HUNDREDS of activists gathered at the headquarters of the National Education Union in London for the annual “Adelante” Latin America conference on Saturday.
Activists took part in plenary sessions and more than 20 workshops organised by the Cuba, Venezuela, Colombian and Nicaraguan solidarity campaigns, to support the progressive movements of Latin America.
Chair of the opening plenary Bernard Regan, the national secretary of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC), placed the conference within “the spirit of anti-imperialism and the right to self-determination.”
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON
During visits to Cheney School and Oxford Brookes University, Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter highlighted how Cuba devotes half its budget to education, health and social security despite the US blockade, reports ROGER McKENZIE



