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Alicia Alonso – Cuba Solidarity Campaign statement on her passing
We mourn the sad passing on 17 October of the phenonemon that was Alicia Alonso, the godmother of Cuban ballet. Overcoming near blindness and numerous other obstacles that would have ended the careers of lesser people, Alicia Alonso (born 1921) became one of the greatest ballerinas and starred in the most famous ballets all over…
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“We are resilient, we will prevail!”
Labour Party Conference 2019 Report, Brighton “The blockade is a cruel policy intended to provoke unrest… the US think that they are the masters of the world – they are not – the people are!” declared Cuban Ambassador HE Teresita Vicente in a rallying speech to the CSC Labour Party fringe meeting on 23 September.…
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The Media War against Cuba Public meetings with Keith Bolender – November 2019
“It’s a journalist axiom that if it’s anti-Cuba, it has to be true.” Warren Hinckle The unrelenting stream of misinformation, myths, and outright lies against the Cuban Revolution has been one of the US government’s most effective forms of aggression: aided and abetted by a non-stop propaganda programme by the corporate media. With few exceptions…
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Latin America 2019 – an important date for your diaries
The 15th annual Adelante! Latin America Conference will take place on Saturday 23 November at Friends House, opposite Euston Station in London. More than 50 speakers from across the globe will address around 30 seminars and plenaries, discussing the current political and social realities in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the threat many face…
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"An extraordinary atmosphere of solidarity" at Cuba Solidarity Campaign TUC Congress Fringe
Over 150 delegates attended a packed, standing-room-only TUC Congress Cuba Solidarity Campaign fringe meeting. It was an energetic, rallying reception which celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the 80th anniversary to the CTC, Cuba’s TUC equivalent. “There is an extraordinary atmosphere of solidarity in this room tonight”, CTC General Secretary Ulises Guilarte…
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UNIONS FOR CUBA CONFERENCE – Celebrating 60 years of the Cuban Revolution and building trade union solidarity in Britain
Saturday 2 November 2019, 10am-5pm NEU Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD Join Cuban leaders from across the island, representing workers in health, education, transport, communications, energy, mining and public administration at the Unions for Cuba Conference in November. Book your tickets today Heading the delegation is Carmen Rosa López Rodríguez, Cuban MP and…
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Supporting LGBT+ Rights and the LGBT+ community in Cuba
Like many other Caribbean and Latin American countries, Cuba’s LGBT+ community have faced historical discrimination and homophobia and there is still work to be done to achieve equal rights for all. Hundreds of years of Spanish colonialism, the influence of the Catholic church, and a culture of machismo helped to entrench homophobic attitudes deep in…
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TUCBlack Workers in solidarity with Cuba
Roger McKenzie, UNISON Assistant General Secretary, chaired the CSC fringe meeting at the TUC Black Workers conference in April which took place shortly after the Trump administration had announced measures to tighten the blockade. Updating delegates on the new measures, he reminded them that despite their challenges the Cuban people have made many huge achievements,…
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UNISON salutes the Cuban people on the sixtieth anniversary of revolution
UNISON delegates saluted the Cuban people on the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution today, writes Marcus Barnett in the Morning Star. The trade union pledged solidarity against Donald Trump’s “cruel and illegal” blockade of Cuba at its annual conference and voted to campaign for an end to the US blockade of Cuba, which began…
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CSC congratulates Prensa Latina on 60th anniversary of its foundation
The executive committee of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign has sent a 60th anniversary message to Prensa Latina to congratulate the Cuban and Latin American news organisation on its establishment by Che Guevara in 1959. You can read about the history and founding of the Latin American news service, and an interview with its correspondent in…