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Chile: learning from history
VICTOR ARELLANO-CANCINO and ROGER McKENZIE look at how the background and aftermath of the coup affect Chile today, as it struggles to set a new constitution
Painter Efren Cortes opens the door of his workshop after transporting his paintings, including one of the late President Salvador Allende, on a dolly from the Plaza de Armas, where he has been selling his paintings for over 30 years, in Santiago, Chile, August 31, 2023
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The belief that leadership removal can dismantle Iran reflects a flawed reading of history, write RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO
Behind the smoke clouds over Beirut lies a radical vision of a “Greater Israel.” The tactics from Gaza are now being deployed to depopulate south Lebanon, clearing the way for a permanent occupation and the reshaping of the Middle East, says MARC VANDEPITTE
Beneath the folklore of leaping salmon lies a stark reality: the River Wye is under siege from industrial agriculture – but locals aren’t letting water polluters off the hook, says MARK SEDDON
A centenary tour of north-west England uncovers powerful exhibitions and archives connecting the history of the 1926 General Strike with the fights facing workers today. General Strike 100 national co-ordinator HENRY FOWLER reflects on his recent visit to partners in the region
THE US-backed coup against elected Chilean president Salvador Allende was the culmination of a long campaign of sabotage paid for by the US administration of soon-to-be-disgraced president Richard Nixon.
Following the coup, more than 30,000 people were killed under Augusto Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship, with countless tortured and disappeared as the right-wing dictator implemented neoliberal “shock therapy” to the Chilean economy.
The memory of September 11 1973 and its aftermath continues to cast a long shadow over the nation’s history.
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