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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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"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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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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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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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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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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“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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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…
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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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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…