Vol. 77/No. 19 May 20, 2013
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Havana May Day march defends Cuban Revolution |
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Militant/Jacob Perasso
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| HAVANA—Two hundred fifty thousand march in support of Cuba’s revolutionary leadership here May 1 behind the banner “Orgullosos de Nuestra Obra” (Proud of our work). Action was overwhelmingly working people of Havana and surrounding provinces. Salvador Mesa, general secretary of the CTC (Central Organization of Cuban Workers) and a vice president of the Council of State, addressed the action, noting the high levels of unemployment worldwide and declining wages caused by the worldwide capitalist economic crisis. Mesa called for the broadest solidarity to break the “wall of silence” on the truth about the Cuban Five.
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