Fair Play for Cuba Committee

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The Fair Play for Cuba Committee was a pro-Castro advocacy organization active in the early 1960s that sought to promote a positive view of the Cuban Revolution and oppose U.S. policies toward Cuba.

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Fair Play for Cuba Committee canonical 1

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instanceOf political advocacy organization
pro-Castro organization
solidarity organization
activity issuing statements on U.S.–Cuba relations
organizing public meetings
publishing pamphlets
sponsoring trips to Cuba
causeOfDissolution declining membership
intensified U.S. anti-communism
political pressure
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved circa 1963
early 1960s
foundedBy Richard Gibson NERFINISHED
Robert Taber NERFINISHED
hasPart Fair Play for Cuba Committee (New Orleans chapter) NERFINISHED
Fair Play for Cuba Committee (local chapters in U.S. cities)
hasPublication Fair Play for Cuba Committee newsletters
Fair Play for Cuba Committee pamphlets
hasSlogan Fair play for Cuba NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation New York City
historicalContext Cold War NERFINISHED
Cuban Revolution NERFINISHED
U.S.–Cuba conflict NERFINISHED
ideology anti-imperialism
left-wing politics
support for the Cuban Revolution
inception 1960
language English
notableMember Allen Ginsberg NERFINISHED
C. Wright Mills NERFINISHED
Jean-Paul Sartre NERFINISHED
Lee Harvey Oswald NERFINISHED
Norman Mailer NERFINISHED
Simone de Beauvoir NERFINISHED
operatingPeriod early 1960s
opposedBy U.S. anti-communist groups
U.S. government agencies
politicalAlignment pro-Cuban government
position opposition to U.S. policy toward Cuba
support for Fidel Castro government
purpose oppose U.S. hostility toward Cuba
promote a positive view of the Cuban Revolution
provide information about Cuba to the U.S. public
regionServed Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
subjectOf FBI surveillance
U.S. congressional scrutiny

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