Solidarity Organizations Mobilize Collective Response in Support of Cuba
The Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) held an emergency online meeting with member organizations on February 4 to discuss a coordinated collective response to the U.S. Trump administration's executive order on January 29 threatening economic tariffs and sanctions against any country that supplies fuel oil to Cuba. All organizations present rejected the U.S. aim to asphyxiate the island nation and its 11 million inhabitants. Professor Isaac Saney said that in the face of the latest act of state terror against the Cuban people by the U.S. Trump regime, which is the gravest threat yet to Revolutionary Cuba, and doubts created in the Canadian monopoly media about Cuba, the situation calls on the Canadian people to step up their support for their Cuban brothers and sisters.
The meeting discussed several concrete actions. First, member organizations will popularize Petition E-7082 to the Canadian parliament calling for Canada to oppose the U.S. blockade and threats against Cuba. Member organizations of the CNC are called upon to circulate the petition broadly so that by deadline for the petition, April 20, at least 10,000 people will have signed it.
Second, all member organization are asked to promote tourism to Cuba as a concrete act of solidarity with the Cuban people. Professor Saney noted that it is tourism that helps bring in foreign currency that Cuba needs for trade and the purchase of needed items. Attempts by the U.S., picked up by reactionary media in Canada to actively discourage tourism to Cuba is an integral part of the brutal illegal blockade. The meeting rejected the travel advisory posted by Global Affairs Canada aimed at arousing fear and discouraging travelers to Cuba. While Global Affairs Canada has done nothing to support the rights of the Cuban people, the advisory warns that the "situation is unpredictable and could deteriorate, disrupting flight availability on short notice." A participant in the meeting, pointing out that she had just returned from Cuba, explained that all measures have been taken at every level in Cuba to ensure the safety and comfort of tourists.
A third activity the CNC is promoting is for a Day of Action in support of Cuba on February 21 with public rallies to be held across the country. This will be followed on February 22 with a CNC People's Tribunal against the U.S. blockade and state terror against Cuba to be held at the Steelworkers Hall in Toronto.
A phone and letter writing campaign to parliamentarians is also being organized. The CNC executive said that letters to the leaders of the political parties in the parliament are being drafted. Member organizations were called on to encourage their members to get in touch with their local MP to call on them to oppose the fuel embargo against Cuba and ongoing state terror against her people.
Material
support in the form of sending containers to Cuba with
essentials to assist victims of Hurricane Melissa is also continuing.
Donations are being received for a third container going to Cuba on
March 7. Arrangements can be made via the CNC through their website
www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca. The CNC executive announced as well that
materials for the petition campaign, lobby campaign with Members of
Parliament and information on the People's Tribunal will be sent out
soon.
The meeting concluded with a high sense of purpose and resolve to step up support for Cuba by mobilizing the Canadian people at this critical time.
Action to load container bound
for Cuba, December 6, 2025
Posters for York University Donation Campaign for Cuba, February 20, 2026, Packing
Party
This article was published in
Volume 56 Number 4 - February 13, 2026
Article Link:
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