Launch of a Socialist History Society Occasional Publication Killing Communists in Havana The Start of the Cold War in Latin America Speaker: Steve Cushion Author of     A HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION Socialist History Society Public Meeting Saturday 26th November 2016 2.00pm MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY 37a Clerkenwell Green EC1R 0DU nearest tube Farringdon FREE TO ATTEND – ALL WELCOME

The Cold War started early in Cuba, with anti-communist purges of the trade unions already under way by 1947. Corruption and government intervention succeeded in removing the left-wing leaders of many unions but, in those sectors where this approach failed, gunmen linked to the ruling party shot and killed a dozen leading trade union militants, including the General Secretary of the Cuban Sugar Workers' Federation. Based on material from the Cuban archives and confidential US State Department files, this SHS Occasional Publication will examine the activities of the US government, the Mafia and the American Federation of Labor, as well as corrupt Cuban politicians and local gangsters, in this early episode of the Cold War.      FREE TO ATTEND – ALL WELCOME