Michael Laxer
The Soviets Proclaimed the Government
Lenin, painting Isaak Brodsky (1884-1939) "Every minute brings news of fresh conquests of the Revolution–the arrest of ministers, the...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 281 min read
Daily LIFT #1155
Comrade Lenin, illustration, People's Republic of China 1970 -- Daily LIFT #1155 A Chinese magazine illustration for the centenary of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 216 min read
Workers Party of Ireland Statement on the centenary of Lenin's death
“Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.” (Lenin: What is to be done?) 21st January marks the centenary of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 217 min read
They knew Lenin
Lenin Proclaims Soviet Power, painting V. Serov On the 100th anniversary of the death of Lenin we look at recollections of the great...
Michael Laxer
Jan 96 min read
What Is to Be Done?
By Richard D. Wolff In 1863, the Russian social critic, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, published a novel entitled “What Is to Be Done?” Its story...
Michael Laxer
Jan 21 min read
Daily LIFT #1133
Soviet graphic (stamp) for the 110th Anniversary of Lenin's birth in 1980 -- Daily LIFT #1133 Has a quote from Leonid Brezhnev that reads...
Michael Laxer
Dec 31, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #1131
Lenin in the sketches of Soviet artist Pyotr Vasilyev, stamp, USSR 1981 -- Daily LIFT #1131 Lenin in the sketches of Soviet artist Pyotr...
Michael Laxer
Dec 25, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #1125
Lenin with children at the holiday tree, illustration, USSR -- Daily LIFT #1125
Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #1121
Lenin tapestry / weaving, USSR 1983 -- Daily LIFT #1121
Michael Laxer
Dec 17, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #1117
Lenin and Yakov Sverdlov with Children, illustration, Soviet Young Artist magazine, 1984 -- Daily LIFT #1117
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20232 min read
Soviet Kharkov 1984: 17 Panoramic Views
Proletarian Square Published in 1984 in both Ukrainian and Russian this postcard folder contained 17 panoramic style views of Kharkov (or...
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #1103
V.I Lenin monument in Moscow, USSR designed by Lev Kerbel -- Daily LIFT #1103
Michael Laxer
Nov 13, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #1089
Painting Lenin, painting Alexei Pakhomov, USSR 1939 -- Daily LIFT 1089 Alexei Pakhomov (1900-1973) was made a People’s Artist of the USSR...
Michael Laxer
Nov 10, 20234 min read
From the Kremlin to Kilimanjaro: Commemorating the October Revolution
This past Tuesday, November 7 marked the 106th anniversary of the beginning of the Great October Socialist Revolution. This statement,...
Michael Laxer
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #1081
Lenin reading tales to children, painting A. Safargalin, USSR 1967 -- Daily LIFT #1081
Michael Laxer
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Decree to the Army of Art
Lenin speaks, Hugo Gellert USA, November 1931 Decree to the Army of Art: They brag, the old men's brigades, Of the same old wearisome...
Michael Laxer
Oct 29, 20231 min read
Lenin's Cause
V. I. Lenin, P. Staronosov, USSR 1935 "We are not saying anything new. Today everybody, even the colonialists and imperialists, fully...
Michael Laxer
Oct 26, 20238 min read
Here They Are! - Lenin at the YCL Congress, October 1920
Lenin Speaks at the 3rd Young Communist League (YCL) Congress, October 1920 - painting B. Johanson, USSR "THE CIVIL WAR was still raging...
Michael Laxer
Oct 26, 20234 min read
IMCWP Action Plan for the international communist movement
The 23rd International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties (IMCWP) was held October 20-22 in Izmir, Turkey. It was hosted by the...
Michael Laxer
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Venera 10 lands on Venus
On October 25, 1975, the Soviet spacecraft Venera 10 landed on the surface of Venus. This was just 3 days after Venera 9 had landed on...
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