A National Network on Cuba planning document calls for synchronized demonstrations at federal facilities, military sites and immigration offices to make any U.S. military campaign against Cuba “politically and materially costly.”
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
A coalition of more than 60 Cuba-aligned organizations has circulated a nationwide rapid-response plan calling for protests at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices, military installations, recruiting centers and other federal facilities within 24 hours of any U.S. military action against Cuba, according to a Just the News report.
The strategy, reportedly distributed by the National Network on Cuba since at least June 2026, outlines a coordinated schedule intended to mobilize activists simultaneously across the United States if an attack on Cuba occurs or appears imminent.
The archived planning document, which was first reported by ADN Cuba journalist Gelet Martinez Fragela, establishes common protest sites and launch times while encouraging organizers to connect Cuba-related activism with existing immigration, anti-ICE and progressive campaigns.
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Just the News said it was unable to independently verify the document’s authenticity.
“To support the organization of coordinated nationwide actions within 24 hours of a U.S. military attack on Cuba (or imminent threat), while simultaneously building long-term capacity for a massive anti-war movement,” the document states. “The goal is to make it politically and materially costly for the U.S. government to wage war on Cuba.”
Under the proposed timeline, demonstrations would begin at 6 p.m. local time on the same day if U.S. military action occurred before 3 p.m. If action began after 3 p.m., organizers would assemble at 6 p.m. the following day.
The document directs local groups to consider ICE field offices and detention centers, military bases, recruiting stations, federal courthouses, post offices and other government buildings as protest locations. Sports arenas are identified as optional sites.
Organizers are encouraged to use demonstrations at ICE facilities to connect “Cuba solidarity to anti-ICE/immigrant defense work happening nationwide.”
The plan reflects a broader effort to integrate pro-Cuba advocacy with other political causes rather than organize it as a stand-alone campaign.
ADN Cuba, an independent digital outlet covering Cuba and its diaspora, focuses on human rights, racial integration, LGBTQ+ issues and investigative reporting and frequently publishes material critical of the Cuban government.
A June demonstration outside SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles illustrates how the coalition has attempted to combine Cuba activism with opposition to immigration enforcement.
Union activist, teacher and Los Angeles U.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee co-coordinator Mark Friedman reported that approximately 150 people attended a June 7 protest outside the stadium, which can accommodate as many as 70,240 spectators, during a match between Morocco and Norway.
Friedman described the gathering as part of a campaign demanding an ICE-free World Cup. He writes about labor, education and environmental issues from what his biography describes as the perspective of an active socialist.
The protest was organized by the Boycott Home Depot coalition and centered on opposition to ICE. Photographs and video footage published from the event, however, appeared to show roughly 10 participants rather than 150.
Cuban state media subsequently amplified the demonstration and connected it more directly to Cuba.
Radio Habana Cuba, the Cuban government’s international broadcaster, republished Friedman’s account several days later with additional claims that members of the Los Angeles Hands Off Cuba Committee had distributed flyers outside the first World Cup match on June 12.
The materials reportedly called for Cuba’s removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism and demanded an end to sanctions and travel restrictions.
By June 13, Prensa Latina, Cuba’s official state news agency, was reporting that “expressions of solidarity with Cuba were abundant in Los Angeles” before the opening World Cup match.
The sequence showed how a small parking-lot protest focused primarily on ICE was recast by Cuban state outlets as evidence of broader American solidarity with Havana.
Cuba-affiliated organizations have similarly joined other progressive events. The Seattle Cuba Friendship Committee included the “No Kings” demonstrations on its 2026 activity calendar.
The Seattle organization is among the more than 60 groups connected to the National Network on Cuba.
According to ADN Cuba, the coalition has documented connections to the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, commonly known as ICAP. The Cuban state organization was sanctioned by the United States in June.
ICAP issued a statement in March expressing “solidarity with Iran” and condemning U.S. and Israeli military action against the country.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced July 1 that he had terminated the legal status of three Cuban nationals, including longtime ICAP operative Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez.
Rubio said Dominguez “spent more than a decade working as a foreign subversive for the Communist Cuban regime’s premier influence and intelligence front group in the United States.”
The secretary of state also warned that people connected to ICAP’s anti-American operations could face deportation.
Dominguez and members of his family were later placed in federal custody after their legal status was revoked, according to Fox News.
ICAP did not respond to a Just the News request for comment before publication.
Martinez Fragela told Just the News that the rapid-response strategy forms part of the broader No War on Cuba campaign.
Organizations supporting Cuba operated a similar campaign during President George W. Bush’s administration. That effort received a formal letter of appreciation from ICAP.
“Under the present conditions, when the Bush Administration insists on creating and maintaining a war environment, your organization — very properly named NO WAR ON CUBA — becomes a strong weapon to oppose the madness of the Empire and bring the light of PEACE to the world,” ICAP wrote.
“We’re greatly grateful for all your efforts in organizing the counterdemonstration in Washington, D.C. last May,” the letter continued. “Also, we want to thank you for your support to oppose all forms of aggression against our people, and in favor of lifting the unjust blockade, as well as for your campaign to free our five heroes imprisoned in U.S. jails.”
The “five heroes” referenced by ICAP were five Cuban intelligence officers arrested in 1998 and convicted in 2001 of espionage and acting as unregistered foreign agents.
Their convictions were upheld during the Bush administration. In 2014, the Obama administration released three of the five in exchange for American USAID contractor Alan Gross.
The latest protest planning emerged as tensions between Washington and Havana intensified following U.S. military and economic action in the region.
The United States entered Venezuela in December 2025 and removed Nicolás Maduro. Cuba’s oil supplies were later disrupted after Trump signed an executive order authorizing tariffs on goods from countries that supplied oil to the island, according to an Associated Press account published in January.
The United States began blocking oil tankers bound for Cuba in February 2026 as part of Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign.
Since May, the administration has also imposed sanctions targeting Cuba, including actions against the country’s military government, political elites, state-owned oil and gas company and individuals accused of distributing anti-American materials.
Against that backdrop, the National Network on Cuba’s document is designed to ensure that demonstrations do not have to be organized from the beginning after a military confrontation starts. Instead, participating organizations would already have target locations, messaging, local contacts and a standardized activation schedule.
The plan’s emphasis on ICE offices and immigration detention centers also demonstrates an effort to broaden participation by drawing on established activist networks that may not ordinarily focus on Cuba.
Federal buildings and military-related sites would place demonstrators near institutions directly associated with U.S. policy and defense operations, while optional arena protests could provide large public audiences and media visibility.
The document’s stated objective extends beyond registering disagreement with government policy. Its authors say the coordinated actions are intended to impose both political and material consequences on the federal government while building the foundation for a larger and more permanent anti-war movement.
The coalition’s relationship with organizations tied to ICAP has drawn additional scrutiny because the U.S. government is simultaneously treating the Cuban state body as an influence and intelligence operation.
The resulting dispute places domestic protest organizing, immigration activism, Cuban state media amplification and U.S. counterintelligence policy within the same expanding political campaign.
Whether the rapid-response network could produce large nationwide demonstrations remains unclear. The limited turnout shown in material from the SoFi Stadium event suggests a gap between organizers’ public claims and visible participation.
The planning document nevertheless shows that coalition members are preparing in advance to activate protests on a synchronized national schedule rather than waiting for a possible conflict to begin.
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