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What happened to Victor Jara is a warning we can't ignore now
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THERE was a small news story earlier this month that nine soldiers had been found guilty of the murder of Victor Jara, the theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter and political activist.
Victor Jara (Pic: Nicomedes Santa Cruz)
Not many people noticed the story on my social meeja — only Catalina, whose family are from Chile, and Gordon — a principled socialist, who’s long found the biography Unfinished Song: The Life of Victor Jara by his wife Joan an inspiration — discussed it.
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