Why did so many self-described progressives respond to an anti-semitic attack by questioning the victims, asks JULIA BARD
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
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
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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