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Communist Collection

Background imageCommunist Collection: Mayakovsky (Seated)

Mayakovsky (Seated)
VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY - Russian poet and supporter of the Communist party in Russia (this photograph is dated 1927)

Background imageCommunist Collection: Leon Trotsky / Iln 1920

Leon Trotsky / Iln 1920
LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader in 1920, at the height of his popularity as the Peoples Commissar for War

Background imageCommunist Collection: Soviet propaganda poster - We want Peace

Soviet propaganda poster - We want Peace
" We want Peace!" Soviet propaganda poster - featuring a happy, singing Communist family, waving flags. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageCommunist Collection: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian statesman

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian statesman
A photograph of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin (1870 - 1924), Russian statesman and Communist leader, circa 1920

Background imageCommunist Collection: Fidel Castro - Speech

Fidel Castro - Speech
FIDEL CASTRO - President of Cuba giving a speech in Havana in August 1993. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Background imageCommunist Collection: Chinese Communist Propaganda Poster, Chairman Mao

Chinese Communist Propaganda Poster, Chairman Mao
Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Poster, Chairman Mao Zedong. 1951

Background imageCommunist Collection: Mayakovsky (H / S)

Mayakovsky (H / S)
Mayakovsky (H/S)

Background imageCommunist Collection: KPD POSTER / 1932

KPD POSTER / 1932
German Communist party (KPD) poster Away with the System produced at a time of intense political competition

Background imageCommunist Collection: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Communist leader in disguise

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Communist leader in disguise
A photograph of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin (1870 - 1924), Communist leader in disguise, August 1917

Background imageCommunist Collection: Clara Zetkin / Speech

Clara Zetkin / Speech
CLARA ZETKIN German Communist and Feminist at a political rally

Background imageCommunist Collection: BREZHNEV, Leonid (1906-1982)

BREZHNEV, Leonid (1906-1982). Soviet politician, leader of the Communist Party (1964-1982). Oil on canvas

Background imageCommunist Collection: Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist activist in Germany

Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist activist in Germany
Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919), Marxist activist in Germany. Date: early 20th century

Background imageCommunist Collection: Communist Demo 1931

Communist Demo 1931
Communist demonstration in Hyde Park : the intense excitement of the crowd reflects the inflammatory oratory of the speakers

Background imageCommunist Collection: Brezhnev / Leonid

Brezhnev / Leonid
LEONID ILYICH BREZHNEV Soviet Communist leader

Background imageCommunist Collection: Khrushchev Speaking at the UN

Khrushchev Speaking at the UN
Russian statesman, secretary-general of the Communist Party and premier 1958-1964, Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), depicted addressing the assembly at the United Nations

Background imageCommunist Collection: Communist Orator 1931

Communist Orator 1931
A Communist orator harangues the crowd at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London : despite the vigour of her oratory, she fails to win many converts

Background imageCommunist Collection: Lenin Giving A Speech

Lenin Giving A Speech
Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov Lenin (1870-1924), Giving A Speech. Detail from an illustration by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov (1865-1911)

Background imageCommunist Collection: Lenin and Stalin sitting on a bench

Lenin and Stalin sitting on a bench
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870 - 1924) and Josef Stalin (1879 - 1953), Communist Russian leaders, sitting on a bench. Date: circa 1920

Background imageCommunist Collection: Communist China - training barefoot doctors

Communist China - training barefoot doctors
Communist China - a military doctor trains three young women as so-called barefoot doctors, usually village-based farm workers trained in primary health care and basic hygiene, including acupuncture

Background imageCommunist Collection: Mao Zedong greeting South Yemen leader

Mao Zedong greeting South Yemen leader
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976) - Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the Peoples Republic of China

Background imageCommunist Collection: Joseph Stalin, Secretary-general of the Communist party of S

Joseph Stalin, Secretary-general of the Communist party of Soviet Russia. Date 1942?

Background imageCommunist Collection: KPD POSTER / MID 1920 S

KPD POSTER / MID 1920 S
German Communist party (KPD) poster showing the German communists standing opposed to the old imperialist elements entrenched within the republic

Background imageCommunist Collection: The Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow

The Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow
The Monument to the Conquerors of Space - erected in Moscow in 1964 to celebrate achievements of the Soviet people in space exploration. Date: 1986

Background imageCommunist Collection: Communist Factory Worker

Communist Factory Worker
A young man, the ideal of the heroic communist worker, working at a complicated piece of machinery in a cellulose paper factory in Balakhna, Russia

Background imageCommunist Collection: William Rust, British communist and newspaper editor

William Rust, British communist and newspaper editor
William Charles Rust (1903-1949), British communist activist, member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and editor of the Daily Worker newspaper, seen here at his desk

Background imageCommunist Collection: Harry Pollitt, Communist Party leader, with Mao Zedong

Harry Pollitt, Communist Party leader, with Mao Zedong
Harry Pollitt (1890-1960), Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and head of its trade union department. Seen here shaking hands with the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976)

Background imageCommunist Collection: Harry Pollitt, Secretary of the Communist Party

Harry Pollitt, Secretary of the Communist Party
Harry Pollitt (1890-1960), Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and head of its trade union department. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageCommunist Collection: John Maclean, Scottish teacher and revolutionary socialist

John Maclean, Scottish teacher and revolutionary socialist
John Maclean (1879-1923), Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary Marxist socialist

Background imageCommunist Collection: Political parades clash in a Russian street

Political parades clash in a Russian street
Two rival political parades clash in a Russian street during the Revolutionary period, resulting in many casualties. Date: circa 1917

Background imageCommunist Collection: State Bank of the USSR, 1939

State Bank of the USSR, 1939
Registering the deposits of Soviet workers in the State Bank of the U.S.S.R in 1939

Background imageCommunist Collection: Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, Russian naval commander

Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, Russian naval commander
Admiral Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander during the First World War, polar explorer, and leader of the anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War

Background imageCommunist Collection: Mao statue in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Mao statue in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
A large statue of Chairman Mao Tse Dong in Zhongshan Square (once called Red Flag Square) at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Background imageCommunist Collection: China Yankee Imperialist

China Yankee Imperialist
Representatives of the Chinese people, including a soldier, a sailor and an airman, drive Yankee imperialists out of Korea

Background imageCommunist Collection: Russian Poster Ca 1917

Russian Poster Ca 1917
Revolutionary poster showing a raised arm holding a rifle against a backdrop of armed revolutionaries on the steps of a building

Background imageCommunist Collection: Mayakovsky (3 / 4)

Mayakovsky (3 / 4)
VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY - Russian poet and supporter of the Communist party in Russia (this photograph is dated 1927)

Background imageCommunist Collection: Lenin / Comintern Congress

Lenin / Comintern Congress
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman, at the 3rd Congress of Comintern (Communist International Congress), Moscow, Russia

Background imageCommunist Collection: Anti-Bourgeois Poster

Anti-Bourgeois Poster
A big brave communist worker fixes a poster on a wall while a contemptible little bourgeois capitalist in his top hat cowers in fear

Background imageCommunist Collection: Anti-Communist Card

Anti-Communist Card
DEIN LOS UNTER DEM SOVIET SYSTERN - your fate under the Soviet system - you and your family will be driven from your burning home to Siberia

Background imageCommunist Collection: Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867)

Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867)
Karl Marx (1818-1883). German philosopher, political theorist, and socialist revolutionary. Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867). A Critique of Political Economy (1867)

Background imageCommunist Collection: Entrance to the Moscow Metro

Entrance to the Moscow Metro, USSR. Date: 1986

Background imageCommunist Collection: Children on a sledge, Gorki Park, Moscow

Children on a sledge, Gorki Park, Moscow, USSR. Date: 1986

Background imageCommunist Collection: 1921 / Kamenev Speaks

1921 / Kamenev Speaks
Russian Communist leader Lev Kamenev speaks in Moscow

Background imageCommunist Collection: Communist Group 1984

Communist Group 1984
A smartly-dressed group of boys and girls, the Red Pioneers, a communist youth organisation, Irktusk, USSR

Background imageCommunist Collection: Communism in Russia 1934

Communism in Russia 1934
Standing by to hoist the flag when Europe turns communist may mean a long wait, but at least its a steady job!

Background imageCommunist Collection: Kpd Poster 1919

Kpd Poster 1919
You are invited to vote Communist (KPD = Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, formerly the Spartakusbund) in the German elections

Background imageCommunist Collection: Choose your Ideology

Choose your Ideology
Choose whichever ideology suits you - church or conservative, scientist or communist, none is any better than the others

Background imageCommunist Collection: Andrei Gromyko

Andrei Gromyko (1909-1989), Soviet Belarusian Communist politician and diplomat. Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1952 to 1953. Date: C.1952

Background imageCommunist Collection: Front cover of the Illustrated London News, 1st November 1924, featuring M

Front cover of the Illustrated London News, 1st November 1924, featuring M

Background imageCommunist Collection: On the loan trail. Cartoon: A vote for Ramsay Macdonald's Labour party is a vote for bolshevism

On the loan trail. Cartoon: A vote for Ramsay Macdonald's Labour party is a vote for bolshevism

Background imageCommunist Collection: Karl Marx and his wife, Jenny (nee von Westphalen)

Karl Marx and his wife, Jenny (nee von Westphalen)
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary

Background imageCommunist Collection: An intermission between sessions at the 22nd Congress o?

An intermission between sessions at the 22nd Congress o?
An intermission between sessions at the 22nd Congress of the Soviet Communist Party in the Kremlin Congress palace. From left: Major Herman Titov, V. Gaganova, N. Mamai, Major Yuri Gagarin and E

Background imageCommunist Collection: Karl Marx at IWMA meeting, London

Karl Marx at IWMA meeting, London
Reproduction of a painting by O.G. Verejski entitled Marx at the IWMA Meeting

Background imageCommunist Collection: Mao Zedong meeting Che Guevara

Mao Zedong meeting Che Guevara
Chinese Communist leader, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), also known as Chairman Mao

Background imageCommunist Collection: Karl Marx with Friedrich Engels and family members

Karl Marx with Friedrich Engels and family members
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary (right)

Background imageCommunist Collection: Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader

Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader
Chinese Communist leader, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), also known as Chairman Mao, around the age of 40. Date: 1930s

Background imageCommunist Collection: Nikita Khrushchev with Mao Zedong

Nikita Khrushchev with Mao Zedong
Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) and Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976) greet each other warmly. The USSR was giving substantial aid to China at the time. Date: 1950s

Background imageCommunist Collection: Boys and girls taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia

Boys and girls taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963

Background imageCommunist Collection: Soviet poster, Lenin points the way forward

Soviet poster, Lenin points the way forward
Soviet poster showing Lenin behind a red banner, pointing the way forward for the October Revolution. Date: circa 1917

Background imageCommunist Collection: Peter Kropotkin, Russian historian and scientist

Peter Kropotkin, Russian historian and scientist
Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921), Russian historian, scientist, philosopher, anarchist, socialist, revolutionary and activist Date: circa 1900

Background imageCommunist Collection: Vietnamese Poster - Memory of victory of Dien Bien Phu

Vietnamese Poster - Memory of victory of Dien Bien Phu
Vietnam War - Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Victory and Dien Bien Phu - defeat of the French forces in 1954 remembered as a rallying call for further success

Background imageCommunist Collection: Vietnamese Poster - Yao people grateful to the Party

Vietnamese Poster - Yao people grateful to the Party
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - The Yao people (called the Dao in Northern Vietnam) are grateful to the (Communist) Party. Date: 2nd half of the 20th century

Background imageCommunist Collection: Body of a Malayan Terrorist trussed to a stake

Body of a Malayan Terrorist trussed to a stake
Photograph: the body of a Malayan Terrorist trussed to a stake, brought in by a British patrol, 1952. Associated with Malaya (1948-1957). Date: 1952

Background imageCommunist Collection: Soviet propaganda poster. Death to World Imperialism

Soviet propaganda poster. Death to World Imperialism
Russia. Communism. Soviet propaganda poster. Death to World Imperialism. Date:

Background imageCommunist Collection: 20th Century 1943 Advertising Baltic Republic

20th Century 1943 Advertising Baltic Republic
20th, century, 1943, advertising, Baltic, republic, republics, states, civil, people, communist, denounce, first, year, of, Soviet, Occupation, Latvia, latvian, mass, graves, Nazis, occupation

Background imageCommunist Collection: Pasternak, Mayakovsky, Eisenstein and others, Moscow

Pasternak, Mayakovsky, Eisenstein and others, Moscow
Group photo, from left to right: Boris Pasternak (Russian writer), Vladimir Mayakovsky (Russian writer and actor), Tomizi Tamiji Naito (Japanese writer), Arseny Voznesensky (Soviet diplomat)

Background imageCommunist Collection: Daily Worker building, 75 Farringdon Road, London

Daily Worker building, 75 Farringdon Road, London
The newly acquired Daily Worker building at 75 Farringdon Road, London, a former brushmakers warehouse. The newspaper's previous offices had been destroyed during the Blitz

Background imageCommunist Collection: British Design Exhibition in Moscow, Soviet Union

British Design Exhibition in Moscow, Soviet Union, arranged by the Council of Industrial Design and the Central Office of Information

Background imageCommunist Collection: Advertisement for Morning Star newspaper

Advertisement for Morning Star newspaper
Advertisement for the Morning Star newspaper, 29 November 1982 -- Lively Left, order from your newsagent. Date: 1982

Background imageCommunist Collection: Daily Worker slogan on a wall

Daily Worker slogan on a wall
Slogan painted on a wall: It stands between You and War, the Daily Worker. Date: circa 1973

Background imageCommunist Collection: Anti-Tory demonstration with Morning Star banner

Anti-Tory demonstration with Morning Star banner
Anti-Tory demonstration on a London street with a Morning Star banner and Socialist Worker placards. Date: circa 1980

Background imageCommunist Collection: Daily Worker staff examining building alteration plans

Daily Worker staff examining building alteration plans following the acquisition of new premises at 75 Farringdon Road, London. Date: circa 1945

Background imageCommunist Collection: Young Communist League demonstration, London

Young Communist League demonstration, London
Young Communist League members demonstrating outside the American Embassy in London, 28 April 1980

Background imageCommunist Collection: Communist Communism Left Wing Daily Worker Newspaper

Communist Communism Left Wing Daily Worker Newspaper
communist, communism, left, wing, daily, worker, newspaper, london, news, media, press, communications, journalism, newspapers, man, men, bert, baker, morning, star, journalist, interview

Background imageCommunist Collection: Editorial Board, Daily Worker newspaper, London

Editorial Board, Daily Worker newspaper, London
Editorial Board of the Daily Worker newspaper, London: J R Campbell, William Rust, Professor J Bs Haldane, the Dean of Canterbury (Hewlett Johnson), R Page Arnot, Councillor J Owen, Sean O'Casey

Background imageCommunist Collection: People on street with Daily Worker newspaper, London

People on street with Daily Worker newspaper, London
People on a London street with copies of the Daily Worker newspaper, and a kiosk advertising the newspaper alongside them. The headline reads: Closures, Miners Act. Date: 1959

Background imageCommunist Collection: Man at work, Daily Worker newspaper, London

Man at work, Daily Worker newspaper, London
Man at work operating a Linotype or Intertype machine, Daily Worker newspaper, London. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageCommunist Collection: Sokol Festival, Masaryk Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Sokol Festival, Masaryk Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Aerial view of people in formation at the Sokol Festival, Masaryk Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Date: 1948

Background imageCommunist Collection: Staff at work, office of Daily Worker newspaper, London

Staff at work, office of Daily Worker newspaper, London
Staff at work in the office of the Daily Worker newspaper, 75 Farringdon Road, London. Seated are Rose Smith, Sam Russell, Monty Meth and (by the window) Ben Francis

Background imageCommunist Collection: Communist Communism Left Wing Czech Czechoslovakia

Communist Communism Left Wing Czech Czechoslovakia
communist, communism, left, wing, czech, czechoslovakia, soldier, soldiers, troops, man, men, tanks, tank, russian, soviet, flowers, barrel, driving, street, 1940s, road, civilians, watching

Background imageCommunist Collection: Porcelain factory, Doubi, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia

Porcelain factory, Doubi, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
A young woman, Wanda Janakova, working in a porcelain factory in Doubi, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia. This factory specialised in coffee and tea sets, many of which are exported to western Europe

Background imageCommunist Collection: Fidel Castro Alejandro Ruz Cuban Communist Communism

Fidel Castro Alejandro Ruz Cuban Communist Communism
fidel, castro, alejandro, ruz, cuban, communist, communism, left, wing, politics, political, politician, president, cuba, 1970s, 70s, seventies, uniform, people, clapping, applauding, microphones

Background imageCommunist Collection: Major Faure Chomon with gift cartons, Cuba

Major Faure Chomon with gift cartons, Cuba
Major Faure Chomon, Communications Minister for Cuba, holding up so-called gift cartons from American CIA agents. The cartons were found to contain weapons parts, ammunition and grenades. Date: 1963

Background imageCommunist Collection: Fidel Castro arrested after Moncada Barracks attack, Cuba

Fidel Castro arrested after Moncada Barracks attack, Cuba
Fidel Castro (left) under arrest after leading a rebel attack against Batista troops at Moncada Barracks, Cuba. Date: 1953

Background imageCommunist Collection: Communist Party members voting

Communist Party members voting
Communist Party delegates (including Janey Glen from Yorkshire, centre) voting in London against American bases in Britain for Cruise missiles. Date: 1982



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