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  • A puppy sits next to a statue of Mao Zedong at the home of a "Red" memorabilia collector and manufacturer, near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan099.jpg
  • A picture of Mao Zeming, Mao Zedong's younger brother, hangs in Zeming's bedroom at their former home and birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan013.jpg
  • A detail from the oversized artwork entitled Brotherhood Kiss (Bruderkuss) by Dmitry Vrubel that once adorned a section of the notorious Berlin Wall in western Germany Russian. Two seemingly gay men are kissing on the lips but this is one of the most famous paintings – a symbol of a divided Europe during the Cold War. It shows Communist Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German (DDR) counterpart Erich Honecker, which was ultimately copied on to coffee cups and T-shirts across the world before being destroyed by the authorities. The artist was angry but he says he will paint a new image which was derived from a photograph of the two leaders taken 1979 but became a potent symbol of Communism's corruption and ultimate failure.
    berlin_wall_kiss-04-11-1990_1.jpg
  • Visitors kowtow to a statue of Mao Zedong at the Statue Square near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan070.jpg
  • Mao souvenirs in one of Tang Ruiren's Mao Family  Restaurants near the birthplace of Mao Zedong, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan040.jpg
  • Mao memorabilia on sale outside of  Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan020.jpg
  • The tails of a The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Fulcrum) fighter jet and an Antonov An-124 Ruslan transporter are seen visiting the 1988 Farnborough Air Show. The insignia of the era, a red star and hammer and sickle are clearly seen on the aircraft, just over a year before the collapse of Communism with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Mikoyan MiG-29 or "Fulcrum" is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union for an air superiority role. Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983, and remains in use by the Russian Air Force as well as in many other nations.
    soviet_aircraft01-11-07-1988_1_1.jpg
  • On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show the physical style of Russian marching techniques seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as reminders of Soviet discipline, the picture shows a soldier marching in that unmistakable goose-stepping style reminiscent of the Nazi era, with high forward kicks and a strenuous arm movement to the chest as seen in iconic May Day celebrations in Red Square. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology
    russian_wustrow02-16-06_1990.jpg
  • On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show the physical style of Russian marching techniques seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as a reminder of Soviet discipline, the picture shows soldiers marching in that unmistakable goose-stepping style reminiscent of the Nazi era, with high forward kicks and a strenuous arm movement to the chest as seen in iconic May Day celebrations in Red Square. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology
    russian_wustrow01-16-06_1990.jpg
  • A detail from the oversized artwork entitled Brotherhood Kiss (Bruderkuss) by Dmitry Vrubel that once adorned a section of the notorious Berlin Wall in western Germany Russian. The two men are kissing on the lips, one of the most iconic paintings that symbolised a divided Europe during the Cold War. The Communist Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kisses his East German (DDR) counterpart Erich Honecker, which was ultimately copied on to coffee cups and T-shirts across the world before being destroyed by the authorities. The artist was angry but he says he will paint a new image which was derived from a photograph of the two leaders taken 1979 but became a potent symbol of Communism's corruption and ultimate failure.
    berlin_wall_gallery05-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • A detail from the oversized artwork entitled Brotherhood Kiss (Bruderkuss) by Dmitry Vrubel that once adorned a section of the notorious Berlin Wall in western Germany Russian. The two men are kissing on the lips, one of the most iconic paintings that symbolised a divided Europe during the Cold War. The Communist Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kisses his East German (DDR) counterpart Erich Honecker, which was ultimately copied on to coffee cups and T-shirts across the world before being destroyed by the authorities. The artist was angry but he says he will paint a new image which was derived from a photograph of the two leaders taken 1979 but became a potent symbol of Communism's corruption and ultimate failure.
    berlin_wall_gallery01-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • A workers looks up at a statue of Mao Zedong at the workshop of a "Red" memorabilia collector and manufacturer, near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The workers were once electricians. The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan122.jpg
  • Workers move a statue of Mao Zedong at the workshop of a "Red" memorabilia collector and manufacturer, near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The workers were once electricians. The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan120.jpg
  • Workers craft a statue of Mao Zedong out of resin at the workshop of a "Red" memorabilia collector and manufacturer, near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The workers were once electricians.The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan108.jpg
  • Mao statues and souvenirs stands in the home of a "Red" memorabilia collector and manufacturer near the birthplace of Mao Zedong, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan092.jpg
  • Visitors at the Statue Square near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan068.jpg
  • Tang Ruiren, founder of Mao's Family Restaurant chain, shows off some Mao souvenirs in one of her restaurants near the birthplace of Mao Zedong, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan045.jpg
  • Visitors at the Statue Square near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan050.jpg
  • Tang Ruiren, founder of Mao's Family Restaurant chain, shows off some Mao souvenirs in one of her restaurants near the birthplace of Mao Zedong, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan048.jpg
  • Visitors outside of  Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan024.jpg
  • An elderly woman touches a door ornament for supposed good fortune at Mao Zedong's former home and birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan017.jpg
  • Visitors walk past a picture of Mao Zeming, Mao Zedong's younger brother, in Zeming's bedroom at their former home and birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan014.jpg
  • A view of Mao Zedong's former home and birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan010.jpg
  • Visitors walk through Mao Zedong's bedroom at his former home and birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan007.jpg
  • A picture of Mao Zedong and other Chinese Communist Party leaders hang on the Chairman's former bedroom at his home and birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds to conquer China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan006.jpg
  • On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show an instruction mural for guarding prison camps seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as reminders of Soviet discipline, the picture shows a soldier standing at the barbed wire of a generic Gulag holding his AK-47 weapon and dressed in fur hat and uniform from that era. Perhaps those training here were eventually to guard political prisoners though it is a reminder of a fallen ideology. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer.
    russian_wustrow03-16-06_1990.jpg
  • Mao statues and souvenirs stands in the home of a "Red" memorabilia collector and manufacturer near the birthplace of Mao Zedong, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan094.jpg
  • Mao statues and souvenirs stands in the home of a "Red" memorabilia collector and manufacturer near the birthplace of Mao Zedong, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan093.jpg
  • Visitors offer a flower reef to a statue of Mao Zedong at the Statue Square near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan075.jpg
  • Mao souvenirs in one of Tang Ruiren's Mao Family   Restaurants near the birthplace of Mao Zedong, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan042.jpg
  • A stall owner stands next to Mao memorabilia on sale outside of  Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009.  The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan022.jpg
  • A man rides past unfinished statues of Mao Zedong at the workshop of a "Red" memorabilia collector and manufacturer, near Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China on 12 August 2009. The village of Shaoshan, in rural Hunan Province, is tiny in size but big in name. It was the childhood home for Mao Zedong, the controversial revolutionary who came from obscurity but eventually defied all odds conquered China in the name of communism. Now his home, a sacred place among China's official propaganda, is in reality a microcosm of the country itself: part commercialism, part superstition, with a dash of communist ideological flavor.
    QS090812Shaoshan131.jpg
  • 9th September Place. Sophia, Bulgaria. April 1989
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  • Skater riding a tram through central Sophia. Bulgaria. April 1989
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  • Momiclgrad. A town prodominantly occupied by ethnic turks who have reisted the authorities attempts at enforced assimilation to be met with force and deportations. Bulgaria, April 1989.
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  • Georgi Dimitrou Mausuleum. Sophia, Bulgaria. April 1989
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  • Mladost housing estate on the outskirts of Sophia, Bulgaria. April 1989
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  • Family celebration. Sophia, Bulgaria. April 1989
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  • Monument to Lenin. Sophia, Bulgaria. April 1989
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  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_C_003.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_B_016.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_026.jpg
  • A boy at a Moaist rally
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  • As crowds of supporters and protesters line the Mall in central London, Chinese leader Xi Jinping starts off his state visit to Britain. There is much attached to Anglo-Sino relations and this series of trade and diplomatic events is of great importance to the UK government in terms of new business and investment. Protesters however, voiced their distaste at human rights issues for dissenters and of the occupation of Tibet.
    xi_jinping_visit43-20-10-2015_1.jpg
  • As crowds of supporters and protesters line the Mall in central London, Chinese leader Xi Jinping starts off his state visit to Britain. There is much attached to Anglo-Sino relations and this series of trade and diplomatic events is of great importance to the UK government in terms of new business and investment. Protesters however, voiced their distaste at human rights issues for dissenters and of the occupation of Tibet.
    xi_jinping_visit39-20-10-2015_1.jpg
  • A elderly man using a walking stick enters the shadows of the Italian Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC - founded 1991) Venice office with a street Jesus shrine on its wall, near the Arsenale in the Castello, a district of Venice, Italy. Entering the dark front room, the old gentleman steps up with the stick for balance.
    venice_81-22-07-2015_1.jpg
  • The British and Chinese flags hanging above Londoners in a narrow medieval street in the capitals oldest financial district aka The Square Mile, on 14th August 2017, in the City of London, England.
    uk_chinese_flags-04-14-08-2017.jpg
  • Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a pair of hands cup some nuts that go towards the construction of Trabant cars at the car factory in the former East Germany DDR where the last Trabants await buyers outside the factory production line, on 1st June 1990, in Zwickau, eastern Germany former DDR. The DDR-produced Trabant suffered poor performance, but its smoky two-stroke engine regarded with affection as a symbol of the more positive sides of East Germany. Many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in their Trabants after the opening of the Berlin Wall. It was in production without any significant change for nearly 30 years. The name Trabant means fellow traveler in German.
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  • A Migoyan technician covers a Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jet as it makes its first ever display appearance to a western air show audience. The Mikoyan MiG-29 or "Fulcrum" is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union for an air superiority role. Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983, and remains in use by the Russian Air Force as well as in many other nations.
    soviet_aircraft02-11-07-1988_1_1.jpg
  • With few visitors to see, a young boy pees into the water surrounding a model town at the Splendid China model village, the 30 hectares large tourist attraction in the city of Shenzen, China. The kid aims into the water with his mother's help. In the background we see some of the 50,000 ceramic figures and scenes from a period in Chinese history and further away, modern skyscrapers in the metropolis contrasting with ancient, traditional village life. Splendid China is an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. The scale models are of a 1:15 with 100 miniaturized landmarks such as The Terracotta Warriors; Great Wall; Forbidden City; Old Summer Palace etc. all laid out according to their geographic locations.
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  • Stalinist architecture in Letna Park Letenske Sady, on 18th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Up until it was destroyed by Soviet leader Nikita Kruschev, the largest statue to Stalin in the entire Eastern Bloc was located here. It is now a favourite place skateboard park, dog walkers and families.
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  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather on the plinth below Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
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  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face of Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
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  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face Soviet leader Lenin on a banner in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-08-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Two shipbuilders chat beneath the heavy lifting cranes at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work and the two men in the foreground and those behind, wear bright yellow hard hats, protecting them from steel edges and rusting machinery. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
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  • Where young Germans once risked their lives, graffiti and tags now adorn the concrete surfaces of original sections of the Berlin wall at the East Side Gallery on Muhlenstrasse, Berlin. The site is the former border between Communist East and West Berlin during the Cold War. The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period.
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  • Exterior of 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • The conference room where the heads of the GDR secret police met with district administrators, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum33-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum19-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • A soldier image on a rug, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history.
    berlin_stasi_museum11-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum17-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum14-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • ID papers for an anonymous secret agent from Cottbus, Germany, an exhibit in the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. The Stasi Museum is a 22-hectare complex of research  and memorial centre concerning the political system of the former East Germany.
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  • A brass band plays outside of a house where the body of late village party chief Wu Renbao lays at Huaxi, Jiangsu Province, China on 22 March  2012.  Wu is a outlier among local political leaders as his village is one of the wealthiest in China while remaining a collective, building up a personality cult that is much larger than his official title reflects.
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  • Workers add on surveillance cameras in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on 10 December 2011.  Tiananmen Square is considered the symbolic center of all China, it's significance is not lost on China's current leaders as it tightens its security and surveillance of the area to spot potential "trouble makers"
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  • Choir members sing during a wedding ceremonies at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Coca and Juan Juan makes final preparations before their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai055.jpg
  • Juan Juan, the bride to be, leaves her home accompanied by the maid of honor on her way to the church to be married to Coca Dai in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai043.jpg
  • Under the watchful eyes of rowdy relatives and friends, Coca Dai expresses his love for his bride, Juan Juan, and kisses her at her home in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai034.jpg
  • Under the watchful eyes of rowdy relatives and friends, Coca Dai expresses his love for his bride, Juan Juan, and kisses her at her home in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai033.jpg
  • Chen Qianlei is 40 and runs a consulting business for foreign traders. His wife, Gou Xia, also 40 works for a news agency as an arts reporter. They live in Beijing with their seven-year old son, Chen Dingqi who is in grade two at primary school. Xia says she would have liked another child and could have afforded to pay the fine but because she works for a government organization, she would have been automatically fired. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Zhou Chun Ying 60 is retired. She looks after her grand-daughter Han Lin, 2 in Quixa, Shandong province whilst her parents work in the factories 70 km away. Yan Wei ( Ying's son)  works in a chemical factory whilst her mother, Lin Chun Mei, the daughter-in-law works in a factory producing medical curtains. Despite the policy, there are still too many people and not enough jobs in China which means couples often have to work away and children are looked after by their grandparents. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Gao Wen Hong, 41, is CEO of a cosmetics company. Her husband, Wang Wei, also 41, is the director. They have one daughter, Wang YingChen, 7 who is top of the class at her primary school which has the best results in Beijing. Wen Hong says she prefers to have only one child so she can put all her resources into her. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_25_1.jpg
  • Liu Yu Peng,16 (left) with friends, is in high-school (equivalent of lower sixth) and is preparing for her mid-semester exam (the Chinese equivalent of A levels) She hopes to get the grades to go to the China Communication University - the most prestigious place in China to study media. Her father is a driving instructor and her mother, a clothes shop manager and she lives with them both in Beijing. Yu Peng says that many of her friends suffer from depression because of the pressures put on them. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_12_1.jpg
  • Poster of Fidel Castro with the message, More than ever, production and defense, June 1984, in the outskirts of Havanna, Cuba.<br />
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. He was loved by most of the people as a champion of socialism and anti-imperialism whose revolutionary regime advanced economic and social justice while securing Cubas independence from American imperialism.
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  • Poster of Fidel Castro lit in neon lights with his proclamation The Revolution, it can never be crushed!, July 1984,  Havanna, Cuba. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. He was loved by most of the people as a champion of socialism and anti-imperialism whose revolutionary regime advanced economic and social justice while securing Cubas independence from American imperialism.
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  • Cable Street 80 march and rally through Whitechapel to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street on 9th October 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The demonstration marks the day when tens of thousands of people across the East End, joined by others who came to support them, prevented Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists invading the Jewish areas of the East End. The day, which is recognised as a major turning point in the struggle against fascism in Britain in the 1930s.
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  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
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  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_C_004.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_B_021.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_B_017.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_B_014.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_B_013.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_B_009.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_B_008.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_033.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_034.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_031.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_020.jpg
  • MLKP Marxist-Leninist Communist Party red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_028.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_027.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_025.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_019.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain red flags during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
    20180501_may day demo_A_004.jpg
  • Communist Party of Great Britain during May Day celebrations in London, England, United Kingdom. Demonstration by unions and other organisations of workers to mark the annual May Day or Labour Day. Groups from all nationalities from around the World, living in London gathered to march to a rally in central London to mark the global workers day.
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  • A boy walks past a Socialist Realist mural celebrating the Communist Revolution and a sign for Coca Cola, Tirana, Albania
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  • Maoist rebels at a rally in Dolakha, Nepal
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  • Peasants at a Maoist rally in Dolakha, Nepal
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  • A female Maoist fighter, Dolakha district, Nepal
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  • As crowds of supporters and protesters line the Mall in central London, Chinese leader Xi Jinping starts off his state visit to Britain. There is much attached to Anglo-Sino relations and this series of trade and diplomatic events is of great importance to the UK government in terms of new business and investment. Protesters however, voiced their distaste at human rights issues for dissenters and of the occupation of Tibet.
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