The Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, has announced further changes to her Cabinet team. The new-look Cabinet sees experienced lead member Sarah Ruiz add the education portfolio to her existing role as Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, while Carleene Lee-Phakoe joins the top team for the first […]
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HIV: social stigma in the immigrant community
According to studies, there are 340 Latin Americans with HIV in London. Despite being a treatable illness, it remains a taboo in the immigrant community. A campaign led by an organisation that works with ethnic minorities aims to put an end to positive cases by 2030.
London protest against the illegal blockade of Cuba
Rock Around The Blockade, solidarity campaign of the Revolutionary Communist Group, organised a protest outside the US embassy in London on 17 October. On 29 October they will discuss the upcoming US elections. Tex and photos: RCGFRFI This demonstration was to oppose the illegal US blockade at a […]
Cuban doctors nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
British academic, Helen Yaffe, has nominated Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Contingent to receive the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for their contribution to tackling COVID-19 in 39 countries around the world. “Having researched the development of Cuba’s public healthcare system and its ‘medical internationalism’, I appeal to the Nobel […]
Britain and Cuba: union and solidarity
The need to show solidarity with Cuba, which not only faces a decades-long blockade, but also a smear campaign against its progress in its fight to confront the coronavirus, is the topic to be discussed on September 30. The virtual meeting is “United in solidarity: building friendship and understanding […]
















