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Chilean Coup of 1973: Salvador Allende, Pinochet, & the CIA (BEST OF)

Revolutionary Left Radio

Breht O'Shea

Communism, Politics, Liberalism, Society & Culture, Philosophy, News, History, Leftwing, Socialism, Marxism

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

On the 50th anniversay of the US-backed fascist coup in Chile, we are re-uploading our classic episode on the topic!

ORIGINALLY RELEASED May 21, 2018

Professor of History at ASU, Alex Aviña, returns to RLR to discuss the Chilean coup of 1973.

Intro Music: Isle of Man by Feudalism

Outro Music: Monsters by Bambu

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0:00.0

I'm sorry. I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule

0:17.0

or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible. Chew Gentile, like man white.

0:24.0

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's

0:29.0

and not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world

0:34.0

there's room for everyone on the good earth, there's rich and can provide for everyone.

0:38.0

The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.

0:43.0

Greed has poison men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose stepped us

0:50.0

into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in.

0:55.0

The machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical.

1:00.0

Our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too much, you feel too little.

1:26.0

You like the left who gives the capital the slice and liberate the proletariat's mind.

1:33.0

Fight for the worthy class, fight for equality. Fight against the right, break the fascist ideology

1:41.0

to get in and turn it up loud. Revolutionary left radio starts now.

1:50.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Revolutionary left radio. I'm your host Ann Comrade,

1:55.0

Bred O'Shay. Today we have back on Alex Ovenia to talk about Chile, Yenday, Pinochet,

2:01.0

the CIA and that entire event. Alex was a guest on our previous episode about the Mexican Revolution

2:07.0

and the Zapatistas. Today he's actually coming to us from inside the Atlanta airport on his way to Spain.

2:14.0

We really appreciate you, Alex, taking the time to find a little bit of a quiet space in the airport

2:18.0

to do this interview. We really appreciate it. What's up?

2:21.0

Yeah, no problems. Thanks, man. I appreciate the invitation to be on again.

2:25.0

For sure. I like having repeat guests because we kind of know each other a little bit

2:29.0

we're a little more comfortable and the conversation seems to get better every time I have somebody back on.

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