Michael LaxerAug 27, 20231 min readRemembering W.E.B. Du Bois, scholar, civil rights activist, historian and communist: VideoW.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 LaxerJul 11, 20234 min readW.E.B. Du Bois in the People's Republic of China, 1959Premier Zhou Enlai with Du Bois and his wife the writer Shirley Graham (third from left). First and second from right are Vice-Premier...
Michael LaxerFeb 8, 20231 min readDaily LIFT #880Mao and W.E.B. Du Bois in the People's Republic of China, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #880
Michael LaxerFeb 23, 20211 min readDaily LIFT #397Paul 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 LaxerFeb 23, 20211 min read"Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction" - WEB Du Bois b. Feb. 23, 1868Cover of a Soviet book published in 1971 dedicated to life and writings of W.E.B. Du Bois. In the Letter of an American Communist -- the...
Michael LaxerFeb 5, 20211 min readDaily LIFT #386Anna Louise Strong, Mao and W.E.B. Du Bois in Wuhan. 1959 -- Daily LIFT #386 Remarkable photo shows Mao with famed communist journalist...