Left Review Online April 19, 2021
Havana. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) elected the President of the Republic Miguel Diaz-Canel as its First Secretary. The new Central Committee elected on Sunday by the delegates attending the 8th PCC Congress also elected the members of the Political Bureau and the...More
US President Joe Biden has invited 40 heads of state to the Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22 and 23. This has heated up the global competition over the low-carbon economy. This new competition could even be called "a new global green and low-carbon economy war." As...More
Kathmandu. Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' said that education is the foundation of development. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Diwakar Memorial Polytechnic Institute, comrade Prachanda, former Prime Minister and Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), said that he is continually working on the total development...More
Havana. Shortly before four in the afternoon this Sunday, the voting to elect the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba began at the Havana Convention Center, in its 8th Congress. The First Secretary, Raúl Castro, was the first to vote. The Central Committee...More
Havana. Presided by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and José Ramón Machado Ventura, first and second secretaries of the Central Committee of the Party, respectively, in addition to Political Bureau members Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic, and Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of...More
The latest mixed messages from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concerning certain core issues such as Taiwan, Xinjiang and the coronavirus show that the Biden administration has been facing challenges in clearly defining its China policy, struggling to keep a hard-line stance to respond to domestic anti-China...More
As the global economy enters a critical point of post-pandemic recovery, Malaysia has shown intention to speed up its 5G network construction, which is expected to greatly help the country win advantages in the market, but the move is also conducive for the whole regional economy in post-COVID...More
Voices that accuse New Zealand of not being tough enough on China-related issues have been lately emerging in Western countries, especially Australia. New Zealand was even referred to as the "soft underbelly" of the Five Eyes alliance in a report written by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service as...More
Havana. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Friday recognized the leadership of its counterpart in Cuba (PCC), through a message regarding the 8th Congress of that organization. In recent years, the PCC has led the Cuban people to achieve important results in economic...More
Evoking the thinking of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, who defined the Party as “the soul of the Revolution,” the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, began today in the capital's Convention Center, presided by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Party...More
President Kim Il Sung is among the students taking part in the construction of Pyongyang in June 1957. On the Day of the Sun, the Korean people feel deep yearning for President Kim Il Sung who always found himself among them and held them in high esteem. His...More
I wish to convey my sincerest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of my friend and legal counsel William Ramsey Clark who passed away last April 9, 2021. I have the highest regard for him as a champion of human rights, a staunch defender of the people’s...More
The Japanese government "is poised to" release polluted water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, according to Kyodo News. Such an extremely irresponsible act has been strongly criticized by China and other neighboring countries of Japan. However, most major Western media outlets have remained...More
President Kim Il Sung regarded children as the kings or queens of the country, loved them fervently and made them the happiest in the world. This has not been found yet in any other country. The Pyongyang Students and Children’s Palace is the epitome of his love for...More
The situation around the Taiwan Straits has kept escalating. Within the US strategic circle, the debate of whether the US should abandon its decades-long policy of "strategic ambiguity" is going on. According to the US media, some advisors are calling for the US to make a clearer commitment...More