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Why solidarity matters so much
ROZ FOYER recommends an excellent account of the profound and positive consequences of working class solidarity with Chile in Scotland
PEAS IN A POD: Margaret Thatcher on a solidarity mission to General Pinochet while under house arrest at Wentworth in Surrey
ANGUS REID applauds the potential of an ambitious show about Gaza, and encourages it to keep its nerve
MATTHEW HAWKINS considers the opening offering at the National Festival of Korean Dance
ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an effective and entertaining overview of those who see erroneous ideas as self-evident truths
KENNY MacASKILL welcomes that rare thing: a readable analysis and explanation of the capitalist economy
The world of fake news, where people don’t believe what they are fed, will lead to a demand for authenticity, suggests PAUL DONOVAN
Aye! Venceremos! Scotland and Solidarity with Chile in the 1970s — And Why it Still Matters Today
By Colin Turbett, Carlton Books, £10
COLIN TURBETT is a lifelong socialist, political activist and trade unionist who can trace his own political awakening in the 1970s right back to being inspired by the actions of the Chilean solidarity movement in Scotland at that time.
In fact he was so inspired that at university in 1978 he did his dissertation on Chilean refugees in the west of Scotland for his social work degree.
So really there can be few better placed to write this excellent book.
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