Aleida Guevara, daughter of revolutionary leader Ché Guevara will be speaking at Cuba Solidarity Campaign meetings in the UK in September, together with Luis Marron from the Cuban Friendship Institute, (ICAP). Aleida Guevara March is the eldest daughter of four children born to Ernesto “Che” Guevara and his second wife, Aleida March. She is a doctor of medicine, and has also worked as a physician in Angola, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. Guevara speaks in defence of Cuba, for peace, socialism, and Latin American solidarity. She is the author of the book ‘Chávez, Venezuela and the New Latin America’. Aleida will be joined by Luis Marron, a good friend of CSC, former Political Counsellor at the Cuban Embassy in London.
The tour dates are as follows:
Sunday 9 September, 2.30pm
Community Base, 113 Queen’s Rd Brighton BN1 3XG
Monday 10 September, 5.30pm
TUC Congress delegates fringe meeting, Brighton Centre
with Rodney Bickerstaffe, Chair Ken Gill memorial Trust and Brendan Barber, GS, TUC
Tuesday 11 September, 6.30-10.30pm
The Square Centre, Alfred Street North, Nottingham
Public meeting followed by social and live band
Wednesday 12 September, 6pm
Banqueting Suite, Newcastle Civic Centre
Doors open at 5pm for tea and coffee, speakers from 6pm
Thursday 13 September
Cross Party Group on Cuba meeting, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
Friday 14 September, 7pm
STUC, Woodlands Rd, Glasgow – public meeting
Monday 17 September, 7pm
Grand Committee Room, House of Commons, London
Public meeting supported by London Region Unison
Tuesday 18 September, 6-7.30pm
Vigil for the Miami Five, US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London
Candlelit vigil with speakers from the British and international labour movement to mark the 14th anniversary of the arrest of the Miami Five.
Speakers include: Frances O’Grady (TUC); Len McCluskey (GS, Unite); Cathy Jamieson MP; Unison speaker (tbc); Paul Kenny (GS, GMB); Christine Blower (GS, NUT); Manuel Cortes (GS, TSSA); Steve Gillan (GS, POA); Billy Hayes (GS, CWU); Jonathan Ledger (GS, NAPO); Steve Murphy (GS, UCATT); Doug Christie (Thompsons Solicitors); Steve Cottingham (OH Parsons Solicitors); Diana Holland (AGS Unite and Chair Cuba Solidarity Campaign); Andy de la Tour (actor); Roger Lloyd Pack (actor)
Wednesday 19 September, 12-2pm
Tingewick Hall, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford – public meeting
This tour is kindly supported by: Ken Gill Memorial Trust and London Region Unison
More information from campaigns@cuba-solidarity.org.uk or call on 020 8800 0155
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