In the 60’s and 70’s the CIA classified cooperative farms, unions and public libraries warning signs of socialism spreading in Central America.
The specter of the “communist threat” has been used as fear porn for decades in the US and most of the sheep bought into it hook line and sinker. It paved the way for the US installing brutal dictatorships in much of Central America. I’m sure that shit is all sanitized in the “approved” high school history books.