25 May 1871
Paris in flames as communards vanquished: the fighting throughout the day has been desperate and bloody beyond precedent.
16 March 1917
The story of the Russian revolution: so far as can at present be judged, casualties among civilians amount to a few hundred, the great majority being wounded.
27 October 1920
Sylvia Pankhurst’s letter to Lenin: “Dear Comrade, The situation is moving in a revolutionary direction more swiftly, but of course we are far away yet.”
26 June 1928
Life under the Soviets in Moscow and its surroundings: the Communist party is the nucleus of the future bourgeoisie - and they drink more than anyone else.
21 October 1947
“Communist infiltration” in Hollywood: many witnesses will be Hollywood actors or directors who have been dragged wholesale to Washington by the committee at great personal inconvenience.
15 March 1956
Marx monument unveiled in Highgate cemetery: the face has formidable benignity, the face of a father who would chastise his children but always in sorrow.
18 August 1962
Grim scenes at Berlin Wall as refugee left to die: Peter Fechter, an 18-year-old bricklayer, was shot by East German guards as he attempted to cross the Berlin Wall a year after it was erected.
11 June 1977
Editorial: The battle for the British Communist Party.
7 October 1989:
East Germans abandon their Trabant cars in Prague: many refugees hoping to settle in the west dump their communist built vehicles near the West German embassy.
14 July 2014
Collapse of the USSR – Picture gallery.
16 March 2019
Maoism marches on: the revolutionary idea that still shapes the world.
