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Chile 2021: Leftwing Millennial Gabriel Boric to Be Chile's New President

December 24, 2021

Gabriel Boric, former student leader, will become Chile’s youngest president after storming to a resounding victory (56-44) in a run-off vote against his far-right opponent, José Antonio Kast. Kast quickly accepted his defeat and called Boric to congratulate him.

Chile 1973: Manifiesto | Victor Jara (With English Subtitles)

December 24, 2021

One of the last songs Victor Jara wrote, and a poem composed in his final days, while imprisoned in a Santiago stadium.

December 23, 2021

Tidbits - Dec. 23, 2021 - Reader Comments: Build Back Better - What Next?; Manchin Faces Blowback; Kellogg Workers Win; Omicron; Chile - Gabriel Boric Victory!; Käthe Kollwitz; In Memoriam: Michael Hirsch, Portside Cultural Moderator

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Reader Comments: Build Back Better - What Next?; Manchin Faces Blowback; Kellogg Workers Win; Omicron; Chile - Gabriel Boric Victory!; Käthe Kollwitz; In Memoriam: Michael Hirsch, Portside Cultural Moderator

December 20, 2021

Gabriel Boric Vows to ‘Fight Privileges of the Few’ as Chile’s Premier

John Bartlett in Santiago and Sam Jones The Guardian

Leftwing former student pledges to unite country and tackle poverty and inequality. The triumph of Boric, who belongs to a generation deeply opposed to the extreme economic model bequeathed to Chile by the Pinochet dictatorship

December 22, 2021

Global Left Midweek - Focus on Asia

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Victories in Chile and Honduras, bitter fights in Asia and Sudan, and more

December 16, 2021

Tidbits - Dec. 16, 2021 - Reader Comments: Islamophobic Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar; Broken Healthcare System; Chile; Haiti; Nicaragua; Kellogg's Strike; Public Art; Queer Films; World Inequality Report; more....

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Reader Comments: Islamophobic Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar; Broken Healthcare System; Chile; Haiti; Nicaragua; Kellogg's Strike; Public Art; Queer Films; World Inequality Report; more....

December 15, 2021

Global Left Midweek - December 15, 2021

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News and analysis from, about, and explaining the world left today – West to East, South to North

December 9, 2021

Father’s Nazi Past Haunts Chilean Presidential Frontrunner

Frank Jordans and Joshua Goodman AP

The German-born father of Chilean presidential frontrunner José Antonio Kast was a member of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party, according to a recently unearthed document obtained by The Associated Press.

December 2, 2021

Tidbits - Dec. 2, 2021 - Reader Comments-Lots: Ahmaud Arbery Murder, Charlottesville, Rittenhouse; Democrats in Congress; Health Care Workers Quitting; JFK Murder; Chile, Venezuela, India, Cuba; Russia; Dr. Marty Nathan - RIP; Your Action Needed; more...

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Reader Comments-Lots: Ahmaud Arbery Murder, Charlottesville, Rittenhouse; Democrats in Congress; Health Care Workers Quitting; JFK Murder; Chile, Venezuela, India, Cuba; Russia; Dr. Marty Nathan - RIP; Your Action Needed; Resources, Announcements...

November 28, 2021

Donald Duck Quacks Again as Chile Elects a New President

Ariel Dorfman The Nation

A half-century after it fed the Pinochet regime’s bonfire of heretical books, a celebrated “handbook of decolonization” has new relevance to a country on the brink of a momentous choice.

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