[London] What We Can Learn from Today’s Mass Movement in Chile
The 2019 Uprising against Chile’s neoliberal regime has led to the writing of a new democratic Constitution and the election of leftwing activist Gabriel Boric as President. What lessons can we learn from the Chilean movement’s effort to replace neoliberalism with democratic socialism?
Date: Wednesday 1 June, 2022
Time: 20:00 CEST, 19:00 BST
Leading off the discussion: Bill Young
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87849653445?pwd=RXo2aDJkckVJUHphVHlCZmZyek5ZZz09
Passcode: 595821
Suggested readings:
Earthquake in Chile: Feminist Rescue and Dual Power – A New Beginning for the Left, by Bill Young
The Mapuche in Chile – Indigenous Struggle as Revolutionary Ferment, by Richard Abernethy
Chile: Behind the Left’s Victory, by Bill Young
The People Are Here to Stay, by Pierina Ferretti