CALLING ALL FRIENDS OF CUBA
Global Week of Action Against U.S. Genocide in Cuba
Week of Action – Saturday October 24, 2026 to Saturday October 31, 2026
Day of Action – Wednesday October 28, 2026
On October 28, the world will vote to end the US blockade on Cuba for the 34th time. For 33 years, the UN General Assembly has declared that the blockade is a violation of international law by overwhelming margins, most recently 165 to 7 in 2025. The United States has ignored every one of those votes. Now the blockade has intensified into something far worse.
In January 2026, the United States imposed a total energy blockade on Cuba, threatening any country that supplied the island with oil. Nine months later, doctors are performing surgery by cellphone light, neonatal incubators are failing during blackouts, and over 100,000 patients are waiting for surgery, 12,000 of them children. More than 70 people are dying of cancer every day. Infant mortality has risen 148% since 2018. Three hundred of Cuba’s 395 essential medicines are in shortage.
The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the WHO Director-General have all warned that the US escalation of economic warfare is killing Cubans. This is not simply sanctions or pressure. It is collective punishment and genocide, the deliberate creation of conditions designed to destroy a people’s ability to survive.
The world has opposed this blockade 33 times. The United States has ignored the world 33 times. The question for 2026 is not whether we oppose the blockade. The question is what we are willing to do about it.
This year, the vote cannot stand alone. This year, the vote must be met with action everywhere.
From October 24 to 31, as part of the global #NoWarOnCuba campaign, we call on all NNOC member organizations, friends of Cuba, and social justice organizations and movements worldwide to organize, mobilize, raise our voices, and show that the majority of the world is with Cuba.
What You Can Do
- During the Global Week of Action Against U.S. Genocide in Cuba from October 24 to 31, host teach-ins, film screenings, cultural nights, material aid drives, webinars, letter-writing actions, and social media storms. Bring people together and make the issue impossible to ignore.
- On October 28, vote day itself, organize a rally, march, vigil, online action, or solidarity event in your city as part of an internationally synchronized day of action. Take to the streets. Take to the airwaves. Take to every platform you have.
- Contact your parliamentarian or government representative and demand they publicly support the UN resolution and pressure the U.S. to end the blockade.
- If you can’t organize an event, you can amplify, donate, write, and show up. Every action counts.
Register Your Action
Register your action so the world can see the scale of this movement. Visit nowaroncuba.com to register your event and get the #NoWarOnCuba brand toolkit, promotional materials, and action guides.
October 28: The world votes. We make it count.
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