In association with the Cuba Solidarity Campaign I am writing to invite you and your colleagues to the seventh RMT annual garden party for Cuba which will take place on Wednesday 24th June 2009 at Maritime House, Clapham, London, commencing at 7pm.

This year tickets are £15 each, including a free bar, buffet and music. We will also once again be joined by a number of distinguished guest speakers.

As well as supporting a good cause the RMT Cuba night provides a wonderful opportunity to socialise with friends from all over the Labour and Trade Union movement

Ticket numbers are limited, so please order as soon as possible.

Tickets can be ordered by post (cheques payable to RMT) from Cuba Garden Party, RMT, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD. Pleas indicate number of tickets required, with a contact phone and/or email address.

Credit card orders can be made on 020 7387 4771.

I hope to see you on 24th June 2009.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely Bob Crow RMT General Secretary

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Press release:

RMT GENERAL secretary Bob Crow will be joined by Alabama 3, the band behind the Soprano’s theme song “Woke Up This Morning, Aleida Guevara, Che Guevara’s daughter, Labour movement legend Tony Benn and a host of other special guests this Wednesday evening for the 7th Annual RMT Cuba Garden Party which this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution.

RMT are delighted that Aleida Guevara has been able to make it for this year’s event. Aleida is the eldest daughter of four children born to Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Aleida is a doctor of medicine, she is based at the William Soler Children's Hospital in Havana and has also worked as a physician in Angola, Ecuador and Nicaragua. She is interviewed about the philosophy behind universal health care in Michael Moore's film Sicko.

Alabama 3 are branded as “The most political band in Britain.” Famous for their work in support of anti-racist campaigns, Miscarriages of Justice Organisation and on behalf of death row prisoners in the States. Their Soprano’s theme song, “Woke Up This Morning”, is a fitting introduction to their unique blend of country, techno and rap.

Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, said today:

“RMT are delighted to be hosting this seventh annual Cuba Garden Party in this very special year marking 50 years of the Cuban Revolution.

“The resilience and determination of the Cuban people to defend their revolution in the teeth of US hostility for fifty years is a lesson to us all. We will be sending a loud and clear message from London to Havana that the Cuban people are not standing alone and that our solidarity is stronger today than it’s ever been.”