Author: Natasha Hickman
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Cuban trade unions invite you to join them for May Day – Together we shall win!
The Cuban Workers’ Federation (CTC) has issued a worldwide call for trade unions and solidarity organisations to join its virtual celebration of International Workers’ Day on Saturday 1 May 2021. Joining with the Cuban Institute for Friendship between the Peoples (ICAP) and other mass membership organisations of Cuba, the CTC will host an International Forum…
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Remembering the Martyrs of Humboldt 7
Fructuoso Rodriguez, Juan Pedro Carbo, Jose Machado and Joe Westbrook Fructuoso Rodriguez, Juan Pedro Carbo, Jose Machado and Joe Westbrook were four young university students who took part in the attack on dictator Fulgencio Batista’s presidential palace on 13 March 1957. (For those who have visited Havana, this is the building which now houses the…
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The first defeat of imperialism in Latin America – Bay of Pigs 60
Sixty years ago, Cuba defeated a US-backed invading force at the Bay of Pigs. Not only did it mark the ‘first defeat of imperialism in America’, but for the Cuban people it marked the beginning of six decades of heroic defence of their Revolution On 15 April 1961, simultaneous air strikes were launched against three…
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Cuba Moves Into the Post-Castro Era
Source: The Nation | Click here for original article On the 60th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, many US officials still can’t seem to accept a socialist country “under their very noses.” By Peter Kornbluh Exactly 60 years ago, as the CIA-led invasion force approached the Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro declared Cuba…
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What the Imperialists cannot forgive – Fidel Castro's speech in advance of the Bay of Pigs invasion
Source: | Click here for original article Following the attack on Cuban airfields on 15 April 1961 to prepare the way for the Bay of Pigs invasion two days later, Fidel Castro’s gave a speech on 16 April to honor the seven Cubans killed during the attack. During the speech he talked publicly for the…
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Connie Fraser – Brighton CSC
Constance Cecilia Fraser, known as Con or Connie to her friends: 25.10.1921 – 26.03.2021 My wonderful mother, Con Fraser, sadly died at 10.25pm on the evening of Friday 26th March 2021, at the age of 99. She left us peacefully, in no apparent pain or discomfort. I was with her at the end. How to…
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US terrorism sponsor listing further complicates Cuba banking
Source: Reuters | Click here for original article Former President Donald Trump’s decision to put Cuba back on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism just before he left office threw up fresh obstacles to international banking with the island, according to five Havana-based foreign businessmen and diplomats. The businessmen and diplomats, all of…
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John Moore – Coventry and Warwickshire Branch
It is with deep regret I have to tell CSC members that our friend and comrade John Moore passed away on Tuesday 16th March aged 92. John studied at Oxford University in the late forties and early fifties being a contemporary of Rupert Murdoch and Shirley Brittain (Williams). John said in those days Murdoch erred…
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Paying the Debt to Africa: On the 46th Anniversary of Cuba’s Operación Carlota
Source: Counterpunch | Click here for original article “The Cuban people hold a special place in the hearts of the peoples of Africa. The Cuban internationalists have made a contribution to African independence, freedom and justice, unparalleled for its principled and selfless character…Cubans came to our region as doctors, teachers, soldiers, agricultural experts, but never…
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The Cuban who saved Havana
Eusebio Leal Spengler, tributed with rescuing the Cuban capitol from decay, died aged 77 in August 2020. Leal was City Historian of Havana, the ‘City of Columns’, as Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier liked to call it. A Doctor of Historical Sciences (University of Havana), he was a specialist in archaeological science and internationally recognised for…