Viewing from September 2010
Labour Party Conference fringe report
Campaign News | Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Baroness Angela Smith , Vice Chair of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign welcomed over 200 delegates to a standing room only, packed fringe meeting at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on Tuesday 28 September.First up was Tony Benn who talked about the strength of the Cuban nations solidarity and the ... read more
Vigil for the Five - 19 October 2010 - New speakers added
Campaign News | Sunday, 26 September 2010
Free the Miami Five - justice for them and their familiesUS Embassy Candlelit VigilTuesday 19 October 2010, 6pm-7.30pmUS Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London (Bond St tube)with special guestsIrma González Salanueva - daughter of Miami 5 prisoner René GonzálezTom Goldstein - Supreme Court lawyer for the Fiveplus speakers from the trade union ... read more
Labour Party Conference fringe meeting
Campaign News | Sunday, 26 September 2010
Cuba Solidarity Campaign fringe meeting at Labour Party Conference, ManchesterTuesday 28 September, 5.30pm, Bar 38, Peter St, Manchesterwith guest speakersBaroness Angela SmithLuis Marron, Political Counsellor, Cuban EmbassyTony Woodley, Joint General Secretary, UniteJeremy Corbyn MPSeumus Milne, journalistKeith Sonnet, Deputy General Secretary, UnisonStephen Cavalier, Thompsons Solicitorsplus Havana Club rum cocktailsMeeting sponsored by ... read more
Bolender launches new book
Campaign News | Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Successful meeting in Central LondonThe first of the 10 public meetings to launch Keith Bolender’s new book about the Cuban victims of terrorism took place in Bolivar Hall, London on 13 September.Keith illustrated his talk with colour photos of many of the victims and the incidents of terrorism in Cuba. ... read more
Packed Cuba meeting wins support from Trade Unionists
Campaign News | Wednesday, 15 September 2010
TUC delegates support CubaThere was standing room only at the Cuba Solidarity Campaign fringe at the TUC in Manchester this week.The leader of Britain’s 6 million plus trade unionists Brendan Barber opened the event by talking of his pride at being the first TUC General Secretary to visit the May ... read more
Cuba Research Forum 2010
News from Cuba | Friday, 10 September 2010
Compiled by Maria CastroThis year’s Cuba Research Forum Annual Conference took place at the University of Nottingham from the 6th to the 8th of September; next year it will be celebrated in Cuba. The conference’s extensive programme covered social and cultural issues, history and science, with a special panel on ... read more
Appeal to the Women of the World
News from Cuba | Thursday, 9 September 2010
The Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) has just released a statement to mark the 12 anniversary of the arrest of the Miami Five:Appeal to the Women of the WorldDear Sisters, At a time when humanity is once again facing the horrors of a nuclear war, we must unite in the defence ... read more
Appeal to the Women of the World
News from Cuba | Thursday, 9 September 2010
The Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) has just released a statement to mark the 12 anniversary of the arrest of the Miami Five:Appeal to the Women of the WorldDear Sisters, At a time when humanity is once again facing the horrors of a nuclear war, we must unite in the defence ... read more
One United Family against Terrorism and for Justice
News from Cuba | Thursday, 9 September 2010
By Arnold AugustSeptember 4 is the thirteenth anniversary of the assassination in Havana of Fabio Di Celmo who was a victim of a terrorist bombing campaign organized against Cuba by among others by Luis Posada Carriles. Arnold August speaks to Fabio's brother.The Fabio Di Celmo Committee for the Five of ... read more
Cubans pay tribute to Lucius Walker
News from Cuba | Thursday, 9 September 2010
by Aida Calviac Mora for Granma InternationLucius Walker, executive director of the US organisation Pastors for Peace which sent caravans of aid from the US to Cuba, defying the blockade has died. Granma International published this tribute to him...THE irony of the blow has shaken us all: when the threat ... read more
UK and Canadian unions pressure Obama on the Five
Campaign News | Friday, 3 September 2010
A strong message in support of the campaign for justice for the Miami Five and their families was delivered to President Obama this week.Three union leaders from Canada and the UK, collectively representing three million workers, sent a joint letter to the US president calling for visitation rights for family ... read more
TUC Congress CSC fringe
Campaign News | Thursday, 2 September 2010
Havana Club Rum Reception at TUC Congress 2010Find out the latest news on the Miami 5 campaign, Cuba’s ongoing work in Haiti after the earthquake and why Cubans are still waiting for Obama to deliver changes in US policy they can believe in.Open to all TUC conference delegates and observersMonday ... read more
U.S. denies `Cuban Five' prisoner swap
News from Cuba | Thursday, 2 September 2010
The State Department said reports of a possible U.S.-Cuba spy swap are flat-out wrong.BY JUAN O. TAMAYOThe U.S. State Department Thursday flatly denied reports that the Obama administration is considering swapping the ``Cuban Five" spies in U.S. prisons for a U.S. government subcontractor jailed in Havana.The denial came a day ... read more
