Webinar: 60 Years of the Tricontinental Conference

In January 1966, the Cuban people hosted the Tricontinental Conference (Primera Conferencia de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de África, Asia y América Latina), bringing together revolutionary movements, liberation fronts, and radical political forces from across the Global South. Convened in Havana at the height of global anti-colonial struggle, it represented a decisive attempt to forge a militant, movement-led internationalism against imperialism. Rooted in mass struggle and socialist transformation, it built on earlier efforts like the 1927 League Against Imperialism, advancing a shared geography of resistance across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Today, that political geography has shifted—but not disappeared.

If you missed the live webinar, you can now watch the full conversation on YouTube here

Featuring Llanisca Lugo, Vijay Prashad, and Manolo De Los Santos, this discussion revisits the historic foundations and contemporary relevance of Tricontinental internationalism.

The speakers reflect on Cuba’s revolutionary break with U.S. domination and Havana’s role as a meeting ground for African, Asian, and Latin American liberation movements. They also examine Cuba’s continued medical internationalism and South–South cooperation, the enduring U.S. blockade as a form of economic warfare, and the lessons drawn from Cuban survival under conditions of permanent hostility.

Together, they ask: What made Cuba uniquely positioned to shape the Tricontinental? And what does Cuban resistance teach us about sovereignty and solidarity today?