Latin America
International Dockworkers Council Threatens Boycott of Chilean Cargo
The IDC warns the President of Chile that: “We are on alert and ready to block cargo from Chile in other ports around the world.” This is part of a decades-long tradition of working-class internationalism by dockers and longshore workers.
Sean Robertson
October 25, 2019Chile’s General Strike: Over a Million Reject Piñera’s Crumbs. There Is a Will to Fight for More.
The national leader of the Partido de Trabajadores Revolucionarios, a revolutionary left party in Chile, calls for a continuation of the protests until Piñera is overthrown. There are enough forces to win and to impose a free, sovereign Constituent Assembly, to discuss the urgent social problems of the day, and to do away with the legacies of Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Pablo Torres
October 24, 2019Chilean Protesters Report Beatings and Sexual Assault By Military and Riot Police
**Trigger Warning** As mobilizations against the government continue in Chile, reports are surfacing of violence and sexual abuse against women involved in the protests.
Celeste Murillo
October 24, 2019Timeline: From Student Rebellion to General Strike in Chile
What’s going on in Chile? A crash course on the recent protests—and their roots in economic inequality and state violence.
Violet Glaser
October 24, 2019Revolutionary Socialists in Chile Declare: General Strike Until Piñera is Toppled!
All Out for a Real General Strike! Down with the State of Emergency! Troops Off the Streets! For assemblies and coordinators to move the strike forward with a plan of struggle! For a free and sovereign Constituent Assembly imposed by the mobilization atop the ruins of the regime! This is a statement by the Revolutionary Workers Party (PTR), the Chilean section of the Trotskyist Fraction—Fourth International.
La Izquierda Diario Chile
October 23, 2019Chilean Unions Call General Strike, Demanding Piñera’s Resignation and Constituent Assembly
Social movements, labor, and student unions are calling for a two-day general strike with mobilizations in the streets. Among their demands are the resignationof the president and the establishment a Constituent Assembly.
La Izquierda Diario Chile
October 22, 2019Chile: A Million People Take to the Streets as the Government Extends State of Emergency
President Sebastián Piñera has taken a hard line against the popular movement in Chile. A million people took part in demonstrations throughout the country on Monday. In response, Piñera expanded the state of emergency to include eleven provinces.
La Izquierda Diario Chile
October 22, 2019Chilean Dockers Call for General Strike
In the face of an ongoing state of emergency imposed by right-wing Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, members of the Dockworkers’ Union of Chile (UPC – Unión Portuaria De Chile) have not only begun to take strike action across the nation’s ports, but have also called on all workers to launch a nationwide general strike.
Sean Robertson
October 22, 2019More than a Hundred Thousand Hold the Central Square in Chile, Despite a State of Emergency
All day, over 100,000 people have gathered at the Plaza Italia in Santiago. They are defying the government’s state of emergency and resisting the military’s attempts to clear the square. Live reporting from our sister site La Izquierda Diario Chile.
La Izquierda Diario Chile
October 21, 2019What’s Behind the Popular Uprising in Chile?
The explosive unrest in the streets of Chile is the backlash against decades of the most extreme neoliberal policies. The political regime inherited from the military dictatorship is in deep crisis.
Juan Cruz Ferre
October 21, 2019