Bay of Pigs 1961: ‘The world knows the truth about invasion of Cuba’

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Bay of Pigs 1961: ‘The world knows the truth about invasion of Cuba’

This article is part of the People’s World 100th Anniversary Series. When the first edition of The Worker—a People’s World predecessor—came off the press after the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961, its pages were filled from cover to cover with stories about the event and the global protests it had triggered. There was analysis exposing U.S. imperialism’s role in the attack and stories encouraging readers to mobilize immediately to no…