7pm UTC+1, Wednesday 15 April

Break the blockade of Cuba! Join the international struggle for socialism!

Come to a free public webinar to hear firsthand accounts from comrades who took part in the Nuestra América convoy & flotilla, transporting vital medicines and supplies to blockaded Cuba! What are the impacts of the intensified blockade? How are Cubans fighting back? And what can we do in countries like Britain to build a movement capable of challenging imperialism, the enemy of the working class in Cuba and around the world? We spoke with Cuban doctors, scientists, teachers, farmers, activists, and people on the streets to get answers to these questions.


Learn from an international panel of speakers about the gains of the socialist revolution and its solidarity with Palestine, Venezuela and all those at the forefront of anti-imperialist struggle.

Join the webinar online here.

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Socialist Cuba is under attack, and is owed our solidarity now more than ever. On 29 January, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order imposing a total oil blockade on Cuba.

On 29 January US President Trump signed an Executive Order imposing a total oil blockade, threatening any country that sells oil to Cuba with punitive tariffs. This is a massive intensification of the 60-year genocidal US blockade of Cuba. Trump has threatened Cuba to ‘make a deal before it is too late’. This dramatic escalation follows the US hijacking of oil tankers bound for Cuba, cutting off 30,000 barrels per day of subsidised oil provided by Venezuela. Cuba is suffering from daily blackouts due to fuel shortages. The aim is clear: to strangle the Cuban Revolution to death.

Supporters of RATB and the Revolutionary Communist Group stood in solidarity with socialist Cuba as part of a national day of action last weekend.

 

Photo shared by Revolutionary Communist Group (Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!) on February 01, 2026 tagging @siempreconcuba, @birminghamrcg, @ratbcuba, and @embacubauk. May be an image of banner, poster and text that says "DEFEND SOCIALIST CUBA! Socialist Cuba is under attack. US imperialism, after bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its president Nicolas Maduro, has set its sights on Cuba. REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST RCG GROUP".

Supporters of RATB and the Revolutionary Communist Group have called a day of action in support of socialist Cuba. On 29 January US President Trump signed an Executive Order imposing a total oil blockade, threatening any country that sells oil to Cuba with punitive tariffs. This is a massive intensification of the 60-year genocidal US blockade of Cuba. Trump has threatened Cuba to ‘make a deal before it is too late’. This dramatic escalation follows the US hijacking of oil tankers bound for Cuba, cutting off 30,000 barrels per day of subsidised oil provided by Venezuela. Cuba is suffering from daily blackouts due to fuel shortages. The aim is clear: to strangle the Cuban Revolution to death.

Join us this Saturday (7th Feb) to expose British complicity in imperialist attempt to subjugate revolutionary Cuba. The call is urgent. We must oppose this imperialist aggression and defend the gains of revolutionary Cuba in housing, healthcare and material anti-imperialist solidarity around the world! VIVA CUBA!

Events and locations (watch this space for more as they are arranged!)

  • North and East London - 12:30pm outside Camden Town Tube Station NW1 8NH
  • West London - 12:30pm outside Metro Bank on High Street in Hounslow TW3 1BL
  • South London - 11am outside Barclays Lewisham High Street SE13 6BB
  • Birmingham - 1pm outside Lloyds Bank on Corporation Street B2 4LP
  • Newcastle - 12pm outside Lloyds Bank on Northumberland Street NE1 7DE
  • Glasgow - 12pm outside The Glasgow Museum of Modern Art G1 3AH
  • Manchester - 11:30am outside Lloyds on Market Street M1 1PW
  • Liverpool - 12:30pm on Church Street L1 1DF
  • Brighton - 12:00pm outside Lloyds Bank on North Street BN1 1GL
Despite their own hardships, Cubans have marched in solidarity with Palestine, demanding an end to Israeli genocide and imperialist complicity
Despite their own hardships, Cubans have marched in solidarity with Palestine, demanding an end to Israeli genocide and imperialist complicity

 

Socialist Cuba is under attack. US imperialism, after bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its president Nicolas Maduro, has set its sights on Cuba.

On 29 January US President Trump signed an Executive Order imposing a total oil blockade, threatening any country that sells oil to Cuba with punitive tariffs. He has threatened Cuba to ‘make a deal before it is too late’. This dramatic escalation follows the US hijacking of oil tankers bound for Cuba, cutting off 30,000 barrels per day of subsidised oil provided by Venezuela. Cuba is suffering from daily blackouts due to fuel shortages. The aim is clear: to strangle the Cuban Revolution to death.

Assata Shakur in Cuba, 1998 (photo: hamptonthink.org)

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.

It is our duty to win.

We must love each other and support each other.

We have nothing to lose but our chains.”

― Assata Shakur

The death of Assata Shakur in Havana recalls a generation of revolutionaries who refused to bow down before US imperialism. From the Panthers to Cuba, from prison chains to international solidarity, Assata lived and died a freedom fighter. Her voice, her book, and her struggle remain with us.

Mariela Castro with comrades at CENESEX headquarters, making a 'v' for victory sign and holding a copy of the newspaper FRFI (photo: FRFI)

FRFI interviewed Dr Mariela Castro at the National Centre for Sexual Education (CENESEX) headquarters in Havana, Cuba. Mariela Castro is the head of CENESEX, a deputy in the Cuban National Assembly, a committed defender of the Cuban Revolution and an advocate for the Palestinian liberation struggle. She is also the daughter of two revolutionaries: Vilma Espín, founder of the Federation of Cuban Women, and Raúl Castro, current General of the Army and former president of Cuba. Mariela Castro continues her family’s legacy of revolutionary leadership at a time when Cuba is resisting increasingly intense imperialist aggression.

In May 2025 supporters of Rock Around the Blockade and the Revolutionary Communist Group visited Cuba for a political brigade. They had the opportunity to meet with and speak to Cubans from all walks of life, and attended the annual May Day parade in Havana. This film documents their experience and shows eyewitness reports of the struggle of Cuban socialism against imperialism and the US blockade.

FRFI meets Dr Mariela Castro (centre) and her comrades at CENESEX (photo: FRFI)

FRFI interviewed Dr Mariela Castro at the National Centre for Sexual Education (CENESEX) headquarters in Havana, Cuba. Mariela Castro is the head of CENESEX, a deputy in the Cuban National Assembly, a committed defender of the Cuban Revolution and an advocate for the Palestinian liberation struggle. She is also the daughter of two revolutionaries: Vilma Espín, founder of the Federation of Cuban Women, and Raúl Castro, current General of the Army and former president of Cuba. Mariela Castro continues her family’s legacy of revolutionary leadership at a time when Cuba is resisting increasingly intense imperialist aggression.