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#OtD 11 Sep 1973 right-wing general Pinochet launched a coup against the elected left-wing government in Chile of Salvador Allende. Backed by the US and UK, Pinochet went on to torture, jail and kill 10,000s of working class activists https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8360/general-pinochet's-coup-against-the-left-wing-government-in-chile?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@workingclasshistory in an interest turn of events we can watch America do this to itself in November, when Trump loses the popular vote.

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OliverUv

@workingclasshistory alt text for image: Black and white photo of armed military on a street in a city. A tank in the background. A line of about a dozen civilians lie face down on the street, presumably captured or dead.

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Americanist4U

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Americanist4U

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To this day, our country is still largely under the control of rich exploitive interests which are dead set in preventing other countries, especially those inside our hemisphere, from having their democratically governments of their chosing. .

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Lucy B

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Even more meaningful to see this on the day I also read this article, which connects this Nobel economist to Pinochet. Absolutely chilling in its implications for the US.
https://mastodon.social/@Snowshadow/113119772863983425

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NIXON

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Else Cederborg

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