Stolen revolution

1000 Days of Revolution: Chilean Communists on the Lessons of Popular Unity 1970‑73, René Castillo et al., 2023, Praxis Press

Anniversaries matter, but only if lessons are learned.

The attention of the left has turned back to the victims of the bloody 1973 coup in Chile on its 50th anniversary and the subsequent atrocities committed by the military.

Inevitably and justly, the focus has been on the human rights abuses . . .

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Categories: Chile, North America, South America, United States

Gavin O'Toole

I've spent much of my career in journalism and newspaper production: worked as a sub-editor and in other production roles at major UK newspapers including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Observer and the Daily Telegraph / Sunday Telegraph. Covering business, finance, regulation, Latin American affairs and more. As a journalist and freelance writer I've contributed to many publications: work appears in outlets such as Al Jazeera, Public Finance, Global Government Forum, among others. Also an an award-winning writer of short stories and novelist. 

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