Seventy five members of the European Parliament have now signed up to sponsor the campaign in defence of Cuba, along with political figures from more than 20 countries.
The appeal, launched in France with the support of the Cuban goverment, is an important step towards countering George Bush's anti-Cuban offensive. With the withdrawal of Soviet support for the tiny island, the US government is clearty targeting the Cuban revolu tion.
Now socialists, greens, anti-racists and others are ralying to its defence. Examples of the campaign's sponsors include the leaders of FSLN from Nicaragua and the FMLN in El Salvador; Lula, Brazilian Workers party; Ben Bella, ex-President of situation. and education are now under threat. the name of the same human rights. by starving its people. freedom for its people. Cuban people! Name..... Address Urgansarom Post....
man SPD. leader of the Bush's New Wortd Order. The combination of the 30 year-long American embargo against Cuba and the udden reduction in trade with the USSR and eastern bloc has created a crisis Problems in getting supplies are multiplying. Cuba's high levels of health care In the name of human rights, people criticise the lack of democracy in Cuba. But this criticism does not give anyone the right to economically strangle a country, in We, the undersigned, have different views on the Cuban regime. But we have come together to denounce a situation in which there is an attempt to depose a regime This unilateral aggression by the world's most powerful nation will never lead to We demand the lifting of the blockade - an attack on the dignity and life of the Please return to: Socialist Outlook PO Box 1109, London N4 2UU Nigeria; and MPs from loft parties around the world, from the Now Democratic Party in Canada to the Ger.
British supporters - apart from the 25 Euro-MPs -include Peter Heathfield, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers; and a series of Labour MPs, including front-bencher John Prescott and left-wingers such as Ken Livingstone and Tony Benn.
Now efforts must be renewed to broaden the appeal stil further. Sociaksts should go all out to wit appeal can win support in broader circles too - there are many who would not call themselves socialists who do not want to see Cuba crushed under the heel of