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In October, comrades and supporters of the Revolutionary Communist Group and Rock Around the Blockade hosted a National Weekend to bring together all of their supporters from around the country. One of the many educational sessions was titled "Fight For Socialism!" and featured three fantastic speeches, all of which are linked below:
Firstly Sam McGill from the RCG spoke, making a powerful case for Latin American socialism and why it is so important to fight for socialism everywhere.
Then Ismara M. Vargas Walter, Cuban Ambassador to the Britain, gave an overview of Cuba's current political situation and the necessity of solidarity with Cuban socialism.
Lastly, Wilfredo Hernández, Counsellor at the Venezuelan Embassy in London, spoke. Wilfredo provided us with an overview of Venezuela's current situation and the necessity of solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution.
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At El Panel 21 commune Jorge Arreaza, former Vice President and leading PSUV politician and organiser addressed the crowd. 'We have to ensure the death of fascism...we all have our own tools and methods...for us here we are in a war against the bourgeois state...we have different paths (in this international movement)...as commander Hugo Chavez said in 2005, the only way to leave behind capitalism is to build socialism. Long live socialism! Long live the Bolivarian revolution! Long live Palestine! Long live international solidarity!'
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The Revolutionary Communist Group and Rock around the Blockade send our solidarity to the people of Cuba in the face of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the eastern part of the island on 10 November. This comes on the heels of Hurricane Rafael, which landed in eastern Cuba on 6 November, and Hurricane Oscar on 20 October, which killed eight people. October also saw a major electricity grid failure that plunged millions into darkness.
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On the morning Friday 18 October at local time, Cuba’s largest power plant failed, resulting in a nationwide electricity blackout. The Cuban government announced emergency measures to conserve energy and ensure key sectors and emergency services remain online while power is gradually restored to the population of around 10 million people. Commercial activities have been suspended, workers have been told to stay at home and schools are closed until 25 October. Energy and Mining Minister Vicente de la O Levy announced that the government aimed to have power restored to the majority of the population by Monday night. This is the largest blackout in Cuba in several years and was ongoing even as Hurricane Oscar battered Cuba’s eastern provinces with dangerously high winds and torrential rain on Monday 21 October.
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Earlier this week thousands of Cubans, lead by their President Miguel Diaz Canel marched in Havana to express solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
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Supporters of Rock Around the Blockade held protests across the country this week in solidarity with Cuba and Palestine, marking the anniversary of the 26th July Moncada attack.
The activists emphasised the connection between the anti imperialist struggles in Cuba and Palestine, and the attacks that both of these causes face from countries like Britain and their institutions.
Here is a roundup of actions from around the country:
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On Sunday, July 7, the international #1c4Cuba campaign has called a webinar to show solidarity with the news outlets Cubainformacion and Euskadi Cuba, who have been persecuted for reporting the truth about the blockade of Cuba. Cuba Informacion and the Euskadi-Cuba Association are under attack for reporting on counter-revolutionary groups slandering Cuba’s medical solidarity brigades.
Join us for an important display of solidarity with these outlets and to hear from the following guests:
- Jose Manzaneda – editor of Cubainformacion
- Milagros Acea – Basque based Cuba organisation ‘Desembarco del Granma’
- A speaker from Euskadi Cuba, which until 2020 hosted Cubainformacion
To register and join the webinar, click here.
Sunday July 7, 10:30am (Vancouver/Pacific) / 1:30 pm (Havana/Eastern) / 6:30 pm (London)
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Cuba Informacion 12.06.24
Cubainformacion - Artículo: Denuncian plan para destruir la cooperación vasca con Cuba
Imagine that an association of migrants from a country in the Global South is dedicated to questioning and trying to prevent a Basque city council from financially supporting vulnerable groups in their country of origin.
Their actions would be described as, at the very least, miserable. This is what the so-called Cuban-Basque Association Demokrazia Kubarentzat (democracy for Cuba, in Basque country) has just done in the town hall of Durango (Bizkaia), this association is made up of “anti-Castro” Cuban men and women residing in the Basque Country. The Durango council had approved a donation of 19,000 euros for a cooperation project coordinated by Euskal Fondoa (a grouping of local Basque entities, which brings together 121 municipalities) for “Comprehensive Care for the Elderly in Havana” (1). The councillor of the Popular Party, Carlos García, expressed in the municipal plenary session, the “concern” of the aforementioned Cuban-Basque Association Demokrazia Kubarentzat, to ensure “the money… does not fall into the hands of the Cuban dictatorial regime” (2), and demanded the council “clarify the purpose and management” of the subsidy “by the Cuban dictatorship” (3).
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On Wednesday 8 May 2024 Rock Around the Blockade hosted an international online meeting, drawing out the connections between the struggles for self-determination against imperialism in Palestine, Cuba and Venezuela.
The meeting was attended by over 100 people connecting from across the globe, including student activists from the Palestine Solidarity encampment in Manchester, who made a contribution to the meeting: