Remembering: the coup in chile
dave kellaway reflects on the significance of the fascist coup in Chile that took place 50 years ago this week and on the mass solidarity campaign that developed here in the UK. 11 Sep 2023 We […]
Category: Chile
he was one of ours: tribute to túlio roberto, victim of the pinochet coup
It is difficult to realise today, fifty years later, the hope represented throughout the South American continent by the experience of Popular Unity in Chile. The arrival of the Allende government in 1970 opened a […]
Remembering Joan Jara – dancer, activist and heroine of Chile
The wife of murdered folk singer Víctor Jara kept her husband’s legacy alive and never gave up the fight for justice for Chile’s disappeared. Proletarian writers Subscribe to our channel “If you tremble with indignation at […]
I Watched a Democracy Die. I Don’t Want to Do It Again
BY ARIEL DORFMAN Chilean workers marching in support of Allende in 1964. Photograph Source: James N. Wallace – Public Domain For 50 years, I have been mourning the death of President Salvador Allende of Chile, who […]
Commemorating September 11, 1973: Britain Secretly Helped Chile’s Military Intelligence After Pinochet Coup
By John McEvoy Declassified UK All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name. To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Click the share button above […]
Fifty Years Ago: Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup
MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY Half a century ago on September 11, 1973, the Chilean military led by General Augusto Pinochet, crushed the democratically elected Unidad Popular government of Salvador Allende. The objective was to replace a progressive, democratically elected government […]
The Other 9/11
BY PAUL CANTOR Photograph Source: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional – CC BY 3.0 CL Fifty years ago, in July 1973, Charles Horman and I planned to meet up at the World Trade Center. I had returned from […]
A Half Century After Chile’s Coup: the First Year of Popular Unity
BY TAROA ZÚÑIGA SILVA Pictures of persons missing after the 1973 Chilean coup. Photograph Source: Marjorie Apel – CC BY-SA 3.0 Ten days after the 1973 coup against the Popular Unity (UP) government of President Salvador Allende, […]
Anti-imperialist event
Communist Party of Chile (Acción Proletaria), Parque Almagro, Santiago, Saturday 8th January 2022 Saturday 8th of January, at 18h00, the PCAP held an anti-imperialist political and cultural event at Almagro Park. In a radiant sunny day, some […]
WHY WAS CHILE’S NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION REJECTED?
New Constitution After years of consistent protests by people’s movements in Chile, a new draft Constitution, with several progressive provisions, was prepared to replace the Pinochet dictatorship era Constitution. During the first referendum held in October […]