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Poverty alleviation
Faiz Ahmad Faiz smoking cigarette in London Faiz in Cuba: a revolutionary poet’s account and why it still matters

Faiz Ahmed Faiz, an iconic Pakistani communist poet, records the legacy of solidarity that the Cuban Revolution represents to all the oppressed peoples of the world.

Kudumbashree kerala Kerala, gobernada por los comunistas, está erradicando la pobreza extrema

A medida que la desigualdad se profundiza en países de todo el mundo, el estado indio de Kerala se ha convertido en un faro de esperanza. Para noviembre de 2025, Kerala se convertirá en el primer estado de la India en erradicar por completo la pobreza extrema.

Kudumbashree kerala Communist-led Kerala is eradicating extreme poverty

As inequality deepens in countries across the globe, the Indian state of Kerala has emerged as a beacon of hope. By November 2025, Kerala is set to become India’s first state to entirely eradicate extreme poverty.

Women hold up half the sky: how China eradicated extreme poverty

Artist and researcher Tings Chak writes for Capire on grassroots organizing and policies to fight poverty in China.

“China’s successful battle against poverty is a part of its process of socialist construction”

A recent study published by the Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research provides a detailed understanding of methods and motivations behind the Chinese initiative, which has lifted more than 850 million people out of absolute poverty since 1949

Communist Party of China celebrates 100 years

President Xi Jinping addressed the nation at Beijing’s Tiananmen square and stated the party has achieved its first centenary goal of making China a moderately prosperous society.

China pulls itself out of poverty 100 years into its Revolution

As China celebrates the major milestone of 100 years of the Communist Party of China, it also marks the achievement of the complete eradication of absolute poverty

China achieves goal of eradicating absolute poverty

Over the last eight years, China has lifted a total of 98.99 million poor out of poverty.

China declares end of absolute poverty in the country a decade ahead of the UN schedule

Through state-led initiatives it has lifted more than 770 million people out of poverty since 1979, which accounts for more than 70% of total global poverty reduction