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.

Imperial Japanese Ranks - Fascist Symbols

China: Japan Moves to Reinstate Fascist WWII Military Ranks Used to Commit War Crimes! (30.4.2026)

Lin said that many in Japan believe that by adopting a non-military-style rank system, Japan intended to make a clear cut with the wartime military in line with the spirit of the pacifist Constitution.

“It shows that the rank titles are absolutely not just a technical issue for Japan,” Lin stressed.

He said in recent years, however, Japan has been pushing for a more offensive, expansionist, and dangerous defense policy and has torn up its “pacifist” rulebook.

“We cannot but ask: Is Japan still indulged in a dream of reviving militarism? What exactly is this ‘sense of honor’ built on?” Lin asked.

The rise of neo-militarism in Japan is posing a real threat to world peace and stability, Lin said, adding that the Chinese people, together with anyone in the world who stand for justice, should stay on high alert and firmly safeguard the outcome of the WWII victory so that the tragedies of history will not repeat themselves.

John Mearsheimer, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago

US: Trump Stunned by Iranian Refusal to Surrender – Political Analyst! (17.3.2026)

So, here is the choice – a left-leaning Islamicist regime (that also attracts centrist and right-wing Islamic views) vs a right-leaning Zionist regime (funded by the US) – that is rejected by the left in the West. The analysis in the below article might be termed “secular” in the modern sense, as it attempts to materially (and impartially) assess the existential material conditions pertaining to the US-Israeli War on Iran. I say “impartial” – but of course this assessment is from a (capitalist) bourgeois perspective. It is as impartial as a US university can muster – and only then because there is a system-wde dissatisfaction with the Trump regime. Remember, Obama (the Democrat) threatened Iran with a military invasion, and the destruction of Iran is as popular with the Democrats as it is with the Republicans. The type of discontent being expressed below is really about attacking Trump and his decisions. If a different leader was in power in the US – who had not attacked the US education system – most US universities would be pumping-out pro-war ideology by now. Press TV, of course, appears to be a UK based, left-leaning Islamicist-friendly channel supported by disaffected leftists (and former Labour MPs) – that pursues its own amorphous (but slightly Trotskyite) agenda. Marxist-Leninists must learn to “see through” the propaganda (left and right) and extract the required material details from it. This is one of our required survival skills – living within the capitalist system.

A file photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, then a real estate developer, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida in 1997

UK: Shocking BBC Placation of Alleged Trump-Epstein Sex Crimes Against Under-Age Girls! (7.3.2026)

Since WWII, this clique has its headquarters in Washington (prior to WWII it was in London). Now, I have watched news articles made by independent journalists who have interviewed women who allege that Donald Trump sexually abused them under Epstein’s gaze when they were in their young teens (I believe 13-14). One of these girls has subsequently committed suicide due to the continuous threats and abuse she has suffered from the supporters of Donald Trump – whilst the other is in hiding for her own safety. Even the journalist who broke this story is now in hiding. As if all this was not cause for concern considering the fascistic-right in the US has elected this man as President yet again – the BBC blatantly “lies” when it falsely states “no girls have come forward” claiming Trump sexually abused them. Everything I have said here – can be found on the internet with just a few clicks. Consider that various celebrities have lost their careers merely from vague associations with sex pests – and no direct evidence they did anything wrong themselves. Why, then, does the BBC take to tone it does? I suspect 10 Downing Street has been on the ‘phone and delivered the latest script that Starmer prefers. After-all, last weekend the Labour Parry authorised groups of Iranian immigrants to prance around the centres of British cities waving the illegal Shah of Iran flag – being allowed to celebrate the West’s attack on the Islamic Republic. Perhaps Starmer thinks Reump must be protected until the job is done.

Diosdado Cabello, Secretary General of the PSUV Con El Mazo Dando

Venezuela: General Secretary Diosdado Cabello Rondón [PSUV]: No Surrender – Standing Firm Against US Imperial Aggression & the Kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro! (8.1.2026)

. The phrase “Con el Mazo Dando” translates as “Hitting with a Sledge-Hammer” – signifying the devastating (dialectical) use of words as a rhetorical weapon in ideological education and communication. Diosdado Cabello Rondón is the General Secretary of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) – and in the below article states that over 100 people were murdered throughout Venezuela by the US Terrorist Acts – and that President Maduro was injured in the leg whilst Cilia Flores received head wounds (this explains why Cilia has not been seen). It is interesting to learn that Maduro insisted on walking (like the man he is) albeit with a limp – whilst his wife – being seriously hurt, demanded that she be kept with her husband wherever he goes. It is thought that this action saved the life of Maduro as Trump would have preferred that loose-end cleaned-up permanently. The point is that Venezuela is a Socialist country through and through and that no one supports Trump’s illegal actions.

Trunp Joins Kim in Opposing Neo-Nazi Ukraine!

UN: US Joins North Korea in Opposing Neo-Nazi Ukraine – UK Supports Zelensky! (26.2.2025)

North Korea has been a perpetual victim of the US – and was not treated particularly well by an indifferent Russia up until 2022 – the time of Russia’s entry into Donbass. Since that time, the DPRK has sided with modern (capitalist) Russia on every count – as if this Russia is Joseph Stalin’s USSR – the country that wrestled the territory of North Korea away from the occupying Imperial Japanese in 1945. After Khrushchev’s usurpation of power in 1956 – and his demonisation of Stalin – relations between the USSR and the DPRK decidedly cooled. After 1991, this relationship virtually ceased to exist. Oddly, during Trump’s first tenure, there was a stunted thaw between the US and the DPRK, which was thwarted by the American Deep State. Today, not only is the DPRK rumoured to be supplying troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine – but the US is siding with the DPRK at the UN! Perhaps we are seeing the unfolding of a very dangerous game that is nothing like what it seems on the surface.

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