January 21, 2024, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the Russian Revolution. Reprinted below are a selection of articles from the Daily Worker, predecessor of People’s World, showing how the news was covered at the time.
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Behind his bland dark eyes, the "man of steel" had a hard mechanical brain that never hesitated at mass murder in its driving ambition to dominate the world.