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November 21: a final push to secure the liberation of Chile
A fortnight before the election, Hugo Guzman speaks to KAROL CARIOLA, a Communist Party activist in the left's presidential candidate’s campaign team and a member of the chamber of deputies
The Communist Party of Chile is supporting leftist candidate Gabriel Boric from the Broad Front who remains the favoured candidate to win the November 21 elections
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
“ALL of us,” says Karol Cariola, “who are convinced that Chile requires a deep, structural and real change, have to work hard so that on November 21 we can secure an important victory. [Left-wing presidential candidate] Gabriel Boric, who is isolating as a result of a positive Covid test, will continue to be contacted daily on campaign matters.
“When, as now, Boric cannot be physically present, all of us who are supporting this candidacy should assume the role of his ambassadors in each of the electoral districts, at every door we knock on, in every town square, in every metro station, on every corner, at every fair, in order to be able to explain to the people our programme of profound transformations.”
Cariola dismisses talk of the support for Boric stagnating or no longer rising. “It has been growing progressively. He won a primary, he has been leading the polls and still has a lot of electoral growth ahead of him, she reiterates.”
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