In January 1959, Cuba dared to chart a revolutionary path in the belly of the beast, putting behind the indignities of colonial rule that had tormented its people for centuries. Since then, it stood firmly with the aspirations of peoples across the Third World.

Cuba is not a “state-sponsor of terrorism”.

It is a state-sponsor of health. Over the course of its revolutionary history, Cuba has dispatched 605,000 health professionals and technicians to 165 countries, bringing health to as many nations as the United States has sanctioned.

It is a state-sponsor of peace. On 9 June 2023, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and Antonio García, the guerrilla commander of the National Liberation Army (ELN), shook hands in Havana at peace talks brokered by the Cuban government. The meeting laid the groundwork for an extended ceasefire — a historic step in a decades-long struggle for peace.

It is a state-sponsor of liberation. Half a million Cubans joined the national liberation struggle in Angola, helping to break the back of South Africa’s apartheid army. Cuba’s victory against South African forces at the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, Nelson Mandela said, paved the way for the legalization of the African National Congress in 1990 and the end of the apartheid regime.

In the face of its tremendous service to humanity, the United States’ designation of Cuba as a sponsor of terror is a cynical ploy to sustain the long punishment for its defiance to US diktats. The policy has only one purpose: to maximize the suffering of the Cuban people.

It represents a radicalization of the cruel six-decade blockade of Cuba. The blockade, as the infamous April 1960 State Department Memorandum said, sought explicitly to make “the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.”

Over sixty years later, nothing has changed. The Cuban people lack access to most basic goods and resources: medicine, food, construction materials, energy, industrial machinery, and spare parts. The designation has strangled the Cuban economy. Despite repeated promises to revisit the policy, Joe Biden has sustained the punishment — a cruel and cynical policy that stands in violation of fundamental norms in international law.

With this letter, we celebrate Cuba as a promoter of health, peace, and liberation, and commit to mobilizing in our millions to demand an end to its long persecution by the US government.

Signed by:

1. Abolition Feminism For Ending Sexual Violence, United Kingdom
2. Afrodescendientes, Venezuela
3. Aj Muste Foundation For Peace & Justice, USA
4. Akcja Socjalistyczna, Poland
5. Al-Awda PRRC, USA
6. Al-Muntada The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Forum To Combat Violence Against Women, Palestine
7. All Nepal Peasants Federation, Nepal
8. Alrowwad, Palestine
9. American Student Union, USA
10. Amigas Da Terra Brasil, Brazil
11. Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, USA
12. Anti-War Committee Chicago, USA
13. Arab Lawyers Association, United Kingdom
14. Arab States Csos & Feminist Network, Egypt
15. Artists For Palestine United Kingdom, United Kingdom
16. Asamblea Distrital De San Martín De Porres, Peru
17. Asociación Americana De Juristas, Puerto Rico
18. Association For Investment In Popular Action Committees, USA
19. Australia-Cuba Friendship Society, Australia
20. Australians For A Free East Timor, Australia
21. Bangladeshi Americans For Political Progress (BAPP), USA
22. Bay Area Cuba Solidarity Network, USA
23. Bay Area Muslimtherapist's Collective, USA
24. Bay Area Women In Black, USA
25. Birlikte Yaşamak İstiyoruz İnisiyatifi (We Want To Live Together Initiative), Turkey
26. Calgary Anti-Racist Action, Canada
27. California Scholars For Academic Freedom, USA
28. Campaign Against Misrepresentation In Public Affairs, Information And The News (Campain), United Kingdom
29. Canadian Peoples' Union, Canada
30. Caos, Panama
31. Casa De La Amistad Peru-Cuba Sede Cusco, Peru
32. Casa De La Cultura De Lurin, Peru
33. Central American Disruption, USA
34. Centre For Global Education, Ireland
35. Centro Martin Luther King Uruguay, Uruguay
36. Centro Social Y Cultural La Nave, Spain
37. Cetim, Switzerland
38. Chask'A, Peru
39. Chicago Alliance Against Racist And Political Repression, USA
40. Circulo Bolivariano Petroleros Por Monagas, Venezuela
41. Claudia Jones School For Political Education, USA
42. Coalition Against Endless War (NJ - USA), USA
43. Coalition Against Fascism In India, USA
44. Codepink Bay Area, USA
45. Cohre, Uganda
46. Colectivo De Mujeres "Diana Morán", Panama
47. Colectivo Resistencia Y Rebelión, Venezuela
48. Comité Para Los Derechos Humanos En America Latina, Canada
49. Communist Party Of Australia, Australia
50. Comuna Agroturistica Y Deportiva Hugo Chávez El Visionario - Congreso De La Nueva Época, Venezuela
51. Confederación General De Trabajadores Del Peru Cgtp, Peru
52. Congreso De Los Pueblos, Colombia
53. CPJPO, Luxembourg
54. Defence For Children International - Palestine, Palestine
55. Democratic Socialists of America, USA
56. Diem25, Netherlands
57. East Bay Codepink, USA
58. Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists, Egypt
59. Eldh European Association Of Lawyers For Democracy And World Human Rights, Germany
60. Engender, South Africa
61. Equidad De Género: Ciudadanía, Trabajo Y Familia, Mexico
62. Ethiopian Women With Disabilities National Association, Ethiopia
63. Eugene Peaceworks, USA
64. Faith Strategies, USA
65. Federación De Trabajadores En Construcción Civil Del Peru, Peru
66. Federación Democrática Internacional De Mujeres Fdim, El Salvador
67. Fondo Puertorriqueño De Arte Y Cultura, Puerto Rico
68. Foro Salud, Peru
69. Frente Antiimperialista Internacionalista, Spain
70. Frente Cívico Nacional Blanco Rojo Del Peru, Peru
71. Frente De Defensa De Lambayeque, Peru
72. Frente Guasu, Paraguay
73. Frente Obrero Campesino Estudiantil Y Popular Focep, Peru
74. Frente Por La Dignidad Y La Democracia La Libertad, Peru
75. Frente Salas Antiimperialista, Panama
76. Friends Of Puerto Rico Initiative, USA
77. Friends Of Socialist China, United Kingdom
78. Friends Of The Congo, USA
79. Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power In Space, USA
80. Green Mountain Solidarity With Palestine, USA
81. Grupo Belga Solidair Met Guatemala, Belgium
82. Grupo Emancipador Peru, Peru
83. Haldane Society Of Socialist Lawyers, United Kingdom
84. Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War, Canada
85. Hampton Roads For Palestine, USA
86. Héctor Julián Mayurí Auris, Peru
87. Hindus For Human Rights, USA
88. Human Rights For All, Canada
89. Illinois For A World Beyond War, USA
90. Independiente, Peru
91. Indian Association Of Lawyers, India
92. Inminds Human Rights Group, United Kingdom
93. Instituto Andino Para El Buen Gobierno, Peru
94. Instituto Simón Bolívar Para La Paz Y La Solidaridad Entre Los Pueblos, Venezuela
95. International Association Of Democratic Lawyers
96. International Manifesto Group, Canada
97. International Peace Bureau (IPB), International
98. International Volunteers For Peace, Australia
99. Intersindical Solidària, Spain
100. Istinad Research Institute, Sudan
101. Jawanza James William’s, USA
102. Jewish Network For Palestine, United Kingdom
103. Jewish Voice For Labour, United Kingdom
104. Jews Against White Supremacy UCSC, USA
105. Journal Des Alternatives - Plateforme Altermondialiste, Canada
106. Juntos Por El Peru, Peru
107. Kenyans4Palestine, Kenya
108. Kumi Now, Palestine
109. Kutup Yıldızı Ilmi Araştırmalar Derneği, Turkey
110. La Internacional De Escritoras Y Escritores Insurgentes (IEI), Argentina
111. La Internacional De Escritores, Argentina
112. Largest Trade Union In The Garment And Textile Workers In Bangladesh, Bangladesh
113. Lewisham and Greenwich CND, United Kingdom
114. Mala Junta Argentina, Argentina
115. Marcha Mundial De Las Mujeres, Peru
116. Marrickville Peace Group (Sydney), Australia
117. Masimanyane Women's Rights International, South Africa
118. Masimanyane, South Africa
119. Médecine Pour Le Peuple, Belgium
120. Medicina Democratica ONG, Italy
121. MEMPROW, Uganda
122. Middle East Justice And Peace Group Of South Central Pa, USA
123. Migrant Roots Media, USA
124. Montreal For A World Beyond War, Canada
125. Motherful, USA
126. Mothers Against Peace Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany
127. Movement For Black Lives, USA
128. Movimento de Trabalhadores Sem-Teto (MTST Brasil), Brazil
129. Movimiento Comunitario Alfa Y Omega, Peru
130. Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano De Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
131. Movimiento Nacional De Mujeres Todas Somos Micaela, Peru
132. Movimiento Político Nuevo Peru, Peru
133. MUP, Peru
134. Muslim Climate Watch, USA
135. National Conference Of Black Lawyers, USA
136. National Garment Workers Federation, Bangladesh
137. National Lawyers Guild International, USA
138. National Students for Justice in Palestine, USA
139. National Union Of Peoples' Lawyers, Philippines
140. Nelly Avendaño Roca, Peru
141. Network Of NGOs Of Trinidad And Tobago For The Advancement Of Women, Trinidad And Tobago
142. New York Peace Council, USA
143. Norcal Sabeel, USA
144. North South Cooperation, Belgium
145. Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition, USA
146. Nuevo Peru Arequipa, Peru
147. NYC Workers For Palestine, USA
148. Observatorio De Derechos Humanos De Los Pueblos, Mexico
149. Occupy Bergen County, USA
150. Ontario Palestinian Rights Association (Opra), Canada
151. Organisation Contre La Torture En Tunisie, Tunisia
152. Organización Política Izquierda Socialista, Peru
153. Organization For The Victory Of The People, Guyana
154. Palestine 13, France
155. Palestinian And Jewish Unity (Paju), Canada
156. Palestinian Feminist Collective, Transnational
157. Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM), Malaysia
158. Partido Comunista De Chile, Chile
159. Partido Comunista Del Peru, Peru
160. Partido Comunista Peruano, Peru
161. Partido Del Pueblo Peru, Peru
162. Partido Político Nacional Peru Libre, Peru
163. Party of Communists USA, USA
164. Peace Action WI, USA
165. People's Academy Of International Law, USA
166. Persons Against Inequality Uganda, Uganda
167. Plant-Based Health Justice, United Kingdom
168. Popular Resistance, USA
169. Progressive Democrats Of America, Oregon Chapter, USA
170. Progressive Lawyers Association / Turkey (Chd), Turkey
171. Public Intellectuals For Social And Spare Change, USA
172. Pueblo Unido, Peru
173. PVDA-PTB, Belgium
174. Red De Mujeres Verdes Equo Cantabria, Spain
175. Red Europea de Comités Oscar Romero (SICSAL-Europa), Belgium
176. Reparations United, USA
177. Rockland County For Palestinian Liberation, USA
178. Romanian Socialist Party, Romania
179. Rosa Leocadia Siancas Astoquilca, Peru
180. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, International
181. Sawcho, South Africa
182. Siglo XXI - Re-Pensando Bolivia, Canada
183. Sindicato Único De Trabajadores De La Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Sutupch, Peru
184. Sindicato Unitario De Trabajadores Del Periodismo Y La Comunicación Social Del Peru, Peru
185. Socialist Labour Party, United Kingdom
186. Socialist Lawyers Association Of Ireland, Ireland
187. Solidaridad Con Los Pueblos En Lucha, International
188. Solidaridad Peru-Cuba, Peru
189. State 55 Africa, Africa
190. Students For Justice In Palestine At Uchicago, USA
191. Sua Sociedad Uruguaya De Actores Y Dramaturgos, Uruguay
192. Sunrise Movement Philly, USA
193. System Change Not Climate Change, USA
194. Tamil Nadu Land Rights Federation, India
195. Tatwala Vzw, Belgium
196. Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis And The Indivisibility Of Justice, USA
197. Teszkiewicz, Argentina
198. The Civil Commission For The Independence Of The Judiciary And The Rule Of Law - Istqlal, Palestine
199. The Movement For A Democratic, Ecological Socialist Republic Of Australia, Australia
200. The Palestinian Initiative For The Promotion Of Global Dialogue And Democracy - Miftah, Palestine
201. Top End Peace Alliance, Australia
202. Ubuntu Freedom, USA
203. UNEM, Venezuela
204. Unitarian Universalists For A Just Economic Community, USA
205. United American Indians Of New England, USA
206. Unmute Gaza Danish Chapter, Denmark
207. USA-Palestine Mental Health Network, USA
208. USACBI - US Academic And Cultural Boycott Of Israel, USA
209. Vereinigung Demokratischer Jurist:Innen - Vdj, Germany (Association Of Democratic Lawyers, Germany, Germany)
210. Vrede Vzw, Belgium
211. WILPF Canada, Canada
212. Women Advancement For Economic And Leadership Empowerment Foundation In Africa (Waele Africa), Nigeria
213. Women Democratic Front, Pakistan
214. Workers Voice Socialist Movement (Louisiana), USA
215. Youth Advisory Panel (YAP), Palestine
216. Zimbabwe Movement Of Pan African Socialists, Zimbabwe
217. Zimbabwe Palestine Solidarity Council, Zimbabwe
218. Zimbabwe People’s Land Rights Movement, Zimbabwe