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Still the target of vindictive US foreign policy, Cuba deserves our support and solidarity, says KEVIN COURTNEY

TWENTY years ago this month, TUC Congress passed its first ever motion on the blockade of Cuba.

Motion 83, proposed by the Community and Youth Workers Union and seconded by the Fire Brigades Union, committed the TUC to opposing US sanctions and supporting the work of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign. 

It was passed unanimously.  

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