[News] Cuba and Palestine: A peoplehood forged in struggle

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Cuba and Palestine: A brotherhood forged in struggle
Middle East Monitor
February 6, 2025
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign Director Ben Jamal (far left) and co-founder
of the BDS movement Omar Barghouti (C) joined Aleida Guevara March,
daughter of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, to discuss the brotherhood Cuba and
Palestine have forged against imperialism in London, UK, on 4 February 2025
[Andrew S. Maier/Middle East Monitor]

London welcomed Aleida Guevara March, daughter of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara
<https://www.memopublishers.com/publications/che-guevara-in-gaza-palestine-becomes-a-global-cause/>and
honorary niece of Fidel Castro, on Tuesday. March discussed the brotherhood
Cuba and Palestine have forged against imperialism.

An internationally respected anti-imperialist activist and a paediatrician,
March has participated in medical missions
<https://www.memopublishers.com/publications/beyond-borders-international-map-of-cuban-medical-cooperation/>
in countries such as Ecuador, Angola and Nicaragua, embodying her father’s
philosophy of socialism by contributing to Cuba’s medical internationalism.

Speaking through a translator, March acknowledged the tumultuous time we
are all facing since Donald Trump’s return to the White House. She offered
hope for the dark times to come, highlighting that as Trump continues to
incite violence and destroy the foundations of human rights, he has
unknowingly achieved something her father Che sought after his entire life;
the unification of the globe against the American imperialist force.

“The more difficult the situation, even to the point of exhaustion by need
to resist, comes along a president like today and starts saying barbarities
and commits them, he provokes the unity of the people! And those that were
exhausted rise, because when we learn to live with dignity, no one can
force us to lower our heads again!” March said.

*Che Guevara in Gaza: Palestine becomes a Global Cause
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20150720-che-guevara-in-gaza-palestine-becomes-a-global-cause/>*

She closed her speech with a powerful rendition of ‘*Cultivo Una Rosa
Blanca*’, an infamous anti-imperialist Cuban poem, earning her the only
standing ovation of the night. She reminded listeners not to find oratory
as the completion of activism – “words are wonderful, but words can be
carried away by the wind. What matters is what we do, and we must help in
the reconstruction of [Palestine].”

Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Director Ben Jamal echoed her call,
stressing how marches must continue, to disrupt the status quo on the
streets of London. He said this is as relevant today as it was at the start
of the genocide.

Jamal explained that when he spoke to Cuban activists regarding the PSC’s
national rallies, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) spokespeople said: “We
also march in Cuba for Palestine, but the difference is, in Cuba our
marches are led by the president.”

American and Israeli lobbies hope that the ceasefire deal will dampen
international efforts in support of Palestinian liberation, Co-founder of
the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170316-timeline-international-attempts-to-boycott-bds/>)
Movement, Omar Barghouti, added. We cannot allow the brutalisation of
Palestinian to slip from the forefront of our minds, he stressed, as this
empowers the occupier to begin onslaughts in the occupied West Bank as it
is doing today.

Despite enduring 60 years of US state sanctions, Cuba has maintained
initiatives such as scholarships for Palestinian medics, with Health
Workers 4 Palestine CEO, Amira Nimerawi, emphasising the significance of
this.

The night concluded with the reminder that solidarity against the
oppression of Cuba goes hand in hand with the Palestinian cause. Both
campaigns are the consequence of imperialist intervention, but together
become a stronger force for resistance.

*READ: London police crackdown on Gaza protest evokes 19th-century
repression
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250122-london-police-crackdown-on-gaza-protest-evokes-19th-century-repression/>*
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