Hirsch, Fred and Fletcher, Richard. The CIA and the Labour Movement.
Nottingham, England: Spokesman Books, 1977. 71 pages.
This little book is in two parts, one each by Fred Hirsch and Richard
Fletcher. Hirsch's essay, "The Labour Movement: Penetration Point for U.S.
Intelligence and Transnationals" (pp. 7-48), is about the history and
operations of the American Institute for Free Labor Development, an
international organization of the AFL-CIO that was headed by J. Peter Grace
and funded by 95 transnational corporations and the CIA. AIFLD played an
important role in the destruction of the Cheddi Jagan government in Guyana,
in the Dominican Republic after the 1965 U.S. invasion, in the 1964 coup in
Brazil, and in Chile from 1962 to the 1973 coup. Most of Hirsch's essay is
a case study of the AIFLD in Chile; it includes over 50 end notes.
Richard Fletcher's essay, "Who Were THEY Travelling With?" (pp. 51-71),
concerns the deep pockets of U.S. intelligence and the effect this had on the
British Labour Party. Subtopics include the Congress for Cultural Freedom;
the magazines Socialist Commentary, New Leader, and Encounter; the Marshall
Plan and the start of the Bilderberg meetings; and the Campaign for Democratic
Socialism. Portions of this essay also appeared in Philip Agee and Louis Wolf,
eds., "Dirty Work" (pp. 188-200), under the title "How CIA Money Took the
Teeth Out of British Socialism."
ISBN 0-85124-171-9
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