THINGS YOU MISSED: Chilean artist Mon Laferte shows how to do feminism that matters

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Thanks to the obscene control the American presstitutes —the billionaires' media—exercise on the US public mind most Americans never learn about truly meaningful political protests. Fake heroes and heroics by Washington's pawns in various color revolutions, o yea. Plenty of that. That's why we hear so much about the "Hong Kong freedom/democracy fighters", or the brave Venezuelans trying to topple "the tyrant Maduro", so often praised by mendacious bullies like Pompeo , but virtually zero, nada, about genuinely popular non-CIA manufactured (and therefore truly independent) mass protests being violently repressed by regimes Washington supports in Chile, Ecuador, France and other points like that on this boiling planet. It's no surprise therefore that while the politically confused, terminally pampered upper middle class, the privileged social tier normally managing the empire (and getting rewarded for it)  gets solidly and smugly behind the #metoo movement and other identity concerns, automatically capturing all the headlines and the media noise, the struggles of hundreds of billions facing enormous repression and systemic exploitation are rendered invisible to first world eyes. That's why we bet you never heard of this event and this courageous woman, Mon Laferte. Frankly, neither had we. So here it is, in reparation and solidarity with the universal struggle she represents, belatedly, but presente!

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Updated on : Saturday, November 16, 2019, 3:32 PM IST

Mon Laferte goes topless on 2019 Latin Grammy Awards red carpet

By FPJ Web Desk

Chilean-Mexican singer Mon Laferte was present at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday. The singer made more than a fashion statement.

 

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e often talk about the best dressed and the worst dressed celebrities on red carpets. But 2019 Latin Grammy Awards witnessed something that had the whole world shook.

Chilean-Mexican singer Mon Laferte was present at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday. The singer made more than a fashion statement.

Laferte dropped a black trench coat around her shoulders exposing her bare breast. This wasn’t a fashion moment, the singer was protesting in support of Chilean rights.

Mon Laferte wrote a message on her breast that read, 'In Chile they torture, kill, and rape.'

She also tied a green handkerchief around her neck to support the legalization of abortion.

 
 

The singer’s protest at the Grammy’s red carpet was in an attempt to bring attention to the ongoing crisis in Chile.

Mon Laferte is the most famous and listened to Chilean artist around the globe. Mon bagged her second Latin Grammy trophy this year for her album Norma. Norma won the best alternative music album.

While accepting her award the singer said, “What emotion...[Thanks] to my colleagues and especially to the public, the people, the fans that are out there, without people nothing can happen.” (In Spanish)

“This is for Chile,” she added.

Mon Laferte also recited a poem by Chilean poet La Chinganera.

'Chile hurts me inside,' she read.

'You bleed me through every vein, every chain that imprisons you to the center weighs me, Chile outside, Chile inside, Chile to the sound of injustice, the militia boot, the bullet that doesn't listen, no it will stop our struggle until justice is done.'

The South American country has been demonstrating a mass protest in support for a new constitution. The mass demonstration has been going on for a month now. Millions of Chilean citizens have been rioting, demanding better pensions, healthcare, and education.

Laferte and friends demonstrating against the Piñera neoliberal regime. The people of Chile have had enough. "Out with the milicos!" reads a sign. Out with the Chilean military thugs.

In case you want to see how Mon Laferte demonstrates the protest ahead, she will be attending the K'ay Chiapas Festival on November 23 at Mexico's Panchon Contreras Stadium in Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

We also found this self-explanatory photo on papermag.com, a protest by a fellow Chilean artist:

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