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The hour of reckoning nears for Chile’s left
KAREN ARAYA ROJAS, the Communist Party's candidate for the Constitutional Council from the Metropolitan Region, talks to Daniela Pizarro Amaya about the prospects for transformation offered by this new process
INSPIRATION FOR THE CONSTITUTION: The mass protests of 2019-20 in Santiago de Chile, placard says ‘Chile awakes;' Karen Araya Rojas in the foreground
[(L to R) Courtesy of El Siglo and Carlos Figueroa/CC]
A nationwide mobilisation signals growing resistance to the far right, but lasting change will depend on deep organising in every corner of society, writes GAWAIN LITTLE
Art matters because stories, herstories, histories, and even flights of fancy matter, posits MATT KERR
As the far right gains ground, Fire Brigades Union members are organising in workplaces and on the streets to defend public services and workers’ rights, says STEVE WRIGHT
As far-right rhetoric rises and political tensions deepen, an unprecedented alliance of organisations marches to assert that inclusivity, not exclusion, defines the majority, says STEVE GILLAN
As extremist movements grow on the streets and at the ballot box, the emergence of the Together Alliance points to a vital strategy: unity across trade unions, campaigners and communities, says TONY CONWAY
KAREN ARAYA ROJAS is a teacher by profession and the president of the Chilean Teachers College (CPC) for the municipality of La Florida in the south-east of the capital, Santiago de Chile.
She is also the general secretary of the first trade union of workers of said municipality – one of the largest in the region – which organises education workers.
The mother of three has been involved in union work for over eight years now and has also been, for many years, at the centre of political and electoral work in La Florida.
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