Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit gives us a few ‘graphs of Fr. James Martin SJ on liberation theology, including this misleading item:
In its heyday, liberation theology was not without controversy: some in the church, and some in the Vatican, thought it skirted too close to Marxism–including Pope John Paul II. On the other hand, John Paul didnt shy away from personally involving himself in direct political activism in Poland.
Activism specifically to counter communism, to which threat Martin gives no attention, using “liberation” and announced intention to help poor people as if they were celebrated in a political vacuum, which they were not, as Bill McIlhany argues here.
Blithe Spirit 