When
Where
Why
50 years on from the fascist coup of 11 September 1973 we will discuss the drastic national and global effects of dictatorship, and then post-dictatorship since 1990. The forum takes its title from a 2-volume, 60-chapter project to be published this year by Verso Libros https://versolibros.com/Spanish. It integrates perspectives on the coup and neoliberal economy which followed, on popular resistance, and the long “transition to democracy”, including the 2018 anti-patriarchal student uprising, October 2019 national insurrection and then the defeat of Chile’s most progressive constitution ever in 2022.
Tickets
Free tickets from Eventbrite
Schedule
- Live music of the resistance from Italy and Chile by Cantastorie, and light refreshments
- A short excerpt from the iconic documentary “The Battle of Chile”
Speakers
Kemy Oyarzún: “Testimonials on dictatorship and beyond”. Kemy Oyarzún is a Doctor of Literature from the University of California, Irvine. For 15 years she taught Literature and Latin American studies at the University of California, Riverside. Upon her return to Chile, she co-founded Gender Studies at the University of Chile, and is currently president of the Pablo Neruda Foundation.
Camila da Costa: “Operation Condor”. Camila is a Brazilian political scientist with a Master in Strategic Studies. Her expertise includes nation building; imperialist military policies in Latin America, the Middle East, Eurasia and Africa; and ethnic-tribal conflicts. She is a researcher in the Observatory of Nationalities International Research network.
Ximena de la Barra: “Has the Time Come for Social Movements in Chile?”. Ximena is a Chilean architect and social scientist. She participated in the government of Salvador Allende, taught at Columbia University in New York and was a United Nations official for 15 years.
Robert Austin Henry will be the Forum Moderator. Robert holds a Ph.D in Latin American History (LaTrobe, 1998). He researches neo-colonial history in Latin America, and has worked in Chile, Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela since 1978. He has 150+ publications, including 12 books
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FILEF – Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Emigrati e Famiglie
The forum will be in English.
You can join the forum on Zoom