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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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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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International Workers' Day - 2026

China: May 1st – International Workers’ Day – Celebrating the Empowerment of Women & Girls! (1.5.2026)

Zhong, 49, who is also a deputy to the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, and an inheritor of the She ethnic martial arts, said: “Only a thriving village can preserve the She ethnic martial arts.”

Under her leadership, roads were repaired, streetlamps installed, and tourism facilities upgraded. Instead of moving away, many villagers became homestay hosts or martial arts performers. Thanks to rural tourism centered on the She ethnic martial arts, the village’s revenue jumped from 200,000 yuan ($28,000) in 2021 to 500,000 yuan in 2024.

According to the 2022 progress monitoring report of the Outline for Women’s Development in China (2021-30), women accounted for 54.3 percent of neighborhood committee members and 41.3 percent of neighborhood committee directors, as well as 26.1 percent of village committee members and 10.9 percent of village committee directors.

Data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed that in 2022, there were 489,000 village committees, with a total of 2.154 million village committee members. And there were 118,000 neighbourhood committees, comprising 663,000 neighbourhood committee members.

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Vietcong Tunnel Fighter - AK-47 & Folded Bayonet

Email: Material [Military] Science & Religious Belief! (30.3.2026)

The Americans learned in the 1770s that there is a material reality to warfare and that this has nothing to do with religion. The Americans developed better cannons to kill as many English Red Coats “at a distance” – so that their inexperienced “volunteer” force could better handle these tough working-class Englishmen hand-to-hand. The evidence suggests that the brutal discipline practiced by the Red Coats still made this process very difficult and very different to the films. The Red Coats carried-on marching in formation despite significant losses – each soldier doggedly “locking forward” and never to the left and right (which often involved huge holes in the lines). Interestingly, both the Union and Confederacy sought to replicate these levels of bravery in their own respective armies – one of the reasons I find this era of history to be quite fascinating. What the Confederacy lacked in material support – it more than make-up for this deficiency in the personal bravery of its soldiers. Of course, soldiers can hold a religious view that assists them in bearing the hardships associated with war (the Imperial Japanese Forces of WWII is often cited as an example – the “Kamikaze” for instance) – but the Soviet Red Amy possessed NO official religion during WWII – and yet its soldiers prevailed over the ruthless material science fielded by Nazi Germany – and the religiosity of the Japanese. America can be defeated but this is usually on the political level – as resistance to war amongst the voters becomes greater than the will to pursue the war. 

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US War Crime in Iraq (1991) - the Road to Basra!

Email: Why Hasn’t the US Already Beaten Iran? (26.3.2026)

US should prevail. Even if there is a cease-fire – Iran will be incredibly weakened and ready for the taking at a later date. This is what the amassing of material power by the US has produced when coupled with the unchecked spread of US political power. There is no mystical power hiding in the shadows that will one-day suddenly present itself and magically alter the material reality of the world. No. Only material power changes material power. This is how the Soviet Communist Party built-up the Red Army and was able to counter the material power of the Nazi German regime – despite suffering huge initial set-backs and tremendous losses. Indeed, despite the horrendous losses the Soviets experienced (41 million dead and wounded) – the Red Army was able to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan – and managed to hold-off an aggressive West in Berlin. It is surprising that Iran has lasted as long as it has – but this an asymmetric war which Iran is winning tactically – but losing strategically.

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Voting In Socialist Countries Happens Far More Regularly Than in Capitalist Countries!

DPRK: Comrade Kim Jong Un Votes in Election of 15th Supreme People’s Assembly Deputies – Encourages Workers at Chonsong Youth Coal Mine! (19.3.2026)

The election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK took place at all the constituencies across the country on March 15 when the whole country was overflowing with the people’s joy and excitement of greeting the historic day which would serve as an occasion to further consolidate the people-centred socialist system of Korean style and provide a powerful sovereign guarantee for the comprehensive development of the state.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, visited the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine under the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-mining Complex to vote at the polling station of the Sub-constituency No. 48 under the Constituency No. 150 for the election of SPA deputies.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the polling station, the coal miners and residents there broke into enthusiastic cheers, representing their boundless emotion and delight of being honoured to have him, whom they longed to see even in their dreams, at their constituency on the meaningful election day which would serve as an occasion to consolidate the supreme power of the DPRK as firm as a rock with the hands of the people according to their will.

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