Category: Campaign News
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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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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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“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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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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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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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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"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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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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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…