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US State Department’s Cuba conspiracy report exposes its own desperation

Campaign News | Friday, 24 July 2026

The Cuba Solidarity Campaign condemns the US State Department’s latest propaganda attack on Cuba and the international solidarity movement. Its report, Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism, presents the extraordinary claim that the Cuban government is the "connective tissue" of a vast global anti-US conspiracy. According to the report, Havana ... read more

Bernard Regan receiving the Medal of Friendship

CSC National Secretary receives Cuba’s Medal of Friendship

Campaign News | Thursday, 23 July 2026

In recognition of decades of work building solidarity with Cuba in Britain, National Secretary of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) Bernard Regan was awarded the Medal of Friendship on behalf of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba at CSC’s AGM in June. Presenting the award was Elizabeth Ribalta ... read more

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper answering questions on Cuba during Foreign Affairs Committee session

Foreign Secretary pressed on UK aid to Cuba and delay to PDCA ratification

Campaign News | Tuesday, 14 July 2026

The UK government has been challenged over its response to Cuba's deepening humanitarian crisis, following a series of questions put to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper by Emily Thornberry MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, on Tuesday 14 July. Thornberry highlighted the scale of the humanitarian situation after meeting with ... read more

Ismara Vargas Walter addressing PCS conference in May

Taking Cubaʼs case to Britainʼs trade union movement

Campaign News | Tuesday, 14 July 2026

This summer, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) has taken the case for solidarity with Cuba to trade union conferences across Britain, ensuring thousands of delegates heard directly about the escalating US economic war against the island and how they can respond. Through conference motions, fringe meetings, exhibition stalls and speeches ... read more

CSC members and supporters at the 2026 AGM

Hands Off Cuba: Campaigners prepare for the challenges ahead

Campaign News | Friday, 10 July 2026

With US aggression against Cuba intensifying, delegates at the Cuba SolidarityCampaign AGM committed to expanding political campaigning and humanitarian aid, before joining the Hands Off Cuba rally to hear first-hand from Cuban guests about the urgent need for international solidarity CSC Vice-Chair Carole Regan welcomed members, supporters and activists from across ... read more

UNISON members celebrate the Cuba Vive Appeal at National Delegate Conference

UNISON commits new aid for Cuba

Campaign News | Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Cuba was firmly on the agenda at UNISONʼs National Delegate Conference in Brighton, where Britainʼs largest trade union welcomed Dr Mitchell Valdés-Sosa, representative of the Cuban Health Workersʼ Union (SNTS) and Director of the Cuban Neuroscience Centre, as an international guest. Addressing her first conference as General Secretary, Andrea Egan sent ... read more