This is Jacobin Radio. I'm Susie Wiseman. We look today at the ongoing massive protest movements in

Chile and Lebanon where for more than two weeks the mobilization and demonstrations

have spread in breadth and depth. In Chile 1.2 million took to the streets on

October 25th and in Lebanon protesters formed a human chain from one end of the

country to another in both places protesting the inequity of the status quo, a generalized

protest against neoliberalism and an unjust order.

We begin in Chile with Pablo Abufoam, whose article,

it's not about 30 pesos, it's about 30 years,

appeared in Jacobin magazine.

Anger began when the Pineda government raised

Metro-Pars 30 pesos, and student protests caused the closing of

metro stations only increasing the participation of workers and the broader

population in ever larger protests. The government called a state of emergency and curfew

bringing the military and carabineros into the streets to repress the movement.

The demands now are for the end of the Pinera government, a new constituent assembly, and a new constitution.

And as Pablo Abufoam says, a new system.

We then turn to Lebanon for a deeper look at their October Revolution and uprising of dignity

with so as professor and author Gilbert Ashkar. The protests in Beirut began with attacks

on what's up calls, but that was only the trigger and

Ashkar says the massive demonstrations have since grown into a call for

revolution. We'll get his analysis and more when Jacobin Radio returns in just a moment.

Welcome to Jacobin Radio.

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