“A revolutionary leader and unwavering defender of the oppressed, Fidel lives on in all those who fight for a better world,” wrote the People’s Forum, the organization promoting the initiative, on the social network X, highlighting in its own message that the celebration marks the beginning of his centennial.

His life reminds us that dignity, sovereignty, and solidarity are not just ideals, but battles that must be fought and won, it added.

The group remembered that 2025 also marks the 100th anniversary of Malcolm X (May 19, 1925–February 21, 1965), “another unwavering voice for liberation, whose legacy continues to ignite struggles here and around the world,” they emphasized.

“The visions of Fidel and Malcolm live on in every movement that dares to imagine and build a better future for the people,” The People’s Forum emphasized.

Among the images screened, there is one that immortalized the only meeting between Fidel and Malcolm X at Hotel Theresa on September 19, 1960, in the iconic New York neighborhood of Harlem, and one during their participation in the UN General Assembly.

Texts such as “100 Years of Fidel,” “100 Years of Fidel and Malcolm X,” and “Let Cuba Live” can also be seen.

It was on his second trip, a year later, that he met with Malcolm X on September 19, 1960, and the people of Harlem opened their arms to him.

Days later, on September 26, at the UN podium, Fidel raised his voice: “We are and always will be with all that is just: against colonialism, against exploitation, against monopolies, against militarism, against the arms race, against playing at war. We will always be against that. That will be our position.”

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