Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, Feb 28. - Cuba will turn the upcoming May 1st celebrations into a platform to denounce the "cruel, illegal, and genocidal" U.S. blockade against oil shipments to the "dignified and independent" island.
During a meeting of the Organizing Commission for the 22nd Congress of the Workers' Union of Cuba (CTC, by its acronym in Spanish), led by its president and member of the Party Central Committee, Osnay Miguel Colina Rodríguez, it was announced that the Cuban proletariat will also reaffirm its support for the Revolution, socialism, and the country’s top leadership.
The members of the governing body evaluated preliminary ideas for the commemorative plan for International Workers' Day, which is dedicated to honoring the legacy of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz in the year of his centenary.
They noted that the current escalation by the United States government is intended to further aggravate the consequences of the "genocidal" economic, commercial, and financial siege—now in its 64th year—with the aim of finally bringing the Cuban people and their Revolution to their knees as they pay tribute to their historic leader.
Democratic President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 3447 on February 3, 1962, establishing the siege against Cuba to impede the functioning of the Cuban economy and undermine public support for the revolutionary process.
Since then, the strategy of economic siege and suffocation has been a central component of U.S. policy toward Cuba, aiming to limit the Cuban people's right to exercise sovereignty and build an independent project free from imperial subordination—a policy the current administration has taken to an unprecedented scale with the "energy blockade."
Given these circumstances, the CTC Organizing Commission called for May Day to motivate workers to solve pressing production and service problems, particularly those related to the shortage of energy carriers.
The commission also urged that the national days of voluntary and productive work, called by the CTC for International Workers' Day, serve as opportunities to boost the country’s priority programs, essentially food production and the installation of photovoltaic (solar) systems.
During the debate, the Organizing Commission proposed conducting a significant number of activities with a focus on efficiency and rationality. These include a colloquium dedicated to the vision that National Hero José Martí and Fidel Castro had of the proletariat, as well as rallies in small settlements, neighborhoods, and municipal centers, where attendees will mobilize on foot.
The celebration of International Workers' Day in Cuba will also serve as a prelude to the final sessions of the 22nd CTC Congress, scheduled to take place in the second half of June 2026.(Text and Photo: Trabajadores Digital)
