A packed crowd gathered in Manchester at the weekend for an exhibition of paintings by one of the imprisoned Cuban Five.
The watercolour paintings by Antonio Guerrero - one of the five locked up after exposing the activities of exiled Cubans mounting terrorist attacks on Cuba from the US - depict life in prison in the United States.
Almost 3,000 Cubans have been killed in terrorist attacks carried out by the exiles, and more than 2,000 have been left with lifelong disabilities.
ADRIAN WEIR charts the intercontinental trade union solidarity with Cuba and its desperate predicament
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON


