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TUC Congress reception: Cuba under blockade: Fighting sanctions and building solidarity
We invite all delegates and visitors to TUC Congress to join us for the CSC fringe meeting: 🇨🇺 Cuba under blockade: Fighting sanctions and building solidarity 🇨🇺 🕰 Monday 11 September, 5:30/End of session ðŸ“? Room 11b, Liverpool ACC -Bárbara Montalvo Álvarez – Cuban Ambassador to the UK -Kevin Courtney – Chair of Cuba Solidarity…
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"It’s crucial to maintain and strengthen our solidarity" – Unite Conference sends its support to Cuba
Citing Unite’s proud history of solidarity with Cuba – from the campaign to free the Miami Five to fundraising for material aid – Michelle Smith, Vice-Chair of Unite’s Executive Committee called on all Unite members and branches to get involved with the Cuba Solidarity Campaign. “It’s crucial to maintain and strengthen our solidarity”, she said.…
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26 July and the birth of the Revolution
Tariq Anderson writes on the significance of the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack on its 70th anniversary Cuba is a nation that finds no difficulty in remembering and commemorating its past, and this year sees a number of anniversaries that, in part, tell the modern story of the country and its enduring struggle to free itself…
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“Your support and solidarity really does make a difference” UNISON President tells conference
Removing Cuba from the US government’s state sponsors of terrorism list will be a priority for the Cuba Solidarity Campaign over the coming months, CSC Director Rob Miller told attendees at our fringe meeting at UNISON NDC in June. UNISON North West Regional Secretary and Assistant General Secretary Kevan Nelson chaired the meeting, which featured…
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"Solidarity is what being a trade unionist is all about" – GMB Congress sends its support to Cuba
Denise Walker, Regional Secretary of GMB North West and Irish region, urged all GMB members to show their solidarity with Cuba at our fringe meeting at GMB Congress in Brighton. Denise spoke alongside Dean Ismay, a young GMB member who visited Cuba in 2019 as part of our Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade, as…
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‘As harshly as Cuba has been attacked, the greater the solidarity Cuba has found’
The Cuban ambassador to Britain, Barbara Alvarez, visited Scotland last week, a place where the Cuban struggle has enjoyed solid support for many years. She would visit the Scottish Parliament — the first in the world to debate the plight of the Miami Five — and its Cuba cross-party group brilliantly led by former MSP…
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“We’ll be with you until the blockade is lifted” – Friends of Cuba celebrate at ambassador's reception
On June 12, Her Excellency Bárbara Montalvo Álvarez, the Cuban Ambassador, hosted the annual ’Friends of Cuba’ reception at her residence in London. The reception is a thank you to regular donors for their support for Cuba and the Cuba Solidarity Campaign. As well as invited ‘Friends of Cuba’, special guests included MPs Jeremy Corbyn,…
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“We will keep going and, with your support, we will never give up
Members, local group activists, executive committee members and many more came to Hamilton House in London on 10 June for the Cuba Solidarity Campaign’s Annual General Meeting. Assistant General Secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) Ros McNeil opened proceedings, to welcome CSC to the NEU headquarters. She emphasised her union’s continued support in the…
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Vilma Espín: "On our feet and not on our knees"
In 1961, Vilma Espín attended the Latin-American Conference for National Sovereignty, Economic Emancipation and Peace, convened by the former Mexican President, Lázaro Cárdenas. Bringing together leftist leaders from across the hemisphere, this conference drew international attention to the grim conditions in Latin America, denounced the US’s imperialist activities, and defended the Cuban Revolution. Below is…
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CSC 2023 Blockade Buster Raffle winners
The grand draw of the CSC 2023 Blockade Buster Raffle took place Saturday 10 June at the CSC AGM in London, with the help of Lissette Rubio Mederos, education specialist visiting from Cuba, a guest speaker at the AGM. The raffle raised nearly £14,000 for the Campaign and we would like to thank all our…