Chile

4 Minutes

Culture

Song: a weapon of the revolution

PV March 4, 2020

Normand Raymond A social explosion is shaking Chile – an unceasing wave of massive demonstrations which began October 18, demanding better living conditions and aiming to replace General Pinochet’s fascist 1980 constitution through a...

4 Minutes

Culture

Music Notes: Chilean anthem calls out femicide

PV January 12, 2020

A flash mob performance piece written by a feminist collective in the Chilean city of Valparaíso has been taken up by women worldwide as a battle cry for justice. “Un violador en tu camino”...

4 Minutes

Culture Music Notes

Music Notes: Nueva Cancion still nurturing the progressive struggle

PV December 23, 2019

Allende era’s music inspires Chileans The struggle that culminated in the election of Salvador Allende’s socialist Popular Unity government in Chile in 1970 was nurtured by a profound musical revolution. While Latin America’s Nueva...

2 Minutes

Canada Labour World

Vancouver Labour Council mobilizes solidarity with Chilean people

PV December 23, 2019

Actions include call for CLC to implement boycott Beginning October 18, Chile has been rocked by massive protests, strikes and mobilizations against the neoliberal austerity imposed by the right-wing government of Sebastian Piñera. In...