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"Solidarity is only offered when there is conviction and when there is a position of non-selfishness." Photos Alina Luciano Reyes

Cuba: President Miguel Díaz Canel: “Whoever Rises-Up for the Cuban People – Rises-Up for All Time – What is Being Done to Cuba Can Be Done to Anyone!” (4.7.2026)

LDJ: Taking into account this recent history of aggression against Venezuela, against Iran, while these negotiations were taking place, is there fear in Cuba that, at the same time that they are trying to dialogue with the United States, they are plotting?

MDC: There is a perception in Cuba that there is a danger of aggression. A danger of aggression, because they are constantly saying it. We are not saying it, they are saying it.

We have mobilized the population for defense. Every Friday is National Defense Day. The people are preparing. We have updated all the plans for the defense readiness.

We have the example of what it means to know how to defend oneself: the 32 combatants in Venezuela. Those did fight. They were able to stop the action of an elite force of the United States that surpassed them in technology, in numbers, in weapons and, in addition, because of the element of surprise. And yet, they fought heroically. There were thirty-two of them. What will not become of millions of Cubans willing to defend their homeland, to defend the Revolution?

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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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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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DPRK: Internationalist Flower Baskets Arrive in Pyongyang! (1.3.2026)

Many communist parties of the former USSR have sent him floral bouquets, notably those of Armenia 🇦🇲, Moldova 🇲🇩, Georgia 🇬🇪, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Transnistria and Tajikistan 🇹🇯, as well as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union that unites them all.

So too the PD of Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶, the Communist Parties of Germany 🇩🇪, Portugal 🇵🇹 and Bulgaria 🇧🇬, the Socialist Workers’ Party and the World Workers’ Party 🇺🇸, the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) 🇨🇦, the Romanian Socialist Party 🇷🇴, the FLN 🇩🇿, the FRELIMO 🇲🇿, Juche study groups, associations of friendship with the DPRK, and individual personalities.

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Venezuela - Swod of Freedom!

Venezuela; “We Are the Sons of Bolivar!” (26.11.2025)

Bolívar Lives! because everything bears his name and his strength, and in perfect popular-military-police fusion, we reaffirm that he is The Liberator of the 21st century.

If we have and inherit anything from the sun, it is that we are the sons and daughters of the “Liberators of the Peoples of the Sun.”

We are obliged to grow in this moment! There are no excuses for anyone, failure is forbidden! The Homeland demands our greatest effort and sacrifice, and if the Homeland demands, then it will have our lives, if necessary.

We took the oath of the Flag and the Sword of freedom and unity, for the Bolivarian perpetual Peace and in the name of God, Almighty Father, for the victory of Venezuela against the threats and aggressions of imperialism.

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Market Overton - 17th Century Window!

Market Overton: 17th Century Window! (6.11.2025)

What is now the dining area – where I set-up my study space – was probably once part of the garden. Therefore, the window itself was once considered the height of building technology. In those days, draughts from blowing winds were a major issue. The frame of this window is firmly embedded in the wall-structure so that no wind can penetrate. The cement and plaster hold it robustly in place – whilst its relatively small surface area allows for strength and stability. As glass was not as strong then as it is now – the panes of glass used were far-smaller – with each held in-place by its own frame. Furthermore, and a feature I like, is the central pane that possesses a stout hinging and opening and shutting mechanism. Even today – this design still retains much of its original strength – whilst being now inside the house means it is now better preserved.

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