British Solidarity Organizations
Britain's Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC), on January 30, issued its condemnation of the latest U.S. actions against Cuba to cut off its oil supplies. The CSC has a broad base among the British working class and people and is made up of more than 5,000 members, affiliated organizations and local groups. Excerpts from its statement follows:
"The Cuba Solidarity Campaign condemns with outrage and indignation the latest executive order signed by Donald Trump, which constitutes a direct assault on the livelihoods and well-being of the Cuban people. This vindictive act threatens to plunge Cuba into a deep humanitarian crisis and represents a grave escalation of U.S. economic warfare, one that demands urgent international resistance. [...]
"Let us be absolutely clear about what this means. Hospitals without power. Incubators and life-support machines unable to function. Emergency surgeries carried out without light. Schools and workplaces forced to close. Bakeries unable to operate. Fuel shortages preventing the transport of food and medical supplies. Food spoiling in fridges and freezers. Hunger, illness and suffering will spread. This is a deliberate attack on an entire civilian population, intended to inflict pain, deprivation and desperation. It is cruel, calculated, and it will cost lives. [...]
"In declaring a so-called national emergency, the U.S. falsely accuses Cuba of supporting 'hostile countries, transnational terrorist groups, and malign actors' claiming that Cuba threatens U.S. 'safety, national security, and foreign policy.'
"This is a grotesque inversion of reality. Cuba has never threatened the United States. While the U.S. exports bombs, troops and war across the globe, Cuba sends doctors. From millions of sight-saving operations through Operation Miracle, to the lifesaving work of the Henry Reeve Emergency Medical Brigade, to training thousands of doctors from the global south at the Latin American School of Medicine, to hosting peace talks in Colombia, Cuba is internationally recognized as a force for peace and humanitarian solidarity. If Cuba threatens U.S. power at all, it is only by example.
"These new sanctions endanger not only the Cuban people but also Cuba's international medical and humanitarian programmes and the millions around the world who benefit from them.
"Trump's executive order also represents a direct attack on the sovereignty of all nations. By threatening sanctions and tariffs against countries that trade with Cuba, the U.S. is using coercion, blackmail and economic intimidation to force other nations to enforce its blockade. This extraterritorial enforcement of the blockade, long embedded in legislation such as the Helms-Burton Act, is a flagrant violation of international law.
"This is economic warfare. It is collective punishment with devastating humanitarian consequences.
"The British government must publicly and unequivocally condemn and call for this executive order to be rescinded, restate its opposition to the U.S. blockade and any attempts by the U.S. to enforce its extraterritorial measures, and defend the Cuban people's right to develop in peace.
"CSC urgently calls on all supporters to escalate action in solidarity with Cuba: lobby MPs, mobilize trade unions and community organizations, strengthen humanitarian aid efforts, and build the widest possible movement to defend Cuba and demand an end to the U.S. blockade.
"If you haven't already you can start by joining 3,000 including more than 120 MPs, trade union leaders and public figures and signing CSC's Urgent Call for Peace and Sovereignty today at bit.ly/CSCPEACE.
"International solidarity is vital to show that Cuba is not alone."
This article was published in
Volume 56 Number 4 - February 13, 2026
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/TML2026/Articles/T5600418.HTM
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