LINDA PENTZ GUNTER reports from the one of 2,700 protests against the Trump government’s power grabs, on a day when seven million people defied fear-mongering in a outpouring of joy and hope in what might be the biggest protest in US history

IN THE age of a rising tide of neoliberal authoritarianism and populist reactionary religious politics, the electoral victory of the left brings smiles to all progressive forces beyond Chile.
The people of Chile defeated Jose Antonio Kast — a committed follower of the country’s former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, who established neoliberal authoritarianism in Chile before it spread worldwide.
The decisive victory of Gabriel Boric is a celebration of people’s power beyond the borders of the Andean nation.

Communist Party presidential candidate JEANNETTE JARA challenges the Chilean left to stop talking only among comrades and reach out to angry voters abandoned by politics in the race against the far right this November

For the first time in years, the dominant voice within Chile’s official left comes not from neoliberal centrists but from the world of labour, writes LEONEL POBLETE CODUTTI
