Chile - The Other September 11: An Anthology of Reflections on the 1973 Coup (Radical History) - Softcover

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9781876175504: Chile - The Other September 11: An Anthology of Reflections on the 1973 Coup (Radical History)

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ISBN 10: 1876175508 ISBN 13: 9781876175504

Publisher: Ocean Press, 1995

September 11 is a date etched into the history of a century. It is also the anniversary of an event from the previous century - General Pinochet's coup in 1973 against the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende. The terror of this US-backed coup lasted 17 years. Following September 11, 2001, when American hands held up photos of missing loved ones, Chilean author Ariel Dorfman commented, """"I have been through this before. During the last 28 years, September 11 has been a date of mourning for that day when death irrevocably entered our lives.

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Synopsis:

For Chileans, the date September 11 has another significance. Following the day in 2001 "when terror descended from the sky" and American hands held up photos of missing loved ones, Chilean author Ariel Dorfman wrote: "I have been through this before...During the last 28 years, September 11 has been a date of mourning, for me and millions of others, ever since that day in 1973 when Chile lost its democracy in a military coup, that day when death irrevocably entered our lives and changed us forever." The terror, trauma and tragedy of General Pinochet's U.S.-backed coup against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende lasted 17 years, and Pinochet and his key U.S. accomplice, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger still walk free. This book reclaims the historical significance of the other September 11 for all those who oppose U.S. interventionism and seek a more just world.

About the Author:

* Editors Pilar Aguilera and Ricardo Fredes are young Chileans who now live in Australia. Ariel Dorfman is a renowned Chilean author.

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