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Michael Laxer
Nov 20, 20242 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...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 14, 20242 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...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 12, 20244 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...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 7, 20245 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...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 29, 202445 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...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 25, 202410 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...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 18, 202418 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,...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 16, 20242 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...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 16, 202416 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...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 16, 20241 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...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 11, 202417 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...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 10, 20241 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...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 8, 20242 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,...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 3, 202411 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...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 3, 20243 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...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 28, 20243 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,...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 21, 20245 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...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 18, 20241 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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Michael Laxer
Sep 17, 20249 min read
"A historic legacy for a struggle that continues": On the 100th anniversary of the birth of AmÃlcar Cabral
Paulo Raimundo, General Secretary of the PCP at the event -- image via the PCP September 12 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 10, 20244 min read
The Surprising Ways Inventions and Ideas Spread in Ancient Prehistory
You can learn a lot about humanity from the first technological revolutions of more than 10,000 years ago. By Brenna R. Hassett, Human...
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