Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee

03/24/2026

ANTI- IMPERIAL SOLIDARITIES AND
CANADIAN COMPLICITY: FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO IRAN

March 30th at 6pm at WestEnd Commons (641 St Matthew’s Ave; side door)

Featuring Tamanisha John, Brendan Devlin, Owen Schalk, Kerry Sinanan, and facilitated by Aarzoo Singh.

Early 2026 has seen a marked escalation in US-Western backed actions with global repercussions. The US bombings of Caribbean citizens at sea, military installations in Trinidad, the kidnapping of Venezuela’s President Maduro, the increased drone attacks in Haiti, and the blockade of fuel to Cuba following decades of fatal sanctions, place the entire Caribbean region in extreme precarity. These events are linked to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the UAE-backed genocide in Sudan, the crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo where child enslavement underpins global tech-economies, and, most recently, the illegal US-Israeli bombings of Iran and Lebanon. This roundtable makes connections across hemispheres by naming Canada’s own complicity in these Western imperial actions, from arms trading to extensive mining interests, and considers what committed anti-imperial solidarity in Canada should look like at this time.

03/23/2026

Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee honours the memory of the legendary musician and revolutionary Jorge Gómez Barranco, who passed on March 23rd in Havana, Cuba. A key figure in the Nueva Trova movement, Gómez was the founder and director of the legendary Grupo Moncada in 1972. He served in the National Assembly of Popular Power for four terms and was a member of the Union of Artists and Writers of Cuba.

Grupo Moncada has a special relationship to Manitoba and to Canada, having represented Cuba with a performance at the 1999 Pan-American Games in Winnipeg. This pivotal cultural exchange began a deep friendship between our committee members and the group, especially Jorge Gómez, whose music and steadfast inspiration lives in our hearts.

03/03/2026

Join the Penner-Bethune Club, the YCL, and Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee at the Winnipeg Chilean Association (892 Burrows Ave) for a celebration of International Working Women’s Day and the Cuban Revolution!

This Sunday, March 8th, at 4:00pm, we will present two films by legendary Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez—Local power, Popular power, and My Contribution, depicting the changing role of women in revolutionary Cuba and commissioned by the Federation of Cuban Women.

Before the screening, please attend the Chilean Association’s special commemoration of International Women’s Day, beginning at 1:00pm and featuring speeches, greetings, and music by Chile Lucha y Canta and others.

“Socialism for Cuban women meant freedom, independence, sovereignty, dignity, social justice, safety for their children’s growth and development, right to equity, right to life, right to decide on their own destiny, to work for a future they dreamed of and defended with all their strength …

“Today we all know where we should be, how to take action and through which means, how to keep living and producing in an organized way during a period of full blockade, of military threat, of war of attrition, even of invasion and occupation, to defeat the enemy; the Federation of Cuban Women has been intensely working in this preparation process … We Cuban women understand that conquering complete equity within our families and in society is only possible within this system.”

- Vilma Espín

02/22/2026

Manitobans gathered today at the US Consulate in Winnipeg for the National Day of Action to LET CUBA LIVE!

WHAT NEXT? Livestream the People’s Tribunal tomorrow at 1:30pm Winnipeg time via the Canadian Network on Cuba Facebook; sign and share the parliamentary petition to unblock Cuba and oppose US aggression (now at over 10,000 signatures!); donate to the CNC’s monthly containers of aid to Cuba!

Now is the time to grow the solidarity movement!

02/18/2026

Diane Zack, coordinator of Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee, speaking against the proposed anti-protest bylaw at City Hall today.

“For several years now, MB-Cuba Solidarity has carried out peaceful protests at the corner of River and Osborne on the last Sunday of every month against the US blockade of Cuba, carrying signs like ‘Let Cuba Live!’ and ‘Trump: Hands off Canada Means Hands Off Cuba!’ We have been well-received at this corner. There’s been no violence of any kind. Cars driving by show their support for our message by honking their horns. However, we are about one hundred metres from a church, and there’s a senior’s residence across from the church, so our usual corner would be off-limits if this bylaw is passed …”

“For the past couple of years, the Palestinian community and its supporters organized weekly rallies opposing the Israeli bombing of Gaza. Yes, the rallies were loud. Many passersby and motorists showed support by waving and honking, but there were some who objected … The Palestinians and their supporters did not overreact to these attempts to intimidate them. There are some organizations in Winnipeg, and some politicians, who support the Israeli war on Gaza and its population, and these same organizations have called for this bylaw. They want a bylaw to keep Palestinians and their supporters off the streets of Winnipeg. In my opinion, this is the impetus for the proposed bylaw. But the opposition to the bylaw has grown exponentially … For my organization, Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee, it’s an extremely important time to take a stand in public rallies against the US attempts to destroy Cuba. We want to step up our work, not have it curtailed.”

01/03/2026

Emergency Rally for Venezuela

On Sunday, January 4, 2026, members of Peace Alliance Winnipeg and allies will gather in Winnipeg at River and Osborne, 2:30pm for an emergency demonstration to stand with the people of Venezuela. Please bring flags and signs with messages like “Hands Off Venezuela” and “End US Imperialism,” etc. Please join us and share this message far and wide.

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01/01/2026

On January 1st, 1959—67 years ago today—the regime of Fulgencio Batista fell to the revolutionary forces of the July 26th Movement. Happy new year, and may 2026 be a year of global struggle in solidarity with the Cuban people and their revolution!

12/01/2025

Some photos from today’s rally to raise awareness of the illegal US blockade of Cuba. Thanks to everyone who came out in the cold to stand with the Cuban people. 🇨🇺 ✊

11/24/2025

Join us next Sunday, November 30th, at River and Osborne from 1-2pm for our monthly rally, calling for Canada to stand up to the United States and oppose the illegal blockade of Cuba! Let Cuba Live!

10/27/2025

Some photos from yesterday’s rally to raise awareness against the US blockade of Cuba. Join us on the last Sunday of each month in our demand to Let Cuba Live!

10/23/2025

09/26/2025

This Sunday at River and Osborne! Join in our demand to end the illegal US blockade and Let Cuba Live!