In September 1970, Salvador Allende was elected President of Chile, initiating the so-called “Chilean road to socialism.” Three years later, Augusto Pinochet launched a military coup against Allende and made himself Chile’s bloody capitalist dictator.
Monday, September 11, marks the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup that overthrew president Salvador Allende in Chile and installed the brutal Pinochet dictatorship.
The most committed Chilean workers are beginning to awaken from the democratic illusions fostered by the ruling class, and in the heat of this frustrated experience, they will return to their fighting spirit.
In this transcript of a lead off from the recent Latin American IMT school, Jorge Martin analyzes the explosive situation in Latin America, where the masses are erupting in response to the pandemic and the […]
The results of the elections to the Constituent Convention in Chile over the weekend represent a political earthquake, showing a strong rejection of all established parties. This is a political expression (albeit distorted) of the […]
Los resultados de las elecciones a la Convención Constituyente en Chile representan un terremoto político, con un fuerte rechazo de todos los partidos establecidos. Puede entenderse como una expresión política (distorsionada) de la insurrección de […]
“Santiago Rising,” a documentary by Nick MacWilliam, is a powerful portrayal of the insurrectionary uprising that shocked Chile at the end of 2019.
A resounding majority have voted “approve” in the referendum on whether to change the Chilean constitution—which has its origins in the dictatorship—with a result of 78 percent against 22 percent who voted to “reject”. This […]
Jorge Martin looks back on the tremendous “Red October” that swept Latin America last year, with insurrectionary movements in one country after another.
Chile is living through an uprising against the regime that has been going on for over 40 days already. The conditions for bringing Piñera down are present, but what is missing?
One month has passed since an insurrectional movement began in Chile. The mass uprising has placed the reactionary government of Piñera against the ropes.
Chile is living through a historic mobilization of a level not seen since the protests that toppled the dictator Pinochet.
