The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains

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The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains, a painting by Xu Beihong

Mao Tse-tung

June 11, 1945

[This is Mao Tse-tung’s (now, Mao Zedong) famous concluding speech at the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Journal of People posts this speech on the founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949; the day victory of the Chinese people’s revolution was formally announced.]Read More »

Serve the People

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Mao Tse-tung

September 8, 1944

[Mao Tse-tung (now, Mao Zedong) delivered this speech at a memorial meeting for Chang Szu-teh, held by departments directly under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The concept of “Serving the People” slogan and other slogans including “Never benefit oneself, always benefit others” and “Tireless struggle” became core principles of the Communist Party of China.

Journal of People posts this speech on the founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949; the day victory of the Chinese people’s revolution was formally announced.]Read More »

International community condemns hostile U.S. policy toward Cuba

Granma | September 30, 2019

Photo: MINREX

• September 27, 2018

Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 plus China in their periodic Ministerial Declaration once again denounced the U.S. blockade of Cuba.

• October 15, 2018

Sandinista deputies in the National Assembly and the Central American Parliament issued a statement condemning the blockade.

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Cuba vs blockade

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GranmaSeptember 27, 2019

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86th plenary meeting

Election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council [item 112(a)]

(a) By-election (A/71/896)

(b) Election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council
Photo: UN-Manuel Elias Photo: 5daysforthecuban5.com

Granma International shares facts and figures from Cuba’s report, presented by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, on Resolution 73/8 of the United Nations General Assembly

The significant negative impact of measures recently adopted by the U.S. to tighten the blockade is not reflected in the following account, since this escalation occurred after the time period analyzed.

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UK: Tory Party Conference ’19: Neoliberals want to rebrand themselves to get the public ‘pumped’ by their ideas

by Lamiat Sabin

Morning Star | September 30, 2019

Margaret Thatcher with Ronald Reagan at Claridges in London

NEOLIBERAL Tories held a debate today on how they could “rebrand” themselves to become as popular as Labour under Jeremy Corbyn.

Helena Horton, a Telegraph journalist who chaired the Conservative Party conference fringe meeting hosted by the Adam Smith Institute, said the first time she heard the word “neoliberal” it was employed as an insult by “someone on the left.”Read More »

Protesters in Lebanon demand ‘revolution’ as economic crisis deepens

Morning Star | September 29, 2019

Anti-government protesters gather while riot police officers close the road to the government house during a demonstration, in downtown Beirut

RIOT police were deployed in the Lebanese capital Beirut today as thousands of people took to the streets in protest at a deepening economic crisis.

Demonstrators were heard demanding “revolution” as they marched from Martyrs’ Square to the government headquarters.

Scuffles broke out between riot police and young people angry at the worsening economic conditions and what they said was widespread government corruption.Read More »

The White Helmets, Hala Systems and the Grotesque Militarization of “Humanitarianism” in Syria

by Vanessa Beeley

Mint Press | September 30, 2019

Hala White Helmets Feature photo

yria, August 2019 – reports came in that Russian warplanes had destroyed two terrorist-manned early warning radar posts in the Northern Hama countryside, known as the 20th post and the Eagle post.

According to an article published by South Front, these early warning posts are “tasked with monitoring flights of Russian and Syrian warplanes” and warn armed groups throughout Hama and Idlib of incoming airstrikes on their positions.Read More »

Venezuela Denounces Airspace Incursions by 54 US Spy Planes

teleSUR | September 30, 2019

The file shows a Lockheed P-3 Orion, a U.S. maritime patrol plane. |
The file shows a Lockheed P-3 Orion, a U.S. maritime patrol plane. | | Photo: Reuters

The Operational Strategic Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Ceofanb), Remigio Ceballos revealed the airspace violations through his Twitter account. 

The Venezuelan government denounced Sunday discovery of more than 54 spy planes of the United States in the country’s airspace throughout September.

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Mexico to UN: Peace Is Based on Politics, Not Force

teleSUR | September 28, 2019

Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard addressing the 74th U.N. General Assembly. Sept. 28, 2019
Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard addressing the 74th U.N. General Assembly. Sept. 28, 2019 | Photo: Reuters

Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard told the U.N. assembly that peace arrives through “non-intervention, people’s self-determination and pacific solutions.”

Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday that his country’s encourages the “pacific solutions to controversies” based on “non-intervention and people’s self-determination.

Ebrard explicitly advocated for continued dialogue in Venezuela between the government and opposition parties, and “rejects the U.S. blockade on Cuba and sanctions against (other) countries,” said the minister.

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