Progress on the Magazine
Anyone who regularly reads U.S. periodicals knows that their Latin American coverage is woefully inadequate. Newspapers and national magazines are crisis oriented; sholarly journals are inclined...
...standards and models are not necessarily applicable to Latin American situations,* the feelings of those for whom U.S...
...The "democratic" U.S...
...It would seek to encourage in-depth research and journalism conducive to analysis and action...
...Any help from you in raising the initial $1,500 would, we feel, be a public service to us all...
...power in Latin America...
...involvement there is no widely available vehicle for the opinions of Latin Americans on the effects of this involvement...
...sholarly journals are inclined to print material of peripheral value in analyzing current situations...
...Copies of Orlando Fals Borda's speech "The Ideological Biases of North Americans Studying Latin America" are available from the NACLA office...
...aid is allegedly intended (i.e., the Latin American lower classes) are neither elicited nor heard...
...NACLA has agreed to help John Gerassi raise $1,500 for a promotional "dummy" issue of a magazine which would begin to fill some of these gaps...
...and to help build and inform a community of people who wish to learn more about how our lives affect the lives and aspirations of over 200 million Latin Americans...
...The magazine would have no editorials...
...Anti-communism is normally the perspective from which political analyses are approached...
...Despite the extent of U.S...
...Though it is often recognized that U.S...
...to encourage those Latin Americans who feel few North Americans know or care what the effects of U.S...
...policy are...
...press seldom illustrates or discusses the implications and effects of U.S...
...Please send contributions to: Procter Lippincott, NACLA, Room 924, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10027...
Vol. 1 • March 1967 • No. 2
