Tag: Popular Unity (Chile)

  • What if There Had Been No Coup in Chile in 1973?

    What if There Had Been No Coup in Chile in 1973?

    Gracia Barrios (Chile), Multitud III (‘Multitude III’), 1972. Imagine this scenario. On 11 September 1973, the reactionary sections of the Chilean army, led by General Augusto Pinochet and given a green light by the US government, did not leave their barracks. President Salvador Allende, who led the Popular Unity government, went to his office in […]

  • The Coup Against the Third World: Chile, 1973

    The Coup Against the Third World: Chile, 1973

    In anticipation of the fiftieth anniversary of the 11 September coup against Chile’s Popular Unity government, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and the Instituto de Ciencias Alejandro Lipschutz Centro de Pensamiento e Investigación Social y Política release a new dossier analysing the coup and its effects on the Third World and non-aligned countries. On 11 […]

  • Build the Unity of the Youth of the World

    Build the Unity of the Youth of the World

    Angela Davis with DDR Minister of Education Margot Honecker and Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, East Berlin, 1973. Credit: ADN-Bildarchiv. From 28 July to 5 August 1973, eight million people, including 25,600 guests from 140 countries, participated in the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin (German Democratic Republic or DDR). The festival […]

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