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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Before leaving for the airport, I joined a tour spontaneously organized by some comrades at the Danish-Cuban Association, where they showed their offices and rooms where they work, hold meetings, and plan their activism, and told us about their organisational structure and practices.

Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...The Swedish-Cuban Association has been provisionally elected as the host, pending final confirmation from their organization...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Finally, the date and host country of the next meeting was discussed. Due to 2026 being the centenary year of Fidel Castro, and due to 2027 being the year for the European Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba in Turkey, the next Northern European meeting will take place in 2028...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Today, we presented our final draft to all participant organizations, and I am happy to say that it was approved unanimously!...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...The editorial committee consisted of myself and Simon McGuinness from Cuba Support Group, and together we worked on the draft resolution to include all of the suggestions for additions and changes, as well as to polish up the language of the text...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

🧵Sunday was our last day in Copenhagen, and we concluded the discussions that have been going on during the weekend, particularly regarding strategy and action plans for Cuba solidarity groups in Northern Europe for the coming year.

We also finished editing the final resolution of the meeting...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...as everyone sang the iconic Guantanamera and El Pueblo Unido.

Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Finally, we were treated to Cuban music by the band Patria Grande...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...as well as close and fruitful cooperation and solidarity between the trade union movement in Britain and in Cuba. His words were a big encouragement and a source for optimism for all of us, who have had to deal with conservative trade unions as well...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...with most other dismissing them as propagandists "for an authoritarian regime". After decades of hard work, these right-wing lies were gradually dispelled, and now CSC enjoys broad support from more than 500 branches, access to more than a million workers through trade union media...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Another speech was given by Rob Miller of the British Cuba Solidarity Campaign, and in it he recalled the long and difficult process of working within British trade unions. As Rob noted, 20 years ago, only 3 branches of trade unions were affiliated with CSC...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Keynote speech was given by Elizabeth Ribalta Rubiera of ICAP, and her emphasis on the primary mission of ICAP, which is defence of the just causes of the peoples, were met with cheers and ovations from the crowd, who spontaneously began chanting "Viva Cuba!"...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Our venue for the evening was provided by 3F - the largest and strongest trade union in Denmark, uniting more than 250 000 workers!...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Each of the international delegations were introduced by our hosts Susanne Wind and conferenciers Jena and Sven-Erik, as well as Danish activists, trade union organizers and political leaders...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

🧵The activities for Saturday were concluded with an official celebration and dinner, where all of the solidarity organizations were joined by the broader left-wing political and trade union movements in Denmark...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...and concluding introduction was from Nina Blodau and the Cuba Support Group Ireland.

Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Zoltan Tiroler represented the Swedish-Cuban Association (Svensk-kubanska föreningen), Edgar Göll introduced the German Cuba network Netzwerk Cuba, Birgitte Schiffler spoke on the solidarity work of Freundschaftsgesellschaft BRD-Kuba, Rob Miller presented the British Cuba Solidarity Campaign...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Tomi Kuhanen spoke on behalf of the Finland-Cuba Association (Suomi-Kuuba-seura), Eyjólfur B. Eyvindarson presented the work of Iceland-Cuba Association (Vináttufélag Íslands og Kúbu), Paulius Eidukas talked about the activities of Norwegian-Cuban Association (Cubaforeningen i Norge)...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...as many of our members often find themselves demonstrating and campaigning both for Cuba, and for Palestine.

We then introduced the current European movement of solidarity with Cuba. Every national organization had a chance to present their accomplishments, strategies, and experiences...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...The imperial power of the United States continues to be the principal threat and aggressor towards the world's nations which seek independence and self-determination. This threat is what naturally unites our struggles and organizations together...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...The highlight of the welcome-opening meeting was a collection of personal and emotional videos recorded by Palestinian students in Cuba, where they noted the inevitably intertwined and shared struggles of the two countries against imperialism, colonialism and genocide...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Elizabeth explained the pressing need for concrete solidarity action, as well as the constant political, legal, and social media battles in defence of Cuba, which have to be constantly prioritized by our organizations...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Fernando sent us a video message, specially pre-recoded for our meeting, in which he celebrated our long-standing solidarity with Cuba, and wished us success.

The speeches from ICAP were concluded by Elizabeth Ribalta Rubiera, who coordinates the organizations within the Northern Europe Group...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...She noted the importance of the solidarity movement and its material contributions to Cuba.

Her ideas were further emphasized by the next speaker, one of the famous Cuban Five, Hero of the Republic, and President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Fernando González Llort...

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Paulius Eidukas (艾文) ☭ @nilsenist.bsky.social · 3d

...Then, the floor was given to the Cuban Ambassador in Denmark, Ana Maria Chongo, who gave an update about the situation in Cuba and the impact of the criminal U.S. blockade and sanctions, as well as the arbitrary inclusion of Cuba in the U.S. list of so-called "state-sponsors of terrorism"...

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