![]() should have had fewer than 800 deaths, but it has had 45,000.”Īfter cops forced protesters to end their action early, Clifford sent letters to the Greater Manchester Police and the city’s mayor, Andrew Burnham, urging them to condemn the cops’ attack on freedom of assembly and “assure others of their right to organize such actions” in the future. He told participants, “Cuba has suffered 127 COVID-19 deaths.” On that basis, he said, “proportionately, the U.K. “This is aimed, among other things, at Venezuela’s relations with revolutionary Cuba, including its supply of oil to Cuba.” Clifford is a leader of the Communist League, a rail worker and member of the RMT union.īob Shepherd spoke for Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! He pointed to the class difference in the response of the governments of the U.K. “In an affront to Venezuela’s sovereignty, the Bank of England refuses to hand over $1 billion worth of gold owned by the Venezuelan government,” Pete Clifford, organizer of the protest in Manchester, told participants. Part of an interview about the protest that Silberman gave to Colombian journalist Dawits Buitrago was run on TV in Ecuador.Ĭolectivo de teatro Macondo performed a short sketch at the event. He spoke, offering solidarity with the Cuban people’s refusal to submit to Washington’s demands and reporting that his union had recently picketed the offices of Facebook in London, forcing bosses to retract job cuts they had implemented. Among them, Angel Fernández, a cleaner originally from Santa Clara, Cuba, asked to speak to thank protesters for their solidarity.Ī few other cleaners also joined the protest, including Alberto Durango of the Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union. ![]() government is engaged in a slander campaign,” Silberman pointed out, “against Cuban medical volunteers fighting coronavirus in over 40 countries, calling them slaves and accusing the Cuban government of people trafficking.”ĭozens of passersby stopped to pick up leaflets and talk with the demonstrators. We extend our solidarity to the brothers and sisters in Cuba who bring solidarity to peoples and the working class around the world.” “Over half a million have been slaughtered by the colonial powers. ![]() “West Papua is still a colony under the Indonesian regime,” he said. Serogo Tabuni from the Papua Militant International spoke at the London action. Flyers promoting the actions were circulated by branches of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign in the two cities. meat works and Sue Piper, a prominent local Cuba solidarity activist. In Manchester they included Salford and Wigan Trades Councils Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! Paul Kelly of the National Union of Mineworkers Brian Oreggio and Hugo Wils, members of Community Union at Pilgrim’s Pride U.K. In London these included the Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union, Papua Militant International, Colectivo Ají, Congreso de los Pueblos, Agenda Internacional de Paz - Londres, Nuevos Horizontes en el Reino Unido, and the Colectivo de teatro Macondo. The protests were initiated by the Communist League and backed by a range of sponsors. counterparts “to the fact that workers and farmers in Cuba took power, showing a course of struggle workers need here and around the world.” rulers and government are just as hostile” as their U.S. ![]() “One thing that is less known,” Silberman said, is that “the U.K. to send money to their families back home along with other measures making daily life increasingly difficult for Cubans. These attacks include restrictions that have led to the closure of Western Union offices in Cuba, making it more difficult for Cubans living in the U.S. government has been stepping up its attacks against Cuba,” said Jonathan Silberman, a Communist League leader, who helped organize the protest in London’s Seven Sisters neighborhood. In an attack on freedom of assembly, police prevented protesters in Manchester from continuing their action after one hour. 7, demanding a halt to Washington’s economic war against Cuba aimed at advancing its decadeslong effort to overturn the Cuban Revolution. LONDON - Dozens of people joined “Hands off Cuba” protests here and in Manchester Nov.
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