Solidarity MSP Tommy Sheridan will celebrate the bells with a toast to the 48th anniversary of the Cuban people’s revolution. Almost half a century after the historic day when Fidel Castro and Che Guevara led the march into Havana, the Solidarity Co-Convenor will make it a feature of his New Year radio show on Hogmanay:
“The Cuban Revolution has been an inspiration to socialists across the world. They have shown what is possible, despite blockades by the USA and a hostile capitalist world, Cuba has improved the lives of working class people year after year. It is a testament to the revolution that such a small country sends more medical staff to assist in third world countries than the USA.”
The Glasgow MSP will be joined on his show by Scots folk singer Gilly Hewitt, who will sing a couple of songs including “Auld Lang Syne”. She has been a regular on the UK folk circuit for years and is best known for her classic 1996 album of Burns songs “An Honest Lass”.
Tommy will also use the show to call for his listeners, and Solidarity members, to give blood in 2007:
“Blood donor levels are at the lowest point for twenty years. I would urge anyone who can, to make sure that they give blood at some point in the New Year.”
www.scotblood.co.uk Cuba, blood donors, New Year celebrations and resolutions will be among the topics for discussion on Sunday Morning With Citizen Tommy on Talk107 this Sunday from 10.00 a.m. The show is broadcast live across the east of Scotland and on the internet at
www.talk107.co.uk. 
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