Sep 215 min read
A look at the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League of the USSR
A young woman is admitted into the Komsomol in Norilsk, USSR 1960s - Vsevolod Tarasevich, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses...
Michael Laxer
Sep 181 min read
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez goes into space, 18 September, 1980
On September 18, 1980 after extensive training in the Soviet Union as part of the Soviet internationalist Interkosmos program, Arnaldo...
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