by Duane Stilwell, world-outlook.com, May 12, 2024 https://world-outlook.com/2024/05/12/solidarity-with-palestine-key-theme-of-may-day-in-cuba/
HAVANA, Cuba — Keffiyehs and Palestinian flags were among the most visible symbols as Cuban workers began massing at 4:30 a.m. on May 1 for the 200,000-strong rally hosted by the five municipalities closest to the U.S. embassy here. It was one of several May Day rallies in Cuba’s capital. Ten other mass gatherings took place in Havana alone. More than 4 million Cubans celebrated May Day — the international workers’ holiday — in avenues, town centers, and plazas across the island. They gathered within walking distance of their homes and workplaces instead of joining a single, massive march in each city, in order to save fuel, which is in short supply due to the ever-tightening U.S. blockade. . . . *May 2 solidarity conference* The massive rallies were followed the next day by a solidarity conference at the Convention Palace in Havana. Hundreds of conference participants and speakers, including Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, wore keffiyehs to show their solidarity with the Palestinian people besieged by the Israeli military in Gaza and under occupation in the West Bank. International delegates and Cuban workers and others from across the country met to map out activities over the coming year to expand the campaign to end the blockade and get Cuba removed from the U.S. State Department list of “state sponsors of terrorism.” . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30308): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30308 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106061968/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
