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Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. From former Soviet Kyrgyzstan comes new book on Lenin’s 150th February 1, 2021 9:55 AM CDT By Morning Star In this photo taken on Oct. 11, 2017, a statue of Vladimir Lenin stands in Pokrovka village, 30 miles west of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The thousands of statues of Vladimir Lenin still spread across the vast region bring to mind poet Vladimir Mayakovsky's r...

One year on from the world's first lockdown, restrictions are returning to the pandemic ground zero

China is battling its most severe outbreak of the coronavirus in 11 months – more than 2000 cases over the past five weeks.

Decline in the West January 12, 2021 The Western world as we knew it is in a state of flux. The recent attack on Capitol Hill by Trump-incited right-wing extremists in the US is the latest example of it. There has been a perceptible decline of Western power and rise of China in the last two decades. The Western liberal democratic order is in a mess. Francis Fukuyama’s ‘end of history’ thesis seems like a cruel joke played on the Western world. No one has analysed the decline of democracy in the West more extensively than Pankaj Mishra. Today, we are going to refer to Mishra’s Novemb...

Just because an artifact is ancient or historically significant or even sought after for years doesn't mean its owner is aware of it. Here are nine historical treasures that were used as common household items by owners who had no idea their random things were actually valuable antiquities. 1. Mazarin’s Gold Lacquer Chest // TV Stand and Bar In 1970, a French engineer bought a lacquer chest from his landlord in South Kensington, London, for £100. He used it as a TV stand for 16 years. When he retired to the Loire Valley in 1986, the chest came with him. In France, he used it as a bar. Afte...