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Santiago Rising
Excellent documentary on the street demonstrations against neoliberal authoritarianism and for a new constitution in Chile
THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED: Protest on the streets of Santiago last year
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
FOR many years, Chile after Pinochet resembled Spain after Franco: the left had been brutally annihilated and any sign of opposition successfully repressed.
Most citizens, it seemed, just wanted to get on with their lives after the nightmare of the past and forget politics.
So it was immensely surprising and uplifting to witness the sudden eruption in 2019 of a widespread protest movement throughout Chile against continued authoritarianism and neoliberal policies and the demand for a new national constitution to replace the one imposed on the nation by Pinochet.
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