Cuban Ambassador to speak at Manchester May Day Festival

Manchester

Sunday, 29 April 2018, 12:15pm

UNISON North West is organising the International Zone at the Manchester May Day Festival.

Sunday 29 April: Palestine, Spanish Civil War, Cuba, Venezuela

It takes place at the Mechanics Institute, Manchester M1 6DD from 12.15.

There is a great line up of speakers:

12:15- 13:15 - Eyewitness Palestine: Daily life in the rural West Bank

John Hobson, Barrister

13:30 - 14:30 -The Legacy of the Spanish Civil War and the International Brigades

Begoña del Castillo, International Secretary, CCOO trade union, Madrid

Dolores Long, daughter of Sam Wild, Commander of the British Battalion at the Battle of the Ebro

14:45 - 15:45 - Latin America under attack: Cuba and Venezuela

Her Excellency Ambassador of Cuba to the UK, Teresita Vicente

Her Excellency Ambassador of Venezuela to the UK, Rocio Maneiro

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