Michael Laxer
75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NY
Rioters during the attacks in Peekskill By Nina Silber, Professor of History, Boston University Few Americans today know about the events...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 244 min read
"Here I Stand" Program to Celebrate the Legacy of Paul Robeson coming for 75th anniversary of the Peekskill Riots
Via Living Artist Society Press Release and Event Site This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Peekskill Riots, and to commemorate...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20231 min read
Remembering W.E.B. Du Bois, scholar, civil rights activist, historian and communist: Video
W.E.B. Du Bois, the scholar, civil rights activist, historian and communist was born in 1868 in Massachusetts. He died on August 27, 1963...
Michael Laxer
Jun 12, 202320 min read
"You ought to be ashamed of yourselves": Paul Robeson stands up against McCarthyism June 12, 1956
On June 12, 1956 the great American singer, actor, athlete, Communist and all-around Renaissance man Paul Robeson appeared before the...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 202312 min read
Red Review #94 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, the USA, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Canada, Cuba, Norway, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also a section...
Michael Laxer
Mar 12, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #900
Paul Robeson on a trip to the Soviet Union, December 1934, with famed film director Sergei Eisenstein (right). -- Daily LIFT #900
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20232 min read
"The power of spirit" -- Paul Robeson
The power of spirit that our people have is intangible, but it is a great force that must be unleashed in the struggles of today. A...
Michael Laxer
Aug 16, 202118 min read
Artek: The vast Soviet internationalist complex of children's camps
An in-depth look at the Soviet Artek Pioneer youth camp, a sprawling internationalist complex of ten sub-camps and various facilities...
Michael Laxer
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #430
Paul Robeson Sings a Song of Peace in Peekskill, New York, poster USSR 1950 -- Daily LIFT #430 A truly magnificent Soviet poster...
Michael Laxer
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Music and Resistance -- In Honour of Paul Robeson's Birthday
Today is the birthday of one of the towering figures of 20th Century American musical and political history, Paul Robeson. Despite his...
Michael Laxer
Feb 23, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #397
Paul Robeson and W.E.B DuBois great each other at the World Congress of the Partisans of Peace, 1949 -- Daily LIFT #397 Incredible photo...
Michael Laxer
Oct 7, 20201 min read
Joe Hill IWW Hero - Born October 7, 1879
With music by Paul Robeson Joe Hill, the IWW union organizer and hero, murdered by the bosses in Utah in 1915, was born on this day in...
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