Category: Human Interest

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Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the closing of the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, at the Convention Center, on May 2, 2026, "Year of the Centennial of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz."

Cuba: May Day Speech Delivered at the Closing of the International Meeting of Solidarity! (3.5.2026)

When it is said that we are an extraordinary and unusual threat to the United States – and we are sure that this is not the feeling of the American people, that is the pretext used by the American government to attack us – one wonders: What is the threat, what is extraordinary about that threat, what is unusual about that threat, when Cuba is a country of peace, when Cuba is a country that has served as the setting for the main peace dialogues in the Latin American and Caribbean region, when Cuba was the place where the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church came to meet to resolve the schism they had maintained for more than fifteen hundred years?

I try to answer that question every day, but, as Bruno explains, there is no pretext, there is no reason to justify military aggression against Cuba. Well, that “extraordinary and unusual threat” may be the example of resistance and creativity of the Cuban people.

When we talk about solidarity, I think we are talking about three elements that distinguish the value of international solidarity:

One is the tenderness of the peoples, because among all of us we have learned to share something that Fidel taught us, and that is that we do not give out of solidarity what we have left over, but we give what we have to share it among all.

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Lungrik Namgyal (R) poses for a photo with the 11th Panchen Lama. (File photo)

China: It Takes Time to Repair the US Lies About Tibet! (3.5.2026)

Mind you, he once chaired a meeting a Ruskin House in Croydon asking the bizarre question as to whether the USSR was “right” to fight the Nazi Germans during WWII – with the Trotskyite bias that it was not! And on and on it goes. Of course, it is the young who are vulnerable to this type of dishonesty on the left – as it drives them to the right. Not only that, but the current left is riddled with White dominance and perpetuates just as much racism as the right – whilst denying it is doing so. The corrupt left likes to pretend that whilst the White middle-class dominate it – the racism it displays does not exist. All lies of the highest calibre. Again, if you read Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Ho, and Che, etc, none of this is new and we must all battle every generation to make genuine Marxist-Leninism available for each new generation. The Morning Star eulogises the mirky world of professional boxing when everyone knows it is a thoroughly exploitative vehicle for the rich to pay the poor to beat each other up for the entertainment of the latter. The CPB continuously demands that its members support the bourgeois Labour Party – which proscribed the Communist Party in 1921. Trotsky would not only turn in his grave – but build a three-storey extension to celebrate this ridiculous revisionnism!

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Cuba Grants Free Housing to All!

Cuba: Two Mothers Benefit from First “Container Modular Homes” in Havana! (3.5.2026)

The inauguration of the first two modular homes from maritime containers completed in Havana, where awards were given to the executing entities, were also attended by the members of the Political Bureau, Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister; Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee; Army Corps General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, Minister of the Interior; and Major General José Amado Ricardo Guerra, secretary of the Council of Ministers, among other authorities.

Both houses, one adjacent to the other, are different designs and equipped with different materials, in their construction were used remnants of investment processes from tourism and technologies developed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces, whose minister, Army Corps General Álvaro López Miera, also a member of the Political Bureau, supervised the completion of the works earlier.

In the simple ceremony, the head of the Government of the Republic, Manuel Marrero Cruz, recalled the genesis of the programme, triggered by suggestions from the Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez and which resulted in the reuse of the maritime containers in which the parts and pieces of the photovoltaic solar panel parks sent by the People’s Republic of China are imported.

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Qigong Must Conform to Modern Medical Knowledge!

China: Crackdown on False Advertising in Online Food Sales Launched! (2.5.2026)

In the 1980s, following the transition away from hard-line Marxist-Leninism (termed “opening-Up” in modern China discourse) – there was something referred to as the “Qigong Craze” which saw people perpetuating all types of practices and making all kinds of outrageous claims. One claim stated that if children and adults held a particular stance for a few minutes a day – they would lose weight without having to alter their dietry habits (an unscientific position). This loosening-up of ideological control led to the resurgence of all types of feudal ignorance – which the CPC has been re-educating out of the system ever since. This probably fits-in with Deng Xiaoping’s idea that it does not matter what colour the cat is – providing it catches the mouse. Of course, Deng was purged a few times by Mao Zedong before he finally rose to power – and I am sure the mouse would care profoundly about being caught by the cat (but would agree that the colour of the cat is superfluous if you happen to be an anxious mouse). The problem with commerce (advertising) is that it allows for exploitation if the system is not tightly controlled. The more outrageous the claim – the more attention the product attracts (attention equals sales). In the so-called “free market” (a market “free” of responsibility to the systemic well-being of its citizens) the market decides its own level moderated by law (such as in the capitalist countries). The CPC encourages commerce on the one-hand – whilst firmly regulates it on the other – it is the latter aspect which differs from the capitalist system as profit is redirected (continuously redistributed) back into the Socialist State. Wanting to make more profit than is required is the risk inherent in all commerce. Personal gain, if beyond a modest amount, runs the risk of corruption in China – although some people have become rich and remained firmly within the law.

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UK: Soviet T-34/76 & T-34/85 Model Tank! (1.5.2036)

Interestingly, the plastic model mimics the metal kits that used to arrive in the factories in Stalingrad to be constructed by the workers – which included Disabled people. Tank crews would often train on wooden models and wait by the factory doors for each new tank to appear. These brave men and women would then drive directly to the frontline to confront the Nazi Germans. We will paint these models and add scenery and Soviet Red Army soldiers.

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MOD: WWII (1939-1945) Medal Allocation for Alfred Gregory Wyles (1916-1976)

UK: How the Latest Generation Misuse the Freedom Earned By Others on D-Day! (1.5.2026)

My father’s latest post is linked to the picture of his Dad – who landed in the first wave during D-Day. The UK has collapsed and lost its way. This Labour government is the incarnation of evil – indeed it is nothing but sinister. We are expected to watch our long history and our culture collapse around us and say nothing out of fear of being persecuted by a despotic government. Well, test our mettle if you dare. he way things are going I can see a disaster upon the horizon. Fear not, for I am not afraid. It is from this defiance that hope will be reborn. All despotic regimes eventually topple. Thank you to my father who taught me to be brave, not give a damn, and always move forward! Look at the medals my grandfather won – I owe it to him to keep fighting for what is right.

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