1st OF MAY

Over 2 thousand unionists, leaders of social organizations and solidarity movements from 73 countries of the world have confirmed attendance of May Day celebrations in Havana.»

Sancti Spiritus workers were convened for  May Day celebrations in a local meeting presided over by the motto “United for a prosperous and sustainable socialism”.»

More than three million people marched in the 15 Cuban provinces in the celebrations on Workers International Day, in support of socialism and the updating of the island’s socio-economic model.»

Marches and rallies against capitalism, from coast to coast, are taking place in the United States on Tuesday called by the peace movement Occupy Wall Street (OWS) on International Workers’ Day.»

Thousand people from Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, reaffirmed this 1st of May their unconditional support to the Revolution when attending an over-two-hour parade in front of the Serafin Sanchez Valdivia Revolution Square.»

Cuban President Raul Castro presided over the main popular parade celebrating May Day in Havana’s Revolution Square. The big parade was headed this time by a contingent of more than 50,000 workers from the health sector.»

With the speech delivered by Domingo Gutierrez Gutierrez, general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Workers (CTC) in Sancti Spiritus, the 1st of May parade was started in this territory, in the presence of top Party and governmental leaders as well as representatives from grassroots organizations.»

Everything is ready in the central Cuban territory of Sancti Spiritus for the commemoration of the International Workers’s Day next May 1st. Locals will march along the main avenues and streets up to the Serafin Sanchez Valdivia Revolution Square.»

Over one thousand representatives of 162 trade unions, social movements and of solidarity with Cuba, from 62 countries will participate in the parade on May 1 in support of the social project started on the island in 1959.»

Solidarity activists from 16 countries will travel to Cuba to celebrate International Workers’ Day on May 1 as an expression of their support of the social revolutionary process that began in the Caribbean nation in 1959.»