"Allende Lives!" (Via Chilean Desert Monster, flickr)
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his is the first part of Patricio Guzmán's 5-hour heroic documentary on the overthrow of Chile's President Salvador Allende government by a combination of internal reactionaries and CIA and US military assets. The Battle of Chile, documenting blow-by-blow the process of stifling and destabilizing a legitimate popular government, is must-see cinema for any person who really wishes to know how the ruling cliques of the world protect their power, almost always with the eager assistance of the United States government. Although the coup that swept away the threat of a free, egalitarian Chile took place in 1973, its lessons are still very much relevant to our time.
The Battle of Chile, documenting blow-by-blow the process of stifling and destabilizing a legitimate popular government, is must-see cinema for any person who really wishes to know how the ruling cliques of the world protect their power, almost always with the eager assistance of the United States government.
[premium_newsticker id=”154171″]Parting shot—a word from the editors
The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” -- acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump -- a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
