WFTU Solidarity Campaign with the people of Cuba
In accordance with the unanimous decision of the Presidential Council 2023, the World Federation of Trade Unions is organising a campaign of solidarity with the people of Cuba, on the occasion of 26 July, the anniversary of the assault on the Cuartel Moncada in Santiago de Cuba, spreading the strong internationalist message that Cuba is not alone.
July 26th marks the beginning of the revolutionary attempt to overthrow the dictator Fulgencio Batista, which gave hope to workers all over the world and showed that the people can defeat the exploiters and create a society free of exploitation. For decades, the Cuban people have been leading and still are a militant example in the struggle against imperialism...
On this day we commemorate the revolutionaries who fought to expel the enemies of the peoples, building for decades an iron proof that another society is possible. Their sacrifices must always be remembered and illuminate today the struggles of the working class all over the world against capitalist barbarism.
On this day we commemorate the revolutionaries who fought to expel the enemies of the peoples, building for decades an iron proof that another society is possible. Their sacrifices should always be remembered and illuminate today the struggles of the working class all over the world against capitalist barbarism.
Since the triumph of the Cuban revolution, the people of Cuba are still fighting against imperialism and its interventions, blockades and sanctions. The capitalists are raging against the revolutionary Cuba that shows that the workers can fight and win against them, that the working class can realise its historical cause and can build a society centred on the human being and free from the exploitation of man by man. A society that, despite sanctions and embargoes, sends aid, solidarity, doctors and medicine to other nations instead of troops and bombs. A society whose growth and development serve the needs of the people and not the speculation of multinationals. The heroic people of Cuba have overcome all adversities, difficulties, and attacks over the years and will continue to resist.
The WFTU denounces the new unacceptable attack of the European Parliament against Cuba. The new resolution of the European Parliament intensifies the EU's attempt to attack and undermine the achievements of the Cuban people, a people who have been suffering for more than 6 decades from the criminal blockade of US imperialism and its allies.
At the same time and while the class-conscious trade unions clearly and forcefully condemn the murderous blockade, siding with the Cuban people and expressing their unconditional support and solidarity, the ITUC and the ETUC, while hypocritically talking about human rights and freedoms, by their actions or silence, align themselves in practice with the imperialist interventions of the US and the EU against the unbending Cuban people.
The WFTU and its millions of workers join their voices to Cuba, demanding the immediate and unconditional end of the embargo and the return of Guantanamo to the Cuban people. The international class-based trade union movement unequivocally condemns the current suffocating embargo and the interventionist manoeuvres of the USA since the very beginning of the Cuban socialist revolution. We support the Cuban people in their struggle against these unacceptable actions with all our strength and energy, with all the means at our disposal.
We demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the criminal blockade that for 6 decades has been creating serious problems for the economy and the life of the Cuban people. We support the right of the Cuban people to decide for themselves, freely and democratically, about their present and their future, without the intervention of the imperialists.
We call on our affiliates around the world to express their solidarity and support by organising protests and demonstrations in front of US embassies and consulates under the slogans of the World Federation of Trade Unions:
Stop the blockade now!
The Secretariat