▁think er , ▁Ernst ▁Blo ch , ▁believed ▁that ▁social ism ▁would ▁prove ▁the ▁means ▁for ▁all ▁human ▁be ings ▁to ▁become ▁imm ort al ▁and ▁eventually ▁create ▁God . ▁ ▁The ▁writ ings ▁of ▁soci ologist ▁C . ▁Wright ▁M ills , ▁who ▁popular ized ▁the ▁term ▁New ▁Left ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁open ▁letter , ▁would ▁also ▁give ▁great ▁insp iration ▁to ▁the ▁movement . ▁M ills ' ▁bi ograph er , ▁Daniel ▁Ge ary , ▁writes ▁that ▁his ▁writ ings ▁had ▁a ▁" part icular ly ▁significant ▁impact ▁on ▁New ▁Left ▁social ▁movements ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ." ▁▁ ▁Latin ▁America ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁Left ▁in ▁Latin ▁America ▁can ▁be ▁lo os ely ▁defined ▁as ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁political ▁parties , ▁radical ▁grass ro ots ▁social ▁movements ▁( such ▁as ▁ind igen ous ▁movements , ▁student ▁movements , ▁mobil izations ▁of ▁land less ▁rural ▁workers , ▁af ro - desc endent ▁organizations ▁and ▁femin ist ▁movements ), ▁guer illa ▁organizations ▁( such ▁as ▁the ▁Cub an ▁and ▁Nic ar agu an ▁revolution s ) ▁and ▁other ▁organizations ▁( such ▁as ▁trade ▁un ions , ▁camp es ino ▁le agues ▁and ▁human ▁rights ▁organizations ) ▁that ▁compr ised ▁the ▁left ▁between ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁( with ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁Cub an ▁Revolution ) ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁( with ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁the ▁Berlin ▁Wall ). ▁ ▁In flu ential ▁Latin ▁American ▁think ers ▁such ▁as ▁Francisco ▁de ▁O