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Michael Laxer
Jan 15, 20233 min read
"Cuban fighters can be counted on by the revolutionary movement in any corner of the earth"
On January 15, 1966 Fidel Castro gave his famous speech at the Chaplin Theater in Havana, Cuba to conclude the Tricontinental Conference...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20232 min read
The Cuban Revolution: a historic milestone of heroism and hope for revolutionaries around the world
A solidarity message from the Communist Party of Chile. Cubans rally in defense of the revolution, July 17, 2021 January 1 marked the...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 26, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #855
Fidel Castro and Nuñez Jiménez, enjoying Christmas Eve dinner in the Zapata Swamp region of Cuba with local musicians and farmers --...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 16, 20229 min read
ALBA-TCP: Highlights from the XXII Summit in Havana
A "unifying mechanism for the defense of peace, democracy, stability and the well-being of the peoples of Our America." Nicolás Maduro...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 7, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #846
Cuban President Fidel Castro greets visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Havana 1993 -- Daily LIFT #846 Jiang Zemin died 30 November...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 13, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #833
Fidel Castro bust, Soviet sculptor Lev Kerbel, USSR 1981 -- Daily LIFT #833
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Michael Laxer
Oct 19, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #818
Fidel Castro tours an army base captured by Vietnamese Communist liberation forces, September 1973 -- Daily LIFT #818
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Michael Laxer
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #817
Two Legends: Fidel Castro and Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap meet in Hanoi, 2003 -- Daily LIFT #817
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Michael Laxer
Sep 26, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #803
Brezhnev, Castro and Lenin -- Daily LIFT #803
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Michael Laxer
Sep 23, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #801
Fidel Castro enjoying a ride in the snow with some Soviet children during his 1963 trip to the USSR -- Daily LIFT #801
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Michael Laxer
Sep 12, 20222 min read
AmÃlcar Cabral b. September 12, 1924
Comrades AmÃlcar Cabral and Fidel Castro. - In our present historical situation...there are only two possible paths for an independent...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 31, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #786
Comrades Fidel Castro and Yuri Gagarin in Havana, July 1961 -- Daily LIFT #786
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Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Castro on the counter-revolution in the USSR
"I might say that communism destroyed itself, that it committed suicide in the USSR, and that it had no reason for committing suicide. It...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 16, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #776
Fidel Castro speaks in front of the Presidential Palace, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #776
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Michael Laxer
Jul 26, 20221 min read
Anniversary of the Moncada Barracks attack
Today is the anniversary of the historic attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 1953 by a band of Cuban rebels...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 18, 20223 min read
Nelson Mandela b. July 18, 1918
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela (July 18, 1918) one of history's greatest freedom fighters and heroes. Mandela,...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #752
Comrades Fidel Castro and Leonid Brezhnev enjoying a light moment -- Daily LIFT #752
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Michael Laxer
Jun 25, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #741
Fidel Castro, June 1977 -- Daily LIFT #741
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Michael Laxer
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #739
Jackie Robinson meets Fidel Castro, New York, April 1959 -- Daily LIFT #739
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Michael Laxer
Jun 20, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #737
Fidel Castro feed peanuts to the elephants at the Bronx Zoo, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #737
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