More than 100 MPs, trade union leaders and public figures join the Urgent Call for Peace and Sovereignty in Cuba and Latin America
Campaign News | Thursday, 22 January 2026
Andrea Egan, UNISON General Secretary; Jeremy Corbyn MP; Zarah Sultana MP; Apsana Begum MP; Yanis Varoufakis; Maxine Peake; Paul Nowak, TUC General Secretary; Sharon Graham, Unite General Secretary
SIGN THE CALL FOR PEACE AND SOVEREIGNTY
More than 2,000 people have added their names to the Urgent Call for Peace and Sovereignty launched by CSC following US attacks on Venezuela and threats made to Cuba in January.
Among those are over 100 MPs, peers, trade union leaders, academics, journalists, campaigners and cultural figures listed below.
Please add your name too, and send a clear and powerful message that threats, coercion and military intervention must be rejected, and that international law and sovereignty must be upheld.
Sign the Urgent Call for Peace and Sovereignty here.
Prominent names include MPs Diane Abbott, Shockat Adam, Paula Barker, Apsana Begum, Richard Burgon, Jeremy Corbyn, Mary Kelly Foy, Clive Lewis, Grahame Morris, Zarah Sultana, Steve Witherden, every Sinn Fein and Plaid Cymru MP, and peers John Hendy KC, Frances O’Grady, Prem Sikka, and Tony Woodley.
The TUC and its General Secretary Paul Nowak join 25 British trade union general secretaries including newly elected UNISON leader Andrea Egan. Others including Dave Calfe (ASLEF), Laura Davison (NUJ), Eddie Dempsey (RMT), Maryam Eslamdoust (TSSA), Paul Fleming (Equity), Steve Gillan, (POA/TUC President), Jo Grady (UCU), Sharon Graham (Unite the Union), Fran Heathcote (PCS), Daniel Kebede (NEU), Gawain Little (GFTU), Gary Smith (GMB), Joanne Thomas (USDAW), Dave Ward (CWU), Sarah Woolley (BFAWU), Matt Wrack (NASUWT), and Steve Wright (FBU) also gave their support.
Campaigners and cultural figures who have signed the call include Lindsey German (Convenor, Stop the War Coalition), James Schneider (Progressive International), Yanis Varoufakis (DiEM25), and actors Andy de la Tour, Maxine Peake and Susan Wooldridge.
List of signatories
MPs and Peers
- Diane Abbott MP
- Shockat Adam MP
- Lord John Balfe
- Paula Barker MP
- Órfhlaith Begley MP
- Apsana BegumMP
- Baroness Christine Blower
- Richard Burgon MP
- Ian Byrne MP
- Jeremy Corbyn MP
- Pat Cullen MP
- Ann Davies MP
- Dave Doogan MP
- Neil Duncan-Jordan MP
- John Finucane MP
- Mary Kelly Foy MP
- Chris Hazzard MP
- Lord John Hendy KC
- Chris Hinchcliff MP
- Dáire Hughes MP
- Adnan Hussain MP
- Imran Hussain MP
- Kim Johnson MP
- Ayoub Khan MP
- Ben Lake MP
- Ian Lavery MP
- Brian Leishman MP
- Clive Lewis MP
- Rebecca Long Bailey MP
- Cathal Mallaghan MP
- Rachael Maskell MP
- Paul Maskey MP
- Llinos Medi MP
- Andy McDonald MP
- John McDonnell MP
- Navendu Mishra MP
- Iqbal Mohamed MP
- Grahame Morris MP
- Frances O’Grady, Labour Peer
- Kate Osborne MP
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
- Lord Prem Sikka
- Liz Saville-Roberts MP
- Baroness Carmen Smith
- Cat Smith MP
- Zarah Sultana MP
- Jon Trickett MP
- Nadia Whittome MP
- Steve Witherden MP
- Lord Tony Woodley
Other elected officials
- 1. Cllr Stan Bates, Wakefield
- Maggie Chapman MSP
- Katy Clark MSP
- Cllr Emma Dent Coad, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
- Cllr Lotte Collett, Haringey
- Luke Fletcher MS
- Cllr Shelly Godfrey-Coles, Carmarthenshire
- Cllr Rosa Gomez, Redbridge
- Peredur Owen Griffiths MS
- John Griffiths MS
- Mabon ap Gwynfor MS
- Cllr Matthew Hobbs, Welwyn Hatfield
- Cllr Murtaza Iqbal, Manchester
- Rudi Kennes, MEP, Workers Party of Belgium
- Cllr Mary Mason, Haringey
- Cllr Elaine McDougall, South Lanarkshire
- Carol Mochan MSP
- Cllr Ray Sutton, NW Leicestershire
- Cllr Jacob Taylor, Deputy Leader, Brighton
- Mercedes Villalba MSP
- Sioned Williams MS
- Cllr Penny Wrout, Hackney
Trade Unionists
- Andrea Bradley, General Secretary, EIS
- Dave Calfe, General Secretary, ASLEF
- Laura Davison, General Secretary, NUJ
- Eddie Dempsey, General Secretary, RMT
- Andrea Egan, General Secretary, UNISON
- Maryam Eslamdoust, General Secretary, TSSA
- Paul Fleming, General Secretary, Equity
- Roz Foyer, General Secretary, STUC
- Daniel Garnham, General Secretary, Security Industry Federation
- Julia Georgiou, General Secretary, NHBC Staff Association
- Steve Gillan, General Secretary, POA
- Jo Grady, General Secretary, UCU
- Sharon Graham, General Secretary, Unite the Union
- Fran Heathcote, General Secretary, PCS
- Daniel Kebede, General Secretary, NEU
- Claire Jones, General Secretary, Society of Union Employees
- Ian Lawrence, General Secretary, NAPO
- Gawain Little, General Secretary, GFTU
- John McGowan, General Secretary, Social Workers Union
- Brian McDaid, General Secretary, Aegis the Union
- Clare Mellor, Chief Executive, Thompsons Solicitors
- Paul Novak, General Secretary, TUC
- Joanne Thomas, General Secretary, USDAW
- Gary Smith, General Secretary, GMB
- Dave Ward, General Secretary, CWU
- Matt Wrack, General Secretary, NASUWT
- Steve Wright, General Secretary, FBU
- Sarah Woolley, General Secretary, BFAWU
Academics
- Priscilla Alderson, Professor Emerita, University College London
- Professor Haim Bresheeth-Zabner, SOAS, University of London
- Michael Chanan, Emeritus Professor, University of Roehampton
- Dr Stephanie Cronin, University of Oxford
- Professor Kamel Hawwash, University of Birmingham
- Dr Richard Hull, Goldsmiths University
- Professor Silvija Jestrovic, University of Warwick
- Professor Ken Jones, Goldsmiths University
- Dr Parvathi Kumaraswami, University of Nottingham
- Professor Nur Masalha, St Mary’s University
- Marjorie Mayo, Emeritus Professor, Goldsmiths University
- Dr Paul O’Connell, SOAS, University of London
- Professor Jean Stubbs, University of London
- Dr Stephen Wilkinson, University of Buckingham
- Professor Gwyn Williams, Keele University
- Professor John Yandell, University College London
Campaigners & journalists
- Victoria Brittain, Journalist
- Sophie Bolt, General Secretary, CND
- Ben Chacko, Editor, Morning Star
- Luke Daniels, Caribbean Labour Solidarity
- Victor Figueroa, Director, Justice for Colombia
- Lindsey German, Convenor, Stop the War Coalition
- Kate Hudson, Vice-President, CND
- Betty Hunter, Honorary President, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
- Mike Jackson, LGSM
- Pablo Navarette, Journalist & filmmaker
- Louise Richards, Director, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group
- James Schneider, Progressive International
- Curtis Speers, Secretary, Global Majority Greens
- Yanis Varoufakis, DiEM25 co-founder
Cultural Figures
- Michael Chambers, Publisher and filmmaker
- Andy de la Tour, Actor
- Tony Graham, Theatre Director
- Kim Longinotto, Filmmaker
- Maxine Peake, Actor
- Susan Wooldridge, Actor
