CNC's MAY NEWSLETTER!
Cuba Today: A Revolution in Motion
On May 25th, Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba and Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade - Vancouver presented CUBA TODAY: A Revolution in Motion in Vancouver!
This special event featured 3 Cuban speakers who presented on a range of topics under the theme “Cuba Today: A Revolution in Motion.” The event also featured a Coast Salish opening, live music, and discussion. Luckily for us, it was filmed! You can watch the video below.
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Speakers included:
RAÚL RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ - Director of the Center for Hemispheric Studies and the United States (CEHSEU)
RAFAEL EMILIO CERVANTES MARTÍNEZ - Director of History and Marxism-Leninism for Cuba's Ministry of Higher Education
LEIMA MARTINEZ FREIRE – Director of the North America Desk of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)
Moderated by:
TAMARA HANSEN Coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) and author of “5 Decades of the Cuban Revolution: The Challenges of an Unwavering Leadership” (Battle of Ideas Press)
Canadians in Solidarity with Cuba Strike Back
Last week saw another CBC hit piece on the success of Cuba’s Revolution. Luckily, Canadians in solidarity with Cuba aren’t taking it lying down.
In a video, The Canada Files' Editor-in-Chief, Aidan Jonah, exposes how CBC 'journalist', Evan Dyer, platformed Cuban-Canadian dissidents who claim intimidation without proof, following in a historical trend that benefits Canadian imperialism.
Reg's Wish: Canadians Helping the Blind in Cuba
The Canadian Network on Cuba launches the latest campaign “Reg’s Wish” to help Cubans.
There are currently 30,000 Cubans registered with the Cuban Blind Association. That includes almost 1,000 children. We asked the Association, “what is their greatest need?”. The answer was surprising: white canes. Something as simple as a cane can help someone with little or no sight navigate in a very challenging world. Especially a young child.
It was even more surprising to learn that the immediate need is for 7,000 canes. So that is our goal.
Initial estimates suggest that a cane will cost approximately $10. For every $10 donated we will place a cane in the hand of an adult or child in Cuba.
How can you help?
Please go to cubacan.org. You will read who Reg was, and what he wished. You will find how you can donate
The Che Brigade Has Returned!
The 29th Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade ran from April 27th to May 11th of 2023, and saw participation from 31 Brigadistas from all over Canada and three U.S. states.
Upcoming Webinar: Love is Law
The CNC will be celebrating Pride month with a webinar, Love is Law: Cuba’s New Families Code on June 21st. We are ecstatic to announce that this webinar will feature Mariela Castro Espín! Mariela is the Cuban National Center for Sex Education in Havana, as well as the National Commission for Comprehensive Attention to Transsexual People, and an activist for LGBT rights in Cuba. Other guests will be announced in the coming weeks. You can register below. Do not miss this online event!
Welcome Leima Martinez of ICAP
The Canadian Network on Cuba is happy to announce the arrival of Leima Martinez who is the new Director of the North American desk of ICAP to Canada!
Leima participated in the LASA (Latin American Studies Association) Conference in Vancouver that took place from May 24th to May 27th. She was part of a delegation of at least 15-20 Cubans who attended the conference.
We are thrilled to have Leima here to visit us in Canada and look forward to the CNC members having the opportunity to strengthen their relationships with Leima and ICAP, and collaborate with her to build up the Cuba solidarity movement in Canada.
CNC Member Events
If you’d like your Cuba Solidarity event featured in an upcoming edition of this newsletter, please email the details and event poster to webmaster@canadiannetworkoncuba.ca
TORONTO
Stand with the World Against the U.S. Blockade of Cuba
May 28th, 1pm-2pm
260 University Ave.
Weathering the Storm: Cuba Today and the Struggle Against he U.S. Blockade
7pm
290 Danforth Ave.
VANCOUVER
Lift the U.S. Blocakde on Cuba!
12pm Car Caravan
Call 604 780 4019 for location.
WINNIPEG
Rally Against the U.S. Blockade on Cuba
1pm-2pm
River & Osborne
Around the Web
Canadian Dimension: Canadian Aid for Cuba? 35 National and Regional Organizations Support It
“It is not often that the United Church of Canada, the (Anglican) Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, Oxfam, and the Communist Party of Canada join to lobby the Canadian government. But that is what they have just done.”
People’s Dispatch: 60 Years of Cuba International Medical Solidarity
“The last week of May marks the 60th anniversary of the first Cuban medical brigade. Despite the blockade and smear attempts, Cuban nurses and doctors continue to stride towards Health for All.”
Saltwire: Could Cuba Heal Nova Scotia’s Medical Mess?
“Per capita, Cuba has 3 times the number of doctors we have in Canada. Cuban medics are extremely experienced working abroad — some 26,000 are working in 60 countries. They are well trained and able to move to assume a new medical mission quickly.”
Belly of the Beast: Rep. Jim McGovern: Our Cuba Policy is an “Embarrassment”
“U.S. policy toward Cuba is "an embarrassment and a miserable failure," said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) in an exclusive interview with Belly of the Beast.”
People’s Dispatch: US Activists Face Harassment from Authorities Upon Return from Cuba
“Days after members of a youth delegation were detained when returning to the US from Cuba, another batch of activists who were also on the island as part of the May Day Brigade, faced similar harassment”
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