Fuck Yeah Marxism-Leninism

By Teresa Gutierrez

U.S. imperialism, unable to reconcile itself to the new Chile, worked night and day to overturn the Allende government.

The government of Salvador Allende limited its actions to the constitution and bourgeois law. Despite the fact that the people were demanding arms, the government failed to provide them. The workers ultimately could not defend themselves from the terror unleashed by the military.

The Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) supported the Allende government but warned that pitfalls lay ahead. The MIR was one of a handful of organizations in Chile at the time that understood there was a real difference between taking office and taking power. In March 1972 it warned, not organize, to not mobilize, to not fight is to open the door to fascism.”