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Daily LIFT #1594
Karl Marx illustration, Robert Diedrichs, German Democratic Republic 1970 -- Daily LIFT #1594
Michael Laxer
Mar 271 min read
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Daily LIFT #1585
Free German Youth mass rally in front of the Karl Marx Monument on the evening of October 9, 1971, Karl-Marx-Stadt, German Democratic...
Michael Laxer
Mar 141 min read
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British Communists condemn "Cold War lies" and social media misogyny
Starmer on the HMS Iron Duke off the coast of Estonia, December 2024 -- Number 10, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons “The first Cold War...
Michael Laxer
Mar 132 min read
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Daily LIFT #1521
The magnificent Karl Marx Monument in the center of Karl-Marx-Stadt with youth from the 5th Festival of German-Soviet Friendship, 1980,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1519
Marx & Engels, illustration, Nikolai Zhukov (1908-1973), USSR One of Zhukov's many famous sketches. Zhukov, who was a People’s Artist of...
Michael Laxer
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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One Genius Worked Alongside Another: Marx & Engels
Manfred Brückels, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A look at the remarkable partnership and friendship of Marx and Engels from the...
Michael Laxer
Dec 17, 202410 min read
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Daily LIFT #1507
Karl Marx at Work, lithograph, V. Lapin, USSR 1957 -- Daily LIFT #1507
Michael Laxer
Dec 3, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1504
Marx and Engels at the Rheinische Zeitung, oil on canvas, E. Capiro -- Daily LIFT #1504 This classic image is available on a number of...
Michael Laxer
Nov 28, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1466
Marx & Lenin, graphic, USSR 1984 -- Daily LIFT #1466
Michael Laxer
Oct 12, 20241 min read
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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,...
Michael Laxer
Sep 28, 20243 min read
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Daily LIFT #1436
A family visits the Marx & Engels monument in the Marx-Engels-Forum in Berlin, German Democratic Republic, summer of 1986 -- Daily LIFT...
Michael Laxer
Sep 4, 20241 min read
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Fred Hampton born, August 30, 1948
The great revolutionary and freedom fighter, Fred Hampton, was born August 30, 1948. A leader of the Black Panthers he was murdered by...
Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20242 min read
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Panoramic Soviet Moscow 1971 -- 21 Images
From a postcard packet published in the USSR in 1971, here we are sharing 21 panoramic images of the Soviet capital, some with our text...
Michael Laxer
Aug 28, 20247 min read
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Daily LIFT #1428
Soviet stamp art for the German Democratic Republic 30th anniversary. Shows the Palast der Republic, the coat of arms of GDR and Marx,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20241 min read
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Engels: "We are now approaching a social revolution"
The Engels statue in Manchester -- travelmag.com , CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons An...
Michael Laxer
Aug 21, 20246 min read
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Daily LIFT #1394
Karl Marx at the Lectern, stamp, People's Republic of Albania 1968 -- Daily LIFT #1394
Michael Laxer
Jul 12, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1384
Forward to Communism!, illustration E. Arurunyan, USSR c. 1983
Michael Laxer
Jul 1, 20241 min read
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The Organic Composition of Capital -- Karl Marx
Writing to his friend Engels in August, 1852, Marx jotted down what is perhaps the first attempt to summarize his views on the organic...
Michael Laxer
Jun 29, 20246 min read
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Daily LIFT #1375
Workers of the World Unite!, illustration, USSR c. 1926 -- Daily LIFT #1375
Michael Laxer
Jun 19, 20241 min read
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Daily LIFT #1364
Profile photo of the great Karl Marx bust in Karl-Marx-Stadt, German Democratic Republic 1971 -- Daily LIFT #1364
Michael Laxer
Jun 4, 20241 min read
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