Paul Robeson addressed the banquet sponsored by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, in New York, on November 10, 1949, on the occasion of the celebration of the 32nd anniversary of the Soviet Union: I am deeply grateful for this opportunity to join more than half the people of the world […]

The FIR recalls how 90 years ago the USSR made a contribution to strengthening the international community in an escalating international situation when it joined the League of Nations on September 18, 1934. The League of Nations, created in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles following the defeat of the German Empire and the Central

Comrades and friends,  the latest edition of the US Friends of the Soviet People bulletin is out. You can view it below as well as in our updated Bulletin section which includes many of our past work to 1998. Warm regards, Board of Directors,US Friends of the Soviet People.

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) fundraises for Nazi Azov Battalion as it recruits Canadian mercenaries Written by: Marthad Umucyaba The Canada Files has found that the Canadian government-backed Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), Nazi honourers who defend Yaroslav Hunka, have quietly done a fundraiser for the Nazi Azov 12th Special Forces Brigade. This fundraiser comes in the context of active recruitment of Canadian

Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ Last weekend, not only in Poland and Germany, but also in many European countries, governments and peace forces commemorated the beginning of the warlike part of the Second World War with Hitler’s German invasion of Poland. We deliberately say “warlike part” because, in our view,

Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ We commemorate the liberation of the French capital by the forces of the French Resistance and French units as part of the Allied forces on August 25, 1944. Following the landing of Anglo-American troops in Normandy in June 1944, the French Resistance stepped up its

Originally published by the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – https://fir.at/en/ In view of the growing danger today of the war in Ukraine escalating into a European war with the direct involvement of NATO troops, this newsletter reminds us of the prehistory and the beginning of the First World War on August 1, 1914, 110 years

Originally posted in The Worker Photo: Yuri Gagarin visits the tomb of Karl Marx, July 14, 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, London, 1961 Who was Yuri Gagarin? Heroes of Socialism and the Soviet legacy are the heritage of American Communists. Much like being the first to fight against Fascists, and the first to organize against