Cuba Solidarity Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, February 2 2026

The deluge of disinformation about the actual situation in Cuba is increasing. The underlying theme of the disinformation is that it is the government of Cuba, and not the US administration, which is responsible for the conditions the Cuban people are suffering as they wage a life and death struggle for their right to be. It is important to realise that for 67 years the US has done everything to crush Cuba, but all to no avail. Now the disinformation coming from the US and those who conciliate with these anti-Cuba aims is that the US will conduct the crimes of kidnapping Cuba's President, as they did with the Venezuelan President, to save Cuba for the US.

Scene from the Latin America Adelante! Conference, with solidarity with Cuba front and centre throughout the proceedings, February 7, 2026

No! Cuba and its people will resist and are resisting. They are determined to prevail, and in this they have the support of the working class and people in Britain and throughout the world. It is crucial that this support is shown in concrete actions to support and give aid to the Cuban people in their resistance to the inhuman and genocidal US blockade. Trump and the US regime are instituting their intensified blockade, impeding all imports of oil in a desperate attempt to destroy the Cuban economy and bring the people to their knees. It must not pass!

Now is the time for all the friends of Cuba, the workers and their organisations, and people of conscience from all walks of life, to provide the information the people need about the Cuban people, and their heroism in safeguarding their independence and resisting attempts to asphyxiate them. Now is the time to also provide whatever material support is possible to Cuba.

Despite voting consistently in the United Nations to oppose the US blockade, the British government has not openly condemned Trump's intensification of the blockade, nor rendered any assistance to Cuba in this situation. This must change as a matter of principle.

Particularly to be rejected is the Foreign Office disinforming travel advice of February 19, which warns against any but essential travel to Cuba. That simply ignores how important it is to preserve the role that tourism plays in funding social programmes in Cuba and looking after the peoples' well-being. Furthermore, it ignores the fact that the Cuban infrastructure disruption is attributable to the intensified US sanctions, while the Cuban people remain welcoming and give every assistance to tourists, making sure that no-one is left to fend for themselves. The travel advisory says, "Some airlines, including all Canadian airlines and LATAM, have suspended flights to and from Cuba, with others reviewing routes." Where is the demand that, for example, other ways be found to make sure the airlines can refuel, such as on neighbouring islands? The promotion of the conception that it is Cuba which is a failed state, presented in the spirit that "it is what it is", is unacceptable.

In opposition to the government silence, many workers' organisations and others have spoken out. A major intervention came from the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), whose general secretary wrote to the Foreign Secretary demanding condemnation of Trump's actions. The STUC described the US measures as a "deliberate attempt to force mass starvation on an innocent population" and insisted Britain must show "unequivocal support for the people of Cuba".

Cuba-Aid arrives from Mexico - Photo: Granma

The Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) is actively encouraging supporters and all concerned people to lobby MPs, under the slogan "End the Siege on Cuba". The demand is that MPs should sign Early Day Motion (EDM) 2739 so that the government takes note [1].

Installing solar panels in Villa Clara in Sanctis Spiritus, January 2026 - Photo: Granma

RCPB(ML) calls on its members, sympathisers and all working people to oppose attempts by the government, by cartel party leaders, and by media and pundits to get away with insinuations that the government of Cuba does not uphold human rights, that it is the cause of the intolerable situation that its people are facing. Today, when the entire world has seen that it is the United States that engages in and sponsors state terrorism, violates human rights and engages in extreme violence, any attempt to divert attention away from the need to oppose the US measures against Cuba must be vigorously opposed.

We call on the working class and people to support Cuba without equivocation. The situation requires concrete support for Cuba together with the demand that the government do the same.

Defeat the US Attempts to Crush Revolutionary Cuba! Viva Cuba!

Notes
1. EDM 2739: tabled on February 3, 2026 (currently signed by 41 MPs)
That this House expresses grave concern at the executive order signed on 29 January 2026 by US President Donald Trump, which unjustifiably declares Cuba as an "extraordinary threat" to the national security of the United States and authorises new sanctions against any country supplying oil to Cuba; notes that Cuba is already facing a severe energy crisis as a result of the long standing US blockade, and that any further restrictions on fuel supplies will have a severe impact on healthcare, food production, transport, education, essential public services and access to electricity, fuel, and medical infrastructure; further notes that such measures amount to the collective punishment of a civilian population and will inevitably lead to avoidable deaths; recognises that the extraterritorial application of US sanctions seeks to coerce third party countries into complying with the US blockade, thereby undermining and breaching their national sovereignty and international law; recalls that the United Nations General Assembly has repeatedly and overwhelmingly condemned the US blockade of Cuba, with the UK repeatedly voting in support of that position; and calls on the UK Government to oppose this executive order, reject all extraterritorial sanctions, uphold the right of sovereign states to determine their own trading relationships with Cuba, and advocate for the rescission of measures that endanger humanitarian wellbeing.

For the CSC statement, Hands Off Cuba, see:
https://cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news/article/4693/csc-statementtrump-executive-order-escalates-us-economic-war-on-cuba

For the CSC Call for Peace and Sovereignty, see:
https://cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news/article/4687/call-for-peace-and-sovereignty-no-to-intervention-in-cuba-and-latin-america

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