Aleida Guevara, daughter of revolutionary leader Ché Guevara will be speaking at CSC meetings in Britain in September, together with Luis Marron from the Cuban Friendship Institute, (ICAP)
Tour Dates - Brighton, Nottingham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Oxford
Sunday 9 September, 2.30pm
Community Base, 113 Queen's Rd Brighton BN1 3XG
Monday 10 September, 5.30pm
TUC Congress delegates fringe meeting, Brighton Centre
with Rodney Bickerstaffe, Chair KGMT and Brendan Barber, GS, TUC
Tuesday 11 September, 6.30-10.30pm
The Square Centre, Alfred Street North, Nottingham
Public meeting followed by social and live band
Wednesday 12 September, 6pm - 10pm
Banqueting Suite, Newcastle Civic Centre
Bar (not free) and buffet (from 5pm)
The event is free but tickets for the buffet need to be ordered from Unison Newcastle City branch via telephone (0191 211 6980) or email (unison.newcastle@newcastle.gov.uk)
Speakers from 6pm. Includes screening of 'Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up' documentary film
Thursday 13 September
Cross Party Group on Cuba meeting, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
Friday 14 September, 7pm
STUC, Woodlands Rd, Glasgow - public meeting
Monday 17 September, 7pm
Grand Committee Room, House of Commons, London
Public meeting supported by London Region Unison
NB: Please arrive half an hour early to pass through parliament security and ensure entry to the meeting.
Tuesday 18 September, 6-7.30pm
Vigil for the Miami Five, US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London
Candlelit vigil with speakers from the British and international labour movement to mark the 14th anniversary of the arrest of the Miami Five
Wednesday 19 September, 12-2pm
Tingewick Hall, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford – public meeting
Aleida Guevara March is the eldest daughter of four children born to Ernesto "Che" Guevara and his second wife, Aleida March.
She is a doctor of medicine, and has also worked as a physician in Angola, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. Guevara speaks in defence of Cuba, for peace, socialism, and Latin American solidarity. She is the author of the book Chávez, Venezuela and the New Latin America. Aleida will be joined by Luis Marron, a good friend of CSC, former Political Counsellor at the Cuban Embassy in London.
This tour is kindly supported by: Ken Gill Memorial Trust and London Region Unison
More information from campaigns@cuba-solidarity.org.uk or 020 8800 0155
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