Mormon Mini-Empire
UnpublishedMay/June
1972
Volume:
6
Number:
5
Article
Stephen Torgoff
Stephen Torgoff, staff writer for the Guar- dian, "an independent radical newsweekly," recent- ly returned from a five-month visit to Chile where he observed the achievements and problems of that country's struggle to lay the foundations for the construction of socialism. The Guardian has pub- lished his account of the historical background and first year and a half of the Popular Unity government's experience.
For each new class which puts itself in the place of one ruling before it, is compelled, merely in order to carry through its aim, to represent its interests as the common interest of all the members of society, that is expressed in ideal form; it has to give its ideas the form of universality, and represent them as the only rational, universally valid ones.' In his analysis of capitalist society, Marx indicated the necessity for the ruling class to develop and communicate a culture which acts as the consciousness of all the members of that society, and which legitimates the prevailing order and the interests which determine it.
The Pro-Independence Movement (MPI) has been active in the United States for over a decade, with most of its activities centered in New York City. At the founding assembly of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP) in November, 1971, the New York MPI members submitted the following document for approval as a guide to the development of the U.
This article is a section from "United States Politico--Military Activities in Latin America," a paper read at the Conference on Canada, Latin America, and United States Foriegn Policy at Northwestern University, February 17-20, 1972. Copyright Juan Saxe-Fernandez.
The Puerto Rican struggle for independence and socialism has intensified over the last few years. One important indication of this growth was the transformation of the Pro-Independence Movement (MPI) into the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP) in November, 1971.