Today is the anniversary of the American and western backed fascist coup that overthrew the democratically elected leftist government of...

"Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!" - Salvador Allende 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973 Today marks the...

Monument honours the many thousands of leftists and Communists who were held prisoner, tortured and who died on the island. Dimitris...

Happy Labour Day! Whatever way you will be celebrating it in these challenging times here is a playlist of ten great songs to help to put...

Excerpt from Allende's first speech to the Chilean parliament after his election September 4, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the...

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Revolutionary Leader, d. September 2, 1969 The war of resistance against U.S. aggression may drag on. Our people...

Gus Hall talks socialism vs. capitalism, workers vs. bosses, 1980. Life in our capitalist society does not permit one to serve both...

1970 Soviet stamp honouring Harry Pollitt and the SS Jolly George incident. On May 10, 1920 dock workers in London, led by militant...

Clara Zetkin's Speech at the Reichstag August 30, 1932 Clara Zetkin (1857-1933) was a Marxist and crusader for women's rights who served...

Vientiane, August 23, 1975 August 23 is Uprising Day in Laos. On August 23, 1975 20,000 people took to the streets in the Laotian capital...

Today marks the anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kursk (August 23, 1943) where the soldiers of the Red Army emerged victorious at...

Shortly after midnight on August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were murdered in the electric chair by the US state of...

In the winter of 1941-42 the fate of the world hung in the balance when the Red Army and the people of the Soviet Union stopped the...

"Fidel’s enduring lesson is that yes it is possible" Fidel showed us that " yes, it was possible to proclaim the socialist character of...

"Never before has humanity witnessed such an upsurge in the power of reaction and the empire is beset by all kinds of contradictions. But...

From Selma to Saigon Brother can you walk and talk with me Land in the ditch and the dock with me Tremble on the butcher's block with me...

"What is a labor victory? I maintain that it is a twofold thing. Workers must gain economic advantage, but they must also gain...

Father's Watch Never Moved Again - Djataro Ito, Japan 1985 (from the Hiroshima-45 series) Today is the 75th anniversary of the dropping...

A brief look at the hydrofoils of the USSR A Volga Raketa, 1982 One little known (in the west) story of Soviet innovation and design in...

Soviet electric train prototype engine T8-001, 1961. The prototype was designed to be a 7000 hp engine to run on the 3000 volt...