Viewing from August 2025
Against Cuba, a Fetid, Arbitrary, and Despotic Obsession
News from Cuba | Thursday, 31 July 2025
In the port of Havana, there is a ship with tons of rice, anchored and waiting to unload. It may not get to unload, because in order to do so, it must receive a signal from the commercial center that hired it, indicating that it has received $60,000 in payment. ... read more
Will the Trump Administration Face Headwinds as It Tightens the Noose Around Cuba? (Yes.)
News from Cuba | Thursday, 31 July 2025
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared upon taking office that the Americas were the United States’ sphere of influence and they would ratchet up pressure on a symbol of resistance to that view, socialist Cuba, already reeling from harsh sanctions imposed during the president’s previous term, ... read more
Your solidarity is not taken for granted - AGM message for CSC supporters
Campaign News | Thursday, 17 July 2025
“We are in solidarity with Cuba, just as Cuba is in solidarity with just struggles around the world,” said CSC Chair Kevin Courtney as he opened CSC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in June. With Cuba facing a particularly challenging period, the renewed attacks from a second Trump presidency featured heavily ... read more
Unite the union told support is vital during this “dangerous time”
Campaign News | Thursday, 17 July 2025
At a busy fringe meeting at Unite Policy Conference, delegates heard how visiting Cuba can invigorate and strengthen the British trade union movement and how greater solidarity in the face of renewed assaults on Cuba is desperately needed. Unite Wales Regional Secretary Peter Hughes, who chaired the meeting and visited Cuba ... read more
Cuba Vive fundraising marked by UNISON
Campaign News | Thursday, 17 July 2025
Cuba is facing a “perilous moment” in its history, and support from the British trade union movement is more important than ever. Kevan Nelson, UNISON’s Assistant General Secretary, had that message for UNISON members as he chaired our packed fringe meeting at their annual conference in Liverpool in June. Attended by ... read more
More medical aid en route to Cuba
Campaign News | Thursday, 17 July 2025
With your help, the Cuba Vive appeal hopes to raise over £200,000 by the end of the year Eighteen months after its launch, the Cuba Vive Medical Appeal for Cuba has raised more than £190,000 and will hopefully surpass £200,000 by the end of the year. Thanks to the generosity of ... read more
A celebration of trade union internationalism
Campaign News | Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Tickets for the 2025 RMT Garden Party on 11 June sold out in advance, and those lucky enough to get one enjoyed a balmy summer’s evening at the RMT’s Maritime House in Clapham with food, drink, dancing, and music from legendary Cuban violinist Omar Puente and his salsa band Raíces ... read more
ICAP’s 65th anniversary celebrated
Campaign News | Tuesday, 17 June 2025
2025 marks the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP). CSC celebrated this important anniversary during our AGM day. We showed a specially commissioned video celebrating the history of ICAP and the relationship with the solidarity movement in Britain. Cuban Ambassador, Ismara Vargas ... read more
Great attendance at GMB fringe meeting
Campaign News | Wednesday, 11 June 2025
THE RENEWED assault on Cuba in the f irst few months of President Trump’s second term was condemned by speakers during CSC’s fringe meeting at GMB Congress, the best-attended for a number of years. President Barbara Plant, who chaired the meeting, decried the Trump administration’s decision to place Cuba back on ... read more
Revolutionary Learning: Report from the 2025 Young Trade Unionists May Day Brigade
Campaign News | Friday, 6 June 2025
Entering the grounds of the Julio Antonio Mella International Camp (CIJAM) in Artemisa province, 40km outside of Havana, one has the feeling of walking amongst giants of history. Murals dedicated to Cuban military operations against apartheid in Southern Africa, alongside depictions of Cuban heroes such as Fidel Castro and Jose ... read more
