SSP Research, Policy & Media Unit
Press Release: 28/05/05

The Scottish Socialist Party is proud to announce that Rosie Kane, an SSP member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow, has been invited to Cuba to speak at an international conference ‘Against terrorism, for truth and justice’, to be held in Havana from 2nd to 3rd June 2005.
The conference has been called to demand justice from the US government in relation to two men accused of being involved in terrorism including the bombing of a Cubana flight in 1976 that claimed the lives of 73 people.

While she is in Cuba Rosie will seek a meeting with Fidel Castro to convey the Scottish Socialist Party’s solidarity greetings in defence of Cuba and against the US blockade.

Rosie said today;
“I am going to Cuba in the spirit of international solidarity for truth and justice and I’ll be taking the message that the people of Scotland stand alongside the people of Cuba in opposition to the warmongers in the White House.
“From Cambuslang to Cuba the brutality and greed of capitalism can be seen easily with the naked eye.
“The same speeches can be translated from community to community; from motorway to blockade, same problem and same solution.
“I will be seeking a meeting with Fidel Castro so that I can deliver a message of solidarity and unity from the Scottish Socialist Party to the people of Cuba against the US blockade.”
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