Historical Organization
Cuban workers
Cuban workers
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Organization Timeline
General strike protests the killing of Frank País
📅 5 August 1957Workers and communities in eastern Cuba stopped work, revealing the breadth of anti-Batista resistance beyond the mountains.
The April general strike begins
📅 9 April 1958The July 26 Movement called a nationwide strike, but inadequate coordination and government repression caused it to fail.
Workers face repression during the April strike
📅 9 April 1958Police and soldiers occupied workplaces and streets, while participating workers risked dismissal, arrest and death.
Revolutionaries call a general strike
📅 1 January 1959A nationwide strike prevented remnants of the old regime from consolidating a military junta.
The revolutionary general strike secures the victory
📅 2 January 1959Workers kept transport, communications and major workplaces halted until the military succession collapsed and the Rebel Army controlled the capital.
Workers and peasants assemble for Operation Truth
📅 21 January 1959The mass gathering asserted popular support for the new government while debating revolutionary justice and the crimes of the dictatorship.