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Cuba: the Committees for the Defence of the Revolution up close
Visiting as part of the NEU delegation in October 2022, LEWIS WEDGWOOD was able to see how these uniquely Cuban local groups carry out socialist politics at an outdoor meeting in Pinar del Rio
COMMUNITY: A local music student addresses the CDR meeting in Pinar del Rio
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SCHOOLS, universities, trade unions: these all exist in both Cuba and Britain, and that is why it is useful to study the Cuban versions.
But a highlight of our visit was seeing something that has never existed in Britain: Committees for the Defence of the Revolution (CDRs)
A CDR is a local group, based in a small residential area, that carries out activities in support of and collaboration with the Cuban state and Cuban revolution. There is a national network of CDRs, which was created in 1960.
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