Michael Laxer
150 years since the fall of the Paris Commune
150 years ago today, May 28 1871, the Paris Commune (which had been proclaimed March 18, 1871) fell after the slaughter of what became...
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Michael Laxer
May 25, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #463
Soviet Military Poster c, 1975 -- Daily LIFT #463 "Today we are celebrating the universal military training of the working people. Up to...
Michael Laxer
May 19, 20211 min read
Ho Chi Minh, Born May 19, 1890
In Honour of Ho Chi Minh, Born May 19, 1890 "At first, patriotism, not yet communism, led me to have confidence in Lenin, in the Third...
Michael Laxer
May 13, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #456
Long Live Marxism-Leninism -- Soviet Poster c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #456
Michael Laxer
May 2, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #448
Lenin in October, painting Nikolai Borovsky (1930-1988), Honored Artist of the USSR (1984)
Michael Laxer
May 1, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #447
Lenin Speaks to the Workers, oil-on-canvas USSR 1972 -- Daily LIFT #447
Michael Laxer
Apr 30, 20213 min read
"Lenin's work is timely"
Lenin at Work, painting 1970, Igor Alexandrovich Reznik (1918-1978) Ukrainian SSR. Excerpted from: Lenin's work is timely - Speech by...
Michael Laxer
Apr 23, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #441
Lenin at age 35 or 37, c. 1905-1907. The photo is thought to have been taken in London, UK -- Daily LIFT #441 To learn more about Lenin...
Michael Laxer
Apr 22, 20212 min read
"Lenin is a truly exceptional phenomenon in human life"
Lenin Pin USSR c. 1970 -- Daily LIFT #440 Today is the anniversary of Lenin's birth. Amilcar Cabral: We are not saying anything new....
Michael Laxer
Apr 22, 20216 min read
Lenin in London
“The immensity of London staggered us. Although the weather was filthy the day we arrived, Vladimir Ilyich brightened up at once and...
Michael Laxer
Apr 22, 20213 min read
Across the turnpikes of tongues...
A poem in honour of Lenin's birth by Haitian poet Jean-Fernand Brierre Written by Haitian poet Jean-Fernand Brierre this poem was first...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #438
A small child plays at the base of a Lenin monument, Karelia USSR, 1965 -- Daily LIFT #438
Michael Laxer
Apr 16, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #436
New Successes, Comrades! - Soviet Poster, N. Tereshchenko 1980 -- Daily LIFT #436 On April 16, 1917 Lenin returned to Russia via...
Michael Laxer
Apr 14, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #434
Lenin, seated on some steps near the platform, listens to a speaker at the Third Congress of the Comintern, Moscow 1921 -- Daily LIFT #434
Michael Laxer
Apr 8, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #429
Vladimir Mayakovsky Monument, Moscow USSR c. 1968 -- Daily LIFT #429 On snow-covered lands and on stubbly fields, in smoky plants and on...
Michael Laxer
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #426
New Century - A Mixed Media/Altered Art Piece by Natalie Lochwin -- Daily LIFT #426 This original piece is available as a poster at our...
Michael Laxer
Apr 1, 20214 min read
15 panoramic views of Soviet Novorossiysk, port and Hero City
With two bonus views. Text translated from the Russian. The city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea was a prominent and storied port in...
Michael Laxer
Apr 1, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #425
V. I. Lenin, oil on canvas 1969, Elmar Yanovich Kits (1913-1972) -- Daily LIFT #425 Kits was a People's Artist of the Estonian SSR.
Michael Laxer
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #422
Lenin in Red Square, May 1, 1919 -- Daily LIFT #422
Michael Laxer
Mar 16, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #413
Lenin in Red Square, November 7, 1919 -- Daily LIFT #413
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