Michael Laxer
Daily LIFT #399
Che and Yuri Gagarin share a laugh -- Daily LIFT #399 Wonderful photo of Che and Gagarin. It is not dated but is likely from 1964 in...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 24, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #398
Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos prepare for a charity baseball game in Cuba, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #398 Their team was named the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 20211 min read
Conrado Benítez, Cuban revolutionary hero, b. February 19, 1942
Conrado Benítez, heroic Cuban Literacy Teacher and Cuban Revolutionary born February 19, 1942. 18 year old Conrado Benítez was murdered...
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20212 min read
50 workers' parties issue statement calling for greater public health measures, ending sanctions
As the global pandemic enters its second year 50 Communist and workers' parties have issued a joint statement calling for the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 16, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #392
Fidel Castro speaks in Colon, Cuba shortly after the triumph of the revolution, January 1959 -- Daily LIFT #392 On February 16, 1959...
Michael Laxer
Feb 9, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #388
Internationalism, Cuban Political Cartoon, 1989 -- Daily LIFT #388 A reminder that internationalism is the wrecking ball of colonialism...
Michael Laxer
Feb 6, 20211 min read
Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban Revolutionary, Born February 6, 1932
Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban Revolutionary, Born February 6, 1932 Camilo Cienfuegos was one of the principle revolutionary leaders who, along...
Michael Laxer
Feb 4, 20212 min read
Second Declaration of Havana, February 4 1962
Fidel Castro delivers the Second Declaration of Havana -- one of the most important anti-imperialist documents of the modern world --...
Michael Laxer
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #375
Castro speaks to a crowd in Camaguey, Cuba just after the triumph of the revolution, January 1959 -- Daily LIFT #375
Michael Laxer
Jan 16, 20214 min read
Trump's final attack prompts international solidarity with Cuba
In the wake of the outrageous decision by the outgoing Trump administration and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to, in their final days in...
Michael Laxer
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #371
For a Vietnam Ten Times More Beautiful, Cuban poster c.1968 -- Daily LIFT #371
Michael Laxer
Jan 8, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #365
Fidel Castro enters Havana greeted by huge, jubilant crowds, January 8, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #365 On January 8 1959, Fidel Castro entered...
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #363
Stamp celebrating Soviet aid to the Cuban Revolution, 1963 -- Daily LIFT #363
Michael Laxer
Jan 5, 20211 min read
Remembering Conrado Benítez, Cuban Literacy Teacher and Revolutionary
Conrado Benítez, Cuban Literacy Teacher and Revolutionary Killed by Imperialist Backed Counter-Revolutionaries, January 5, 1961 On...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #359
Victorious Cuban revolutionaries in the lobby of the Habana Hilton, January 1959 -- Daily LIFT #359 The Habana Hilton is now the Habana...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Solidarity with Cuba on the Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez Visits the Grave of Karl Marx, London, England 2018 Solidarity with Cuba on the anniversary of...
Michael Laxer
Dec 29, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #357
Vietnam Shall Win, poster, René Mederos, Cuba 1971 -- Daily LIFT #357
Michael Laxer
Dec 14, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #347
Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro meet for the first time, Havana, December 1994 -- Daily LIFT #347 The beginning of a remarkable comradeship...
Michael Laxer
Dec 9, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #343
Fidel Castro is greeted by huge crowds as he visits Chile and tours with Salvador Allende, 1971 -- Daily LIFT #343
Michael Laxer
Dec 7, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #341
Cuban poster in Solidarity with the People of Venezuela, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #341
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