In october, two thousand, 19 people not only hid the streets, but also start organizing in public squares. And even though the a constituent process was opened formally through an agreement among edits, actually, no, no close door agreement that was signedlike two in the morning in a november night. There are several organizations, a reminiscence of the cordones industrialis during the up government before the seventies. They ar cordinadores dede gavildos - there are basically people coordinating on the ground,. Even though very precariously and always punctured by, you know, the electoral cycle.
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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