To all members of Africa Left Network Forum (ALNEF).
On behalf of the Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) and the Kenya Cuba Friendship Society (KCFS) I send you revolutionary greetings from Nairobi!
I write to you this special message to request you to intensify our solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban revolution even while I believe most of you are already doing so in your countries.
As you are aware, the USA imperialism has tightened its economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba that is aimed at strangling the friendly, peacefully and revolutionary country in all ways. President Donald Trump and his neofascist regime have introduced even more brutal anti-Cuba laws aimed at violating Cuba's national sovereignty and socialism. It is in fact a war against a peaceful and independent United Nations member state and nation and a blatant violation of the human rights of the entire people of Cuba.
All of us remember that the brutal blockade has been imposed against Cuba for 60 years hitherto. It has of course not succeeded to make the people of the resilient and revolutionary nation surrender their freedom, dignity, their socialist way of life, and their development path away from capitalism and imperialism. Nevertheless, the unjustified blockade has caused and continues to cause great damage and difficulties of all sorts to the government and people of Cuba and to socialism.
Amidst all this, Cuba's socialist internationalism has always existed and never ended. We are all grateful for Cuba's solidarity to our African continent which continues today in many forms in our various countries. It is for this reason, among others, that we appeal to you fellow members of ALNEF to use all means possible to extend solidarity in all ways at your disposal to Cuba at this time when it needs it more than ever before.
CPK requests all of you ALNEF members to write to the US Embassy in your countries condemning the blockade against Cuba and calling for its immediate end! Call upon your governments, irrespective of their ideologies, in the name of peace, justice and the right of all nations to freedom and national sovereignty to demand that the US ceases its hostility against Cuba and ends the blockade! In the name of human rights, we request all member parties of ALLNEF to request the United Nations, African Union and the civil society in your countries to condemn the violations of the human rights of the citizens of Cuba perpetrated by the US blockade.
Lastly, CPK requests all members of ALNEF and solidarity with Cuba organizations in your countries to attend the Africa solidarity with Cuba organization's meeting that will take place in Abuja Nigeria in September this year. In Abuja we shall discuss our common resolution as Africans on our solidarity with Cuba including concrete action plans. Cuba deserves African solidarity for they are our blood relatives and socialist comrades at arms in the anti-imperialism war and for socialism.
I humbly beg your indulgence as I believe that you are already all supporting Cuba in one way or another in your countries. This just to emphasise our common position as Africans and ALNEF.
CPK will reiterate the same message on behalf of ALNEF at Caracas, Venezuela, during the São Paulo Forum starting on 25th July 2019.
In the name of ALNEF and Socialist Internationalism I salute all of you wherever you are in our African continent!
Long live friendship and Solidarity with Cuba and Cuba socialist revolution!
Mwandawiro Mghanga
National Chairperson
Communist Party of Kenya
July 15, 2019