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The issue is whether Chileans will live in a repressive political structure and exploitative economic model installed by a dictatorship decades ago, or whether they will choose to start a new and egalitarian chapter in the history of Chile.
"The world has much to learn from the exemplary process of the convention and the visionary product on which Chile will vote in its September plebiscite."
In the 20th century, the US constitution was emulated by democracies around the world. No longer: its antiquated institutions and an absence of rights have guaranteed its declining influence. Chile is seeking a different path.
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More than 30 years after the end of the U.S.-backed dictatorship, Chile might soon have a brand new constitution, one that Chileans actually get to vote on and approve.
The main thing that I would say to comrades is: don't just do the propaganda. Don't just be in the campus group. Go and meet workers in your local high street and unionize them. That is the best thing a socialist could do: help to organize the working class where we find them today and fight the issues that they're facing today.
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