Ruth First was born in 1925 to parents Julius First and Matilda Levetan who emigrated to South Africa from Latvia in 1906 and became...

A look at the Latin American and Caribbean Continental Organization of Students (OCLAE) on the 58th anniversary of its founding. By...

From the Soviet Sputnik Magazine in 1985, a brief look at some of the decorations awarded during and after the Great Patriotic War as the...

Perhaps the most horrendous toll of Fulgencio Batista's tyranny was the death that his henchmen caused to more than 20,000 people who...

The Voroshilov Sanatorium (Named for the Soviet General and one time People's Commissar for Defense), Sochi 1972. Note the funicular...

By Marlen Carrasco Barrientos, translated from the Spanish Much more remains of that glorious July 26, 1953 than the marks of the bullets...

Here we are taking at a panoramic postcard folder from 1980 that celebrated the remarkable building of the Baikal–Amur Mainline (BAM)...

Writing to his friend Engels in August, 1852, Marx jotted down what is perhaps the first attempt to summarize his views on the organic...

Popular participation is the essence of political power in Cuba, where citizens have an active role in building an inclusive and...

Via Living Artist Society Press Release and Event Site This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Peekskill Riots, and to commemorate...

From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War we...

By Brenna R. Hassett, Human Bridges We know that humans live relatively long lives, and we certainly know that we spend a larger...

Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories...

Speech given by Fidel Castro at a ceremony in homage to the births of Antonio Maceo and Che, Havana, June 15, 2002 Fellow Cubans: Today...

Maceo and Che taught us the value of equality and justice. They also bequeathed principles of unity as a sure path to transformation in...

The Lenin Curtain in the Kremlin Palace of the Congresses, Moscow, USSR 1961 The stunning Lenin Curtain that hung at the USSR's Palace of...

Known as the Great Patriotic War in the USSR the Second World War left deep social scars and trauma that it took many years for the...

"It's a nightmare at Al-Aqsa," said Samuel Johann, MSF coordinator in Gaza. "How many more men, women, and children have to be killed...

An interesting and powerful portrait of Lenin's personality from the Soviet journal Kommunist in 1984. Everyone who was in close contact...

Red Square May Day Rally 1978 A look at the state and trends of population levels in the USSR in the 1979-1984 period showing its...