The Socialist Party USA - NYC Local calls on the United States Department of Immigration to immediately terminate all deportation proceedings against Chilean exile Victor Toro. For the last 23 years, Victor Toro has lived in the United States and made a great contribution to the struggle of immigrant workers for human rights. Victor came to the U.S. after the criminal coup carried out against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende forced him into exile. He was seized in July of this year by officials of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while returning from a conference on immigrant rights and now faces deportation proceedings.

In the 1960s, Victor Toro helped to facilitate the revolutionary upsurge in Chile by organizing land seizures among indigenous groups in addition to spreading the ideas of militant action among the Chilean working class. This activity eventually lead to the formation of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionario (MIR), a key revolutionary organization which pushed the Allende government from below towards more rapid nationalizations and the recognition of the claims of the homeless and landless. When the coup against the democratically elected Allende government occurred in 1973, the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet listed Victor Toro as one of the 13 most dangerous people in the country.read more »

Socialist Party USA – Joint NYC/NJ Local Discussion Group

AN END AND NEW BEGINNINGS
Howard Zinn, “Beyond the Soviet Union,”
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/1999-09/2zinn.htm
Bertell Ollman, “America Beyond Capitalism: A Socialist Stew Prepared for Liberals and Conservatives,”
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/docs/america_beyond_capitalism.php

INTRODUCTION TO DIALECTICAL THOUGHT
Bertell Ollman, “The Meaning of Dialectics,” in Dance of the Dialectic
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/docs/dd_ch01.php
Dialectics - http://www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/d/i.htm#dialectics
Historical materialism - http://www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/h/i.htm#historical-materialismread more »

"AN END AND NEW BEGINNINGS" - SP-USA Discussion Group - Meeting 1

Hi all! Here is the info on the first meeting of the
discussion group. If you have any problems finding
the materials please email or ring me (718 869-2279).
The meeting is scheduled for the SP office on Tuesday
23 Oct. at 7:00p. See you then.

Peace,
Billy

AN END AND NEW BEGINNINGS

• Howard Zinn, “Beyond the Soviet Union,”
  www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/1999-09/2zinn.htm

• Bertell Ollman, “America Beyond Capitalism: A
  Socialist Stew Prepared for Liberals and
  Conservatives,”
  www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/docs/america_beyond_capitalism.phpread more »