Camilla, you wrote in the new left review side car blog that it had been predicted that the convention would be monopolized by party politics. What did the political establishment want to happen with the constituent assembly? And what has in fact, happened so far? Around forty % of the people elected to the convention were independents. The majority of these leaders who are not from political parties, basically they don't feel entitled to justa right o constitution out of their conscience,. But they need to revert to their territories. They want to be mandated by their constituents and not be liberated from them.
Dan interviews scholars Aldo Madariaga and Camila Vergara about how Chilean politics have been playing out since the massive popular uprisings that began in October 2019.
Further reading:
jacobinlat.com/2021/06/19/el-neoliberalismo-atenta-contra-la-democracia-2
newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/burying-pinochet
jacobinmag.com/2021/06/rene-rojas-interview-democracy-new-constitution-constituent-assembly-plebiscite-left-chile
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