Conversations with Allende: Socialism in Chile
by Régis Debray (Author), Salvador Allende Gossens (Author)
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On the 50th anniversary of the coup that overthrew Allende, a new edition of this classic text on Chile's socialist president The election in Chile of the Marxist leader of the Socialist Party, Salvador Allende, to the presidency in October 1970 inaugurated a political situation unique in Latin America and of world-wide significance. Allende's Popular Unity coalition embraced Socialists and Communists and campaigned on an election programme of unprecedented radicalism - nothing less than show more the abolition of monopoly capitalism and imperialism in Chile. In this book, Régis Debray, recently released from his Bolivian gaol, questioned President Allende about his strategy for socialism. These discussions ranged widely over the history of the workers' movement in Chile, the strength of imperialism in Latin America, the experience of the first months of the Allende government, the role of the Chilean armed forces, Allende's personal background and friendship with Che Guevara, the seizure of land by peasants since the Popular Unity victory, and the international outlook of the new Chile. In an introductory essay, Debray furnished an analysis of Chilean history and politics which situated Allende in the past and present of the country and explored the dynamics of the class struggle now unfolding there. For this new anniversary edition, leading Chilean leftist scholar Camila Vergara has written a new introduction which appraises the book in the light of recent political developments in Chile. show lessTags
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In this book Regis Debray questions President Allende about his strategy for socialism. These discussions range widely over the history of the workers' movement in Chile, the strength of imperialism in Latin America, the experience of the first months of the Allende government, the role of the Chilean armed forces, Allende's personal background and friendship with Che Guevara, the seizure of land by peasants since the Popular Unity victory and the international outlook of the new Chile.
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Regis Debray teaches philosophy at the Universite de Lyon III and is director of the European Institute of the History and Science of Religion at the Ecole pratique des hautes etudes.
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- Canonical title*
- Entretiens avec Allende sur la situation au Chili
- Original title
- La Revolución Chilena
- Original publication date
- 1973
- People/Characters*
- Salvador Allende
- Important places*
- Chili
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 320.9 — Society, government, & culture Political science Types of Government Political situation and conditions
- LCC
- F3100 .D413 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Latin America. Spanish America South America Chile
- BISAC
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- 6 — Danish, Dutch, English, French, Spanish, Swedish
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
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- 4
