09/11/2026
On this day, September 11th, 1973, a U.S. backed coup was staged in the then socialist country of Chile.
Headed by Salvador Allende, a democratically elected Marxist, Chile was an innovative alternative in Latin America to the Soviet model of socialism. Allende was an idealist, and democratic exceptionalist, believing fully in the democratic processes of his country to carry out the revolution.
Despite the behest of socialist nations globally, and domestic socialist revolutionaries, Allende and the Partido Socialista de Chile pursued an incremental shift towards a socialist economy, through constitutional means only. Their comrades at home and abroad warned Allende and the PSC that a soft hand would lead only to violent overthrow, and at worst, fascist dictatorship. History would soon prove them correct.
Myriads of methods were used by the United States and global capital to meddle in Chile’s affairs, overtly violating their sovereignty. Millions of dollars towards opposition, propaganda, and full throttled support of prospective coups, eventually bore fruit.
The military coup was excessive, utilizing brutal methods of repression that were inspired by N**i exiles, of whom worked hand in hand with the Pinochet Regime.
The economics of the Pinochet Dictatorship were none better; The Chicago Boys, a group of Chilean economists who studied the economics of Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago, enforced brutal reforms under the watchful eye of Pinochet and american capital. Around 95% of state owned enterprises in Chile were privatized. Inequality skyrocketed, adding deaths from starvation, exposure, and cruel business practice to the thousands already violently repressed under Pinochet’s regime.
Such economic model was copied by the United States, and is the foundation for our modern day economic policy; Neo-liberalism.
The crimes of the United States, Pinochet, and global capital cannot be exclaimed adequately in one work.
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Further Explanation:
https://youtu.be/mkB08AKNjQ0?is=VzmZY1yfD4_lHqnw