Fair Play for Cuba Committee

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political advocacy organization pro-Castro organization solidarity organization

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fair Play for Cuba Committee canonical	1
Fair Play for Cuba Committee (New Orleans chapter)	1
Fair play for Cuba	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7198798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fair Play for Cuba Committee
Context triple: [Fair Play for Cuba Committee leafleting in New Orleans, hasAffiliation, Fair Play for Cuba Committee]

A. Cuban Liberty Council
The Cuban Liberty Council is a U.S.-based Cuban American advocacy organization focused on promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba and supporting a hardline stance against the Castro regime.
B. Cuban American National Foundation
The Cuban American National Foundation is a prominent advocacy organization representing Cuban-American interests, particularly focused on influencing U.S. policy toward Cuba and supporting democracy and human rights on the island.
C. Cuban Olympic Committee
The Cuban Olympic Committee is the national governing body responsible for organizing Cuba's participation in the Olympic Games and representing the country within the international Olympic movement.
D. Federation of Cuban Women
The Federation of Cuban Women is a mass national organization in Cuba that mobilizes and represents women in support of the country’s socialist and revolutionary policies.
E. National Coalition for Liberation
The National Coalition for Liberation is a political organization that helped establish the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, a key umbrella group advocating for West Papuan self-determination.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fair Play for Cuba Committee
Target entity description: 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.

A. Cuban Liberty Council
The Cuban Liberty Council is a U.S.-based Cuban American advocacy organization focused on promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba and supporting a hardline stance against the Castro regime.
B. Cuban American National Foundation
The Cuban American National Foundation is a prominent advocacy organization representing Cuban-American interests, particularly focused on influencing U.S. policy toward Cuba and supporting democracy and human rights on the island.
C. Cuban Olympic Committee
The Cuban Olympic Committee is the national governing body responsible for organizing Cuba's participation in the Olympic Games and representing the country within the international Olympic movement.
D. Federation of Cuban Women
The Federation of Cuban Women is a mass national organization in Cuba that mobilizes and represents women in support of the country’s socialist and revolutionary policies.
E. National Coalition for Liberation
The National Coalition for Liberation is a political organization that helped establish the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, a key umbrella group advocating for West Papuan self-determination.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dissolved	circa 1963 ⓘ early 1960s ⓘ
foundedBy	Richard Gibson ⓘ Robert Taber ⓘ
hasPart	Fair Play for Cuba Committee (New Orleans chapter) ⓘ linked to: Fair Play for Cuba Committee 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 ⓘ linked to: Fair Play for Cuba Committee
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
historicalContext	Cold War ⓘ Cuban Revolution ⓘ U.S.–Cuba conflict ⓘ linked to: United States embargo against Cuba
ideology	anti-imperialism ⓘ left-wing politics ⓘ support for the Cuban Revolution ⓘ
inception	1960 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableMember	Allen Ginsberg ⓘ C. Wright Mills ⓘ Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Lee Harvey Oswald ⓘ Norman Mailer ⓘ Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ
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 ⓘ linked to: United States of America
subjectOf	FBI surveillance ⓘ U.S. congressional scrutiny ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fair Play for Cuba Committee leafleting in New Orleans → hasAffiliation → Fair Play for Cuba Committee ⓘ

Fair Play for Cuba Committee → hasPart → Fair Play for Cuba Committee (New Orleans chapter) ⓘ

linked to: Fair Play for Cuba Committee

Fair Play for Cuba Committee → hasSlogan → Fair play for Cuba ⓘ