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Unions raise £100,000+ for blockade-busting medical aid for CubaUnions
(Posted by Morning Star)
(Posted by Morning Star)
(Article by UK Member of Parliament Kim Johnson posted at Morning Star)
On September 23, I’m delighted to be speaking at a the north-west Cuba Vive Rally at the Casa in my home constituency of Liverpool Riverside.
Alongside the Cuban ambassador, parliamentary colleagues Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Richard Burgon and trade union leaders, I will be helping to raise awareness and funds to send life-saving medical aid to Cuba.
Brighton, 9 September.- Ambassador Ismara Vargas Walter addressed at a fringe
meeting dedicated to solidarity with Cuba during the 156th Annual Conference of the
British Trades Union Congress (TUC). At the meeting, held on 9 September 2024 in
Brighton, the Ambassador reiterated her deep gratitude to the TUC and British trade
unions for their support and solidarity with the Cuban people and workers. In particular,
she expressed his gratitude for the efforts and support of solidarity in the UK towards
London, 2 September. A screening of the Humberto Solas’ film Lucía (1968) took place yesterday in Leeds as part of an event organised by Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) and Cinema Pending in that British city.
Vienna, September 3 - The Austria-Cuba Friendship Association reaffirmed its strong commitment to our country during the Volksstimmefest, a celebration promoted by the Austrian Communist Party newspaper, traditionally held on the first weekend of September.
Cuba Is Not And Will Never Be Alone
Basseterre, July 15, 2022: When the day of solidarity with Cuba is celebrated internationally, friends of our country and Cubans living in St. Kitts and Nevis reaffirm their commitment to support the Greater Antilles and denounce the unjust policies promoted by the United States government against them.
Kingston, Jamaica, July 12, 2022. Fifty Jamaican friends and friends from other latitudes, members of the State Mission and Cubans residing in Jamaica met at the Embassy of Cuba on the afternoon of this Monday, July 11, to celebrate the resistance and heroism of the Cuban people in the fight against Covid 19 and against the blockade and hostility of imperialism towards the Greater Antilles.
The Member of the Party Central Committee, chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee and leader of the Vietnam Cuba Friendship Association, Vu Hai Ha, expressed Vietnamese Party, State and people will continue to consolidate the special relations of friendship and solidarity with Cuba, during a fraternal visit to the Embassy of the Caribbean country on the eve of Cuba's National Day.
London, 9 August 2021- The Cuba Solidarity Campaign in the United Kingdom held a virtual event on Monday entitled "What´s going on in Cuba? And why the US blockade needs to end now!" Among its panellists were the Cuban Ambassador to the UK, Barbara Montalvo; British MPs Grahame Morris, also chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba, and Richard Burgon; the General Secretary of the Unite Trade Union (the biggest of its kind in the UK), Len McCluskey; Bolivian reporter, Ollie Vargas, and Cuban journalist, Cristina Escobar.
Just Remove the Blockade
It is hypocritical of US President Biden to ask the Cuban Government to listen to the protesters, a few weeks after the US and Israel rejected the UN General Assembly Resolution (a vote of 184 countries out of 189) for the US to end the illegal economic blockade on Cuba.
The Philippines-Cuba Cultural and Friendship Association or PhilCuba believes that the statements of the Biden government, Senator Marco Rubio, and the former State Secretary Pompeo, calling for support for the Cuban people are like “crocodile tears.”
