Viewing Campaign News from September 2026
End the siege of Cuba! TUC Congress 2026 report
Campaign News | Friday, 18 September 2026
Britain’s trade unions welcomed leaders of Cuba’s workers’ movement as they gathered in Brighton for the 158th annual Trades Union Congress. Osnay Miguel Colina, General Secretary of Cuba’s trade union confederation, the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC), and lead for international affairs Santiago Badia Gonzalez, met with leaders and ... read more
Osnay Miguel Colina Rodriguez's address to TUC Congress 2026
Campaign News | Thursday, 17 September 2026
On Wednesday 16 September 2026 Osnay Miguel Colina, General Secretary of Cuba's trade union confederation (Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, CTC) addressed TUC Congress in Brighton. You can read his speech in full below or watch it here. Comrades at the TUC Congress, I am here on behalf of the Cuban Workers’ ... read more
TUC Congress to debate US oil blockade and hear from Cuban trade union leader
Campaign News | Thursday, 3 September 2026
The General Secretary of Cuba’s trade union confederation, the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC), will be a guest of TUC Congress in Brighton from 12-16 September. Osnay Miguel Colina will address 600 delegates representing 47 British unions during Congress and speak at the Cuba Solidarity Campaign fringe meeting alongside General ... read more
Cuba Vive appeal reaches an incredible £555,000
Campaign News | Wednesday, 2 September 2026
More than £2.5 million worth of aid has already reached Cuba through CSC’s Cuba Vive Appeal – but as the US intensifies its economic war, the need for solidarity has never been greater The Cuba Vive Appeal has raised an extraordinary £550,000 to provide life-saving medical supplies, equipment and food aid ... read more
Cuba Vive rice reaches families in Cuba
Campaign News | Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Cuba Vive Appeal food aid is being distributed to vulnerable families in Cuba. Since March, the Cuba Vive Appeal has been sending containers of food aid to Cuba in addition to the ongoing medical aid. The rice has been delivered to local libreta ration shops, where it is sorted and prepared ... read more
Three new diagnostic systems delivered through Cuba Vive
Campaign News | Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Thanks to Cuba Vive supporters, three new VISUALIX diagnostic systems will improve the diagnosis of serious visual and neurological conditions, benefiting more than 15,000 patients each year. The advanced visual diagnostic systems developed in Cuba and funded through CSC’s medical appeal have been installed at thee leading Cuban hospitals and research ... read more
Bohemians and Massive Attack launch new jersey to support Cuba Vive Appeal
Campaign News | Friday, 14 August 2026
Bohemian Football Club, one of Ireland’s most historic football clubs, has teamed up with Bristol trip-hop legends Massive Attack to launch a special new jersey raising funds for the Cuba Solidarity Campaign’s Cuba Vive Appeal. The jersey is a one-off collaboration between the fan-owned Dublin club and Massive Attack, with a share of ... read more
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
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 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
