"A fast and powerful read, and its themes are still relevant today... and shows vividly the suffering others have endured at our hands, the same sort of suffering our government has pledged to fight... This book is the kind of true testimonial that all Americans should read."--Clamor
"A worthwhile compilation for libraries and bookstores seeking titles on the subject."--Criticas
This anthology reclaims the date of September 11 as the anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup in Chile in 1973 by General Augusto Pinochet against the popularly elected Allende government. Contributors include Ariel Dorfman, Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, Fidel Castro.
Robert Macfarlane is a nature writer and literary critic.
'My advice to my compatriots in the struggle is to remember the words I once heard from the great Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Cardenal: “The constitutions of tomorrow will be written with the love poems of today."' Ariel Dorfman (following the rejection of Chile's new constitution).
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"For the 30 years since democracy returned to Chile, as I have walked the streets of Santiago, Valparaíso, and other cities, I have been concerned by what I did not know..." Ariel Dorfman on Chilean History, in @thenation https://t.co/s9sSSHwk8U
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