Dissident Cuban Communism
The Case of Trotskyism, 1932-1965
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APPENDIX D
Table Showing the Strength of Different Ideologies in the Cuban Trade Union Movement, 1865-1958
| Ideologies \ Time Period |
1865-85 |
1885-1928 |
1928-33 |
1933-35 |
1935-47 |
1947-52 |
1952-58 |
| Reformism |
A |
B |
C |
D |
C |
B |
A |
| Anarcho-syndicalism |
B |
A |
B |
B |
C |
D |
D |
| Official Communism |
E |
D |
A |
B |
A |
B |
C |
| Trotskyism |
E |
E |
E |
B |
D |
E |
E |
| Nationalism (Auténticos) |
E |
E |
C |
C |
B |
A |
C |
| Key |
|
| A - |
a dominant influence nationally. |
| B - |
an important influence nationally. |
| C - |
an influence of minor importance nationally. |
| D - |
an influence in certain sectors and/or regions. |
| E - |
little or no influence. |
This table can be contrasted with the one in Córdova, E, (1995), op cit, p. 345. Efrén Córdova’s table attaches significance to a Catholic trade union tradition which I do not. She, furthermore, does not fully recognise the importance of Trotskyism in the trade union movement during the Revolution of the 1930s.