Viewing Campaign News from September 2024
Cuba is not 'poor' - reflections on the 2024 May Day Brigade
Campaign News | Sunday, 28 July 2024
ALEX TARRIER, a young lawyer with Thompsons Solicitors reflects on his time onthe 2024 May Day Brigade IN THE weeks before attending the CSC’s Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade on behalf of Thompsons Solicitors, I boasted often and loudly about my upcoming trip. In doing so I found, to my ... read more
End the blockade on Health - Cuba Vive North West Rally and Fundraiser
Campaign News | Thursday, 25 July 2024
Monday 23 September, 6-8pmThe Casa, 29 Hope St, Liverpool, L1 9BP with guest speakers Her Excellency Ismara Vargas Walter, Cuban ambassador Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP Richard Burgon MP Kevan Nelson, Assistant General Secretary UNISON Sarah Woolley, General Secretary, BFAWU Gawain Little, General Secretary, GFTU Micaela Tracey-Ramos, UNISON executive Roger McKenzie, International Editor, Morning Star Phil Liptrot, ... read more
RMT Cuba Garden Party full of “love and solidarity”
Campaign News | Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Mick Lynch, Ben Jamal, Diane Abbott MP, Fran Heathcote Speakers from across the trade union and Labour movement took to the platform to pledge support to the Cuba Vive appeal at the RMT Garden Party in June. Four hundred people gathered at the RMT’s Maritime House in Clapham ... read more
Cuba’s solidarity with Palestine resonates at AGM
Campaign News | Sunday, 30 June 2024
Cuba’s longstanding history of solidarity with Palestine and current support for the people of Gaza was central to the discussions at the CSC Annual General Meeting in London on 22 June. Welcoming 80 delegates to the headquarters of the National Education Union (NEU), the Chair of the union’s International Committee, Louise ... read more
“This is your home too” – new ambassador hosts ‘Friends’ reception
Campaign News | Thursday, 20 June 2024
Hosting her first Friends of Cuba Solidarity Campaign reception on Monday 3 June at her London residence, the Cuban Ambassador, Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, took the opportunity to thank ‘Friends’ from across the country for standing “side by side” with her nation.The annual reception is hosted to thank ... read more
Climate change adaption - the pernicious impact of the US blockade
Campaign News | Friday, 31 May 2024
DR LAUREN COLLINS explains how the US sanctions hold back Cuba's efforts to confront climate change. In his final week as President of the United States, Donald Trump placed Cuba on the US ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’ list: an arbitrary designation in the gift of the president. This came on top ... read more
Solidarity with Cuba front and centre at FBU conference
Campaign News | Thursday, 30 May 2024
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has a long history of support for Cuba - from being affiliated to CSC for over 20 years, to their messages of admiration and solidarity to Cuban fire service personnel in the wake of two tragic incidents on the island in 2022. Delegates at their ... read more
PCS conference sends its solidarity to Cuba
Campaign News | Thursday, 30 May 2024
At their recent annual conference, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), and in particular their Young Members’ Network, expressed its solidarity with Cuba following their chair and vice-chair’s recent visit to Cuba. Simmeron Katbmana and Louis Radforth took part in CSC’s Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade this year ... read more
“You will be able to convey to your communities the truth of Cuba” – 2024 Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade
Campaign News | Wednesday, 29 May 2024
37 trade unionists – representing Unite, UNISON, RMT, ASLEF, TSSA, PSC, POA, NAPO, GFTU and Thompsons Solicitors – recently took part in the Cuba Solidarity Campaign’s 17th annual Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade. As the country grapples with its worst economic crisis since the Special Period, our brigadistas took ... read more
APPG on Cuba welcomes new ambassador
Campaign News | Monday, 20 May 2024
A busy meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Cuba welcomed the new Cuban Ambassador, Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, to the UK on Tuesday 14 May. Nearly 20 MPs and Lords, from across the house, attended to hear Ismara address British Parliamentarians for the first time, ask ... read more
