The Petrograd sailors who fired the first shots in the 1917 Russian Revolution [Photo from Socialist Worker Archives].

John Reed, “The Unpopular War,” Seven Arts, August 1917, interviewing a group of Council of National Defense officials about the US involvement in an ensuing unpopular World War… One of them…
The aviation enthusiast spoke up, lying on his back and blowing expensive cigar smoke at the ceiling.
“Do you know what is needed? Only one thing–the [...]

A leaflet written by a young American socialist named Harvey O’Connor following the outbreak of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Over 20,000 copies were distributed [Photo from Socialist Worker Archive].

Malek reports…

Workers marching through the streets of St. Petersburg, during the 1905 Russian Revolution. The central banner reads ‘Proletarians of All Countries Unite’ [Photo from Socialist Worker Archives].

Join the delegation to the Egyptian Embassy in London
Thursday 7th August, 4.30pm
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 26 South Street, London W1K 1DW
Solidarity with the people of Mahalla / Stop the show trial of Egyptian protestors

A date of 9 August has been set for the trial of 49 Egyptian citizens accused of various crimes [...]

[May Day 1917] Rallies by the Red Guards of Petrograd, in the run up for the October Revolution [Photo from Socialist Worker Archives].

From AP…
As of Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at least 491 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Of those, the military reports 347 [...]

Comrade Jack sent me this cool link…