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“We will not stop working to achieve our goal of a more just and equitable society” – Labour Party Conference report
Guests at a busy CSC fringe event on the final night Labour Party Conference heard about the current difficulties Cuba is facing, how Cubans are continuing to resist in the face of overwhelming pressure and what people across the labour movement can do to help bring about an end to the blockade. Frances Leach, the…
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Community at the heart of education
NEU delegates report back from their thought provoking trip to Cuba On the same day that teachers and education workers in the National Education Union (NEU) voted almost unanimously to reject the UK government’s latest pay offer, over 150 delegates at the NEU’s annual conference in Harrogate packed into a meeting room to attend CSC’s…
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Chair of US Foreign Relations Committee sends positive message on US Cuba policy
Ben Cardin, recently appointed as chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), has responded to questions from a CSC member on his approach to US Cuba relations. On 28 November, Senator Cardin wrote a full and far reaching letter which made clear his commitment to ‘an open and Bilateral relationship’ between the two…
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Denying the blockade of Cuba is madness
TO suggest that “Cuba is not suffering under a blockade,” as Ileana Fuentes of the Center for a Free Cuba did in a letter to the Morning Star (November 19), flies in the face of basic facts and mainstream global opinion. Even a cursory look at the nature of US policy towards Cuba over the…
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People’s court makes judgement against US Blockade
A report on the International Tribunal on the United States blockade of Cuba by Bernard Regan, who attended on behalf of CSC. You can read the final ruling of the Tribunal here. An International Tribunal on the United States blockade of Cuba was held in the European Parliament in Brussels on 16th and 17th November.…
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OFF THE LIST Remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. Write to the US ambassador today.
The Cuba Solidarity Campaign calls on members and supporters to take action to remove Cuba from the US State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list as part of an international campaign to reach one million signatures to pressure the US government. WRITE TO THE US AMBASSADOR TODAY Shortly after his election, President Trump launched a draconian…
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Arriva la Educación! Aid arrives in Cuban schools
Much-needed educational materials, bought with funds raised by the Viva la Educación appeal, are arriving in the island’s schools and colleges. Shortly after the new Cuban academic year began in September 2023, students and teachers were receiving some of the hundreds of thousands of educational items distributed across Cuba thanks to the Viva la Educación…
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Latin America Conference 2024 – Book your tickets today
Come to the Latin America Conference 2024 to find out first-hand about the latest developments in the region and how we can offer solidarity. Saturday 27 January 2024 10am-5pm Venue: Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD (Nearest tube: Euston/Kings Cross) Tickets £10 waged/ £8 unwaged. Book online at bit.ly/LA24ticket Or call 020 7490 5715…
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Cuba under blockade: Fighting sanctions and building solidarity – report from TUC Congress
In his first public speech as Chair of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign at our fringe meeting at TUC, Kevin Courtney condemned the US government’s designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism and described it as ‘Kafka-eque’. Sarah Woolley, General Secretary of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) chaired the meeting, which…
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Play for Cuba instruments arrive
The Play for Cuba appeal was a mammoth effort by hundreds of CSC members, friends and affiliates and members of the National Education Union (NEU). Efforts that are well rewarded by images and letters recently received from students using the instruments in Cuba. When every item finally arrived in Cuba to be counted and listed…