Saturday 4th December 2021 Friends Meeting House, Euston Road
Cuba has released the draft of a new family code that would allow same-sex to marry and adopt as well as give children greater participation in decisions that affect them The draft of a new family code for Cuba released Wednesday proposes allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as giving children greater... Continue Reading →
Bernard Regan, Cuba Solidarity Campaign Secretary, called for support for the Cuban people against the US blockade. He was speaking at a recent solidarity event – “Latin America’s Struggle: Opposing US intervention, Neoliberalism & the Far-Right.” Read his contribution in full below. Cuba has been the victim of a blockade by the United States of... Continue Reading →
Saturday 4th December 2021 | 10am-5PM Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ (Nearest tube: Euston) Speakers include: • Jeremy Corbyn MP • Kate Hudson, CND • John McDonnell MP • Claudia Turbet-Delof, Bolivia • Richard Burgon MP • Mariela Kohon, TUC • Julia Felmanas, Brazil • Jon Trickett MP • Dr Emily Morris... Continue Reading →
“The peoples of the Americas are rising again, saying no to imperialism, saying no to fascism, saying no to intervention – and saying no to death.” Hugo Chávez The ‘credit crunch’ crisis of 2008 furnished the United States and its European and Latin American accomplices with an opportunity to launch a brutal offensive against progressive... Continue Reading →
Saturday 4th December 2021 | 10am-5PM Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ (Nearest tube: Euston) Tickets £10 waged/ £8 unwaged. Book online at bit.ly/LA21ticket Or call 020 7490 5715 Bringing together experts, academics, trade unionists, politicians, and activists from the UK, Europe and Latin America Sessions include: Biden Vs Trump: what difference does... Continue Reading →
“Let’s give a shout out to those people in Ecuador that are standing up against what the IMF are doing to their economy and their people" U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have both sent messages of solidarity to the recent anti-IMF protests in Ecuador, which have succeeded in forcing the government... Continue Reading →
By Ken Livingstone Im pleased to be speaking at the upcoming annual Latin America Conference. This is a highlight of the progressive calendar here in Britain, and a vital event to support socialist parties, workers, trade unions and progressive movements in Latin America who are standing up to both neoliberalism and hostility from the... Continue Reading →
Speech to the recent Solidarity with Bolivia Meeting in London by Marcus Barnett, International Officer of Young Labour. Bolivian trade unionist Manuel Bueno will be speaking at the at the Adelante Latin America 2019 Conference Sat 23 Nov - get your ticket here: bit.ly/la19ticket Comrades and friends, thank you for the honour of having... Continue Reading →
Original Democracy Now article here Ecuador’s president has declared a national emergency as protests rage nationwide over his decision to end diesel and gasoline subsidies. President Lenín Moreno’s austerity measures met a key demand of the International Monetary Fund as part of a $4.2 billion deal agreed to in February. On Thursday, protesters spilled... Continue Reading →
Black History Month event Alborada and Luna Films presents The Black Creoles: Memories and Identities Directors: María José Alvarez and Martha Clarissa Hernández | Nicaragua | 90 mins | Luna Films | 2011 | Spanish w/ English Subtitles This documentary tells the untold story of Nicaragua’s African descendants of the Caribbean Coast. The film collects... Continue Reading →
