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Chile’s 18 October Movement claim responsibility for attacks on infrastructure
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Chile: The Self-Managed Street Workers Union is born
President Sebastián Piñera’s hide was well and truly saved when Covid-19 interrupted months of protests which had nearly kicked his government out of power — but lockdown doesn’t mean people have stopped organising. The Sindicato Autogestionado Trabajadores Ambulantes (SATA — the Self-managed Union of Street Workers) was founded last week to provide a focal point
What is happening in Chile?
This text was sent to Freedom by our comrades in Chile. It is a summary of the events in the country in recent days and a call for support. After the Chilean government announced that they would raise the price of the metro, last week the high school students started a massive elude of payment
Interview: The anarchists of Chile
In a new initiative designed to give an overview of the balance of libertarian socialism in the Americas, the Black Rose Federation has conducted a series of round table interviews, the first of which sees them talk to Juan and Pablo about their involvement in anarchist group Solidaridad. Enrique Guerrero-López (EGL): Can you introduce yourself,
Chile: Tamara Sol seriously injured by guards in ‘failed jailbreak’
The family of Tamara Sol reported yesterday that the anarchist prisoner was brutally beaten on Thursday after allegedly attempting to lead an escape out of Valparaíso Women’s Penitentiary Center. In a note on social media, they said: Urgent! We were told today in the morning that Tamara Sol tried to lead an attempt to escape
‘Fifth Act’ marks Chile insurrectionists’ embrace of Project Nemesis
At the end of last year one of Europe’s most infamous insurrectionist anarchist groups, Conspiracy Cells of Fire, announced it would be shifting tactics in its near-decade long campaign against the Greek State in a campaign it dubbed Project Nemesis. The group, which has claimed upwards of 300 attacks against “targets of domination” since it
Chile: Women and the pensions backlash
Following a new wave of protests against Chile’s Pinochet-era privatised pensions system, María Carrasco of libertarian communist journal Solidaridad looks at why women have particular reason to stand up for a new way. Major rallies have been ongoing since last year against the six private for-profit funds which currently hold Chile’s £122 billion in assets but pay just
Radical Mapuche Struggle: Ancestral resistance against the State and capital
The fight for autonomy of the mapuche peoples in Chile has much to teach us, argues Contra Toda Autoridad in this article, originally written for Issue 4 of the collective’s journal and translated by Avalanche. Contra Toda Autoridad tries to establish points of connection with the radical and anti-state expressions in the historical struggle of the mapuche . Unveiling
Chile: Guards brutalise anarchist detainees at San Joaquin jail
Prisoners in Chile are reporting that three anarchist women detainees have been brutally beaten at San Joaquin Penitentiary. The incident, which happened earlier this month, began with jailers harassing Tamara Sol, currently serving seven years having been jailed in 2015 for allegedly shooting a bank guard who had previously shot and killed insurrectionist anarchist Angry. The next day
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