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The last song Victor Jara ever wrote. The great Chilean singer/songwriter Jara was killed in the Santiago Stadium 40 years ago, on Sept. 15, 1973.
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As Chile marks 50 years since the coup, women who have scoured the desert for remains of their husbands fear the brutality of the death squads will be forgotten
For the US there is much to learn from the Chilean experience about relationships between left government, movements, and popular protagonism and the importance of political clarity, socialist strategy and organization.
The documented U.S. role in the months, days and hours before the overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende. Nixon and Kissinger commiserated over the fact that they wouldn’t receive laudatory credit in the media for Allende’s demise.
Songs that remember 1,000 days of popular government in Chile, and to commemorate 50 years after the fascist coup.
Nostalgia is frequently invoked by the reactionary right, but it has its uses on the left. We must reach towards the stars without forgetting all that remains buried in the ground beneath our feet.
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