What set Allende apart was his adherence to peaceful, constitutional change, a third way, unlike Cuba and the Soviet Union. I guess this is a good time as any to bring up a small read on one of his lesser known projects, Project Cybersyn. Just a little thing that maybe could've been.
if anyone wants to read up on it i know wikipedia is not GREAT but it’s a start
RIP Salvador Allende, a true visionary taken down to keep the capitalist exploitation machine running
Fuck the billionaires who own every single politician occupying our government
For those who want to learn a bit about what was destroyed, check out this video about socialist Chile's computer-networked production system in the 1970s, long before the internet. youtu.be/fREFAi_iGtk?...
The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/stepbackhistory11212In the early 1970s, the government of...
i wrote a research essay about this and the letelier case, really interesting event
It's amazing how good the records left behind are from people doing terrible shit who think they are the good guys.
This is what September 11 means to me. #SalvatorAllende
Yeah, the Chilean Air Force bombed the Palcio de la Moneda. Like literally the most important building in Chile. My father saw the planes flying overhead when he was a kid