NACLA: Linking the Americas
“The most valuable characteristic of NACLA was its decision and ability to respond to events. Whether it was the 1968 massacre of hundreds of radical students in Mexico City or what was happening at Columbia [University in New York] and the student movement at home, NACLA was able to respond. I think partly it was because NACLA was so young and unformed at the time, but also, of course, because we all felt we were part of the movement. We spent a lot of time going to campuses and I remember we’d pick up some Newsreel [a leftist distributor] films and give talks and show films and so you had a sense that we were coming to organize. We were able to respond and to bridge the gap between Latin America and the United States and link the powers that affected people and issues and struggles in this country and in Latin America.”
Jon Frappier, interviewed May, 2002
