/r/LeftHistoryPorn

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A subreddit dedicated to Socialist, Communist, and Anarchist photos of history, styled after /r/HistoryPorn.

Submission Rules

  • Include an accurate description of the photograph (event, location, war, year, etc) in the title.

  • Titles should not include any political or cultural interpretation or observation.

  • Include the date of the photograph in the title.

    • If you cannot find the date after a concerted effort, then a rough estimate or simply saying unknown date will suffice.

  • Include the resolution in [brackets] in the title.

  • Only submit static photographs.

  • Posters, illustrations and postcards are not permitted. Please only submit historic photographs.

    • Videos, collections, interactive images/websites, and articles are not allowed.
    • Do not submit a shortened link using a URL shortener like tinyurl.

  • Images submitted here should have been taken at least 20 years ago.

    • Comment Rules

    • Personal attacks, abusive language, trolling or bigotry in any form is not allowed and will be removed. Repeated offenses will result in a ban.
    • Keep the discussion on-topic. Comments that do not directly add to the discussion will be removed.
    • Remember that this is a sub for leftist history. While everyone is welcome to post and comment, if you politically disagree with the picture or poster(s), keep it civil and respectful. Failing to do so will result in a ban.

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    MPLA poster during the 70s displaying how revolutionary struggle is a struggle by all people and for a society-wide transformation [645x960]

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    2024/04/02
    15:00 UTC
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    New People's Army (NPA) formation [1366x1366]

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    2023/12/19
    12:42 UTC
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    PFLP members raise their arms in celebration, 1969 [1023x692]

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    2023/12/13
    15:09 UTC
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    Parade in honor of the Republic Day in the DDR October 7, 1983 [1200x1200]

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    2023/08/18
    09:44 UTC
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    The 17th of July of 1979 forces of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) entered the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, forcing the country's dictator, Anastasio Somoza, to resign and flee the country [1960x1160]

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    2023/07/17
    19:26 UTC
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    This week was the anniversary of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia's 1941 uprising against Nazism, which would establish the Republic of Užice [941x703]

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    2023/07/09
    14:26 UTC
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    Women Units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) [4096x2801]

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    2023/06/05
    12:12 UTC
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    A man at the Million Man March, Washington D.C., 1995 [1080x1350]

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    2023/06/03
    16:34 UTC
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    Angola's MPLA guerrilla fighter holding her child and gun, circa 1980 [488x720]

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    2023/04/27
    16:23 UTC
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    Ernesto Guevara giving a speech at the UJC [680x480]

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    2022/11/06
    20:12 UTC
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    Leila Khaled hanging out with Palestinian kids [736x480]

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    2022/10/16
    14:24 UTC
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    Happy Cakeday, r/LeftHistoryPorn! Today you're 8

    Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

    Your top 10 posts:

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    2022/10/11
    15:43 UTC
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    Lenin posing for a photograph in his study in the Kremlin, Moscow, in October 1918 [366x488]

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    2022/10/03
    10:56 UTC
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    Ernesto Guevara drinking water among comrades [417x641]

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    2022/10/02
    14:43 UTC
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    Simone De Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre having a discussion with Ernesto "Che" Guevara [700x420]

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    2022/08/10
    15:13 UTC
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    A comrade smiling at a camera whilst holding a red flag during a German Democratic Republic march [536x808]

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    2022/08/01
    15:47 UTC
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    Anti-privatization protest in South Africa [1200x842]

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    2022/07/19
    16:13 UTC
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    Angolan women taking arms with the MPLA during the Angola Civil War, 1975 [3265x2092]

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    2022/07/16
    16:15 UTC
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    Member of the PFLP holds a rifle wearing a Ché Guevara t-shirt during a 2014 rally in Gaza [1024x683]

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    2022/05/29
    16:05 UTC
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    Fidel Castro wearing a kufiyya, as he salutes with a group of Palestinian kids [720x500]

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    2022/05/26
    14:16 UTC
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    Mao inspects a rifle during his visit to a military exhibition by the PLA ,1964. The only known photo of Mao Zedong aiming a gun [750x465]

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    2022/05/19
    19:23 UTC
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    Moscow city women's team at the international mini-hockey tournament, 1990 [820x588]

    1 Comment
    2022/02/03
    14:34 UTC
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    Happy Cakeday, r/LeftHistoryPorn! Today you're 7

    Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

    Your top 2 posts:

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    2021/10/11
    15:43 UTC
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    Congratulations to Italia for bringin' it Rome! Get Fucked England! Italy dedicated it's 1982 World Cup win to Palestine, as the invasion of Lebanon had just begun. Read more in the comments. [5400x3600]

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    2021/07/12
    21:19 UTC
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    Happy Cakeday, r/LeftHistoryPorn! Today you're 6

    Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

    Your top 7 posts:

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    2020/10/11
    15:00 UTC
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    Fidel Castro and Yuri Gagarin

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    2020/05/26
    06:22 UTC
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    Mikhal Kalashnikov Samples a British L85 Rifle [1997] [800x563]

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    2020/04/16
    14:51 UTC
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    A Palestinian fighter holds a kitten in the refugee camp of Burj Al Barajneh, July of 1988 [1200x1116]

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    2020/03/18
    16:17 UTC
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    r/LeftHistoryPorn is back, please read the revised set of rules in the sidebar before posting

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    2020/03/04
    09:33 UTC
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    Battle of Orgreave Manor, 1984, PC Paul Castle (left) NUM George Brearley (right) [620x372]

    2 Comments
    2020/02/28
    18:01 UTC
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