This year marks the somber 50th anniversary of the September 11th coup d’état in Chile, which forcibly removed Salvador Allende and his democratically-elected Socialist government from power, brutally halting the years-long Leftist revolutionary process underway.
The aftermath saw the imposition of one of Latin America’s bloodiest dictatorships under Augusto Pinochet with the support of the United States, becoming a laboratory for neoliberal policy throughout his regime and further developed in democratic transition. This period left an indelible mark on the lives of millions within the territory known as Chile, with thousands of Leftists subjected to violence, torture and disapperance, as well as hundreds of thousands forced into exile.
Half a century has passed since the inception of the neoliberal Shock Doctrine during Pinochet’s military regime with its legacy continuing to this day.
Today we remember our missing and murdered, and the lives lost in struggle and resistance both during the fascist dictatorship and under surveillance democracy. Join us on September 11th as we remember our fallen and struggle for the living! Marrichiweu!
📆 MONDAY, SEPT 11TH, 2023
NAT TAYLOR CINEMA – ROSS BUILDING – ROOM ROSS N102, YORK U, 4700 Keele Street
4PM: Threads of Hope, Film Screening
5PM: PANEL DISCUSSION:
- Guest Speaker: Kanahus Manuel, Secwepemc activist from so-called British Columbia. She is a birth keeper and a member of the activist group Tiny House Warriors who will be connecting the issues of colonialism and imperialism from the 1973 coup in Chile/ Wallmapu to the 1995 Sept 11th events at Gustafson Lake Reclamation.
- Pablo Mariman: Director of the Sociocultural Centre, Department of Anthropology at the Catholic University of Temuco (CES-UCT). Member of the Community of Mapuche Historians (CEI-CHM) and Association of Mapuche Research and Development (AIDM).
- Ana Vergara Toledo: Sister of Rafael and Eduardo Vergara Brothers–murdered by Pinochet’s secret police in 1985
- Dago Perez: son of Lumi Videla—murdered by Pinochet’s secret police in 1974
- Pamela Pessoa: Mother of Ernesto and Pelentaro Llaitul, Mapuche Political Prisoners in current-day Chile.
6:30PM: Salvador Allende, Film Screening
Organized by the Women’s Coordinating Committee for a Free Wallmapu
See Facebook event here
See Venue Map Below 👇
Women's Coordinating Committee for a Free Wallmapu 
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