On September 11, 1973, Popular Unity Government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in a violent coup d’état carried out by the Chilean military with the backing of the government of the United States. The coup leader, General Augusto Pinochet, implemented a bloody campaign of torture, imprisonment and murder. Thousands were
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Cowichan Conversations: Hope Lies In The Streets
The decay and rupture of the social bonds that once held our societies together have unleashed the dark pathologies of opioid, alcohol and gambling addictions and led to an explosion of hate Read more…
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Winnipeg solidarity with Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela
Photograph: Paul S. Graham Winnipeggers rallied at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in solidarity with the people of Bolivia, Venezuela and Chile who are facing a variety of imperialist pressures. Here is my video report.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Edgardo Sepulveda writes about Chile’s popular revolt against austerity and inequality – while at the same time pointing out how Canada is foregoing the revenue needed to provide for people’s basic needs. – Nicole Aschoff discusses a few trends highlighted by actors
Continue readingThings Are Good: Chile Set to Ban Plastic Bags in Coastal Cities
Chile is set to be the first country in the Americas to ban plastic bags in coastal cities. Given the extent of Chile’s coastline this can make for a very positive impact on cleaning up our oceans. Plastic bags are a major threat to maritime life so any reduction in
Continue readingThings Are Good: Chile Says Yes to Penguins, No to Mining
Chile has recently decided not to approve a mining proposal in an area that harbours endanger species, including penguins. This is really nice to see since on the other side of South America Brazil has done the opposite by opening up a huge area of the amazon. Let’s hope that
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Free Francisca Linconao
Francisca Linconao is a healer and a spiritual leader of the Mapuche, the largest of the indigenous peoples of Chile. On March 30, 2016 she was arrested along with ten others in connection with the killing of an elderly couple that had occurred January 4, 2013 in the midst of
Continue readingAlberta Politics: News Satire: U.S. will not tolerate foreigners acting like Americans, officials say
ILLUSTRATIONS: A map showing some of the countries in which the United States has interfered in the political process (grabbed from Geology.com). Below: U.S. CIA Director John O. Brennan, Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candid…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Victor Jara: The Gentle Singer and the Fascists
Victor Jara was a well known Chilean folk singer who sang songs about poverty and injustice.And for that when Augusto Pinochet and his fascists overthrew the government of Salvador Allende, he was one of their first victims.And was tortured and murder…
Continue readingThings Are Good: Chilean Dam Project Broken Up Thanks to Activists and Locals
Activism works, just ask the Chilean communities that stopped a hydroelectric dam from being built. The dam was going to cause a lot of local ecological havoc with little actual gain to the local populace. The Chilean government has backed down from building the dam and the communities that were
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Video: Human Rights – The Chilean Experience
Winnipeg, September 28, 2013 – In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the coup d’etat against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende, Winnipeg’s Chilean community held numerous educational and cultural events throughout September. On September 28th, the Chilean Human Rights Council of Canada held a conference at the University
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Remembering the first 9/11
Salvador Allende Forty years ago, on September 11, 1973, the military forces commanded by General Augusto Pinochet, overthrew the democratically elected government of Chile led by Salvador Allende. Thousands of people were killed. Many thousands more were imprisoned. The coup d’etat was swift, brutal and merciless. It was carried out
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The First and Second 9/11 – The Hidden End of Chilean Democracy
Greetings gentle readers, should we not consider the first 9/11 and also mourn for its victims? The first 9/11 essentially ruined Chile as a country; Chile was thrown backward into dictatorial hell where thousand of its citizens were systematically abducted, tortured and murdered. Why we choose not to mourn
Continue readingAn Allende returns to Chilean politics
Last Sunday, Maya Fernández Allende was elected mayor of Ñuñoa, a district of Chile’s capital, Santiago. Ms. Allende is a granddaughter of Salvador Allende, the Chilean president who died when General Augusto Pinochet headed a coup that ended Chile’s lengthy democracy and introduced a reign of torture and murder. Democracy
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman: Chilean student leaders receive award in the U.S.
Top: Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman – also bottom left and right. Like their counterparts in Chile and Quebec, students on US campuses have been seeking to organize to combat the growing burden of debt caused by student loans. Last week in New York and Boston they got a rare
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: We Are All Québécois: Solidarity From Chilean Students And Academics
Below is a statement of solidarity with the ongoing Quebec student protests from Chilean academics and student leaders. (English translation via Translating The Revolution.) We Are All Québécois! We the undersigned, Chilean academics and student leaders, denounce to national and … Continue reading →
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Chilean Students,
Thank you for expressing your support for the college and university students that are currently striking in Quebec. I am happy that you too have criticized the neoliberal policies of the province’s Jean Charest government. I would also like to convey my gratitude, in particular, to Camila Vallejo (pictured), one
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper in Chile
He is chilling out. Ooops! It is the earthquake.
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