by Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United Kingdom
IF YOU were wondering where the Neanderthal branch of our species ended up, the answer lies in those populating the recent Republican National Convention, on stage and off.
Watching the line-up of stiff, make-up-caked, too perfectly coiffed speakers was like seeing what would happen if Mattel went bad. This was Ken and Barbie controlled by evil AI puppetmasters.
Amid all the disbelief-inducing, teleprompt-recited false rhetoric, the most risible was the drumbeat of doom that a Democratic government led by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would plunge us into Marxist mayhem.
CJ ATKINS takes a closer look at Trump’s recent spate of red-baiting speeches and asks why the authoritarian president is running scared
The real ‘humanitarian threat’ isn’t Cuba but the United States, where poverty, lack of healthcare and illiteracy abound, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The selection, analysis and interpretation of historical ‘facts’ always takes place within a paradigm, a model of how the world works. That’s why history is always a battleground, declares the Marx Memorial Library
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER



