Cuban and foreign intellectuals, personalities, thinkers and academicians from 32 countries will debate the importance of unity and the position of youth in the face of fascism and neo-fascism to agree on a common agenda to confront these challenges.

The meeting is of great importance for popular, left-wing and progressive Parties, movements and forces in the face of the worsening of the international situation and the systemic crisis that affects the world, the rise of fascism in various parts of the world, the progressive death of the old world and the delay in the emergence of a new world order.

According to the coordinator of the event and director of the Cuba Socialista Magazine, Enrique Ubieta, the last day of the event will be devoted to the analysis and preparation of the plan formed by those present to receive proposals and agree on concrete actions.

In the first meeting, held in Havana in February 2023, participants debated the new global geopolitical configuration and the right-wing offensive, the systemic and multidimensional crisis on a global scale, among other topics.

They also addressed the danger of a global nuclear conflagration, cultural colonization, the challenges of progressive forces in today’s world and the validity of the legacy of Fidel Castro Ruz.

The event was convened by the Cuba Socialista Magazine, the theoretical and political organ of the Communist Party of Cuba. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Ñico López University of the Communist Party of Cuba, the Casa de las Américas, the Cuban chapter of Humanity Defense Network and the Cuban newspapers Granma and Juventud Rebelde.

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