Salvador Allende

A prolific writer and researcher as well as a dedicated advocate of democratic socialism in the Americas, Roger passed away on March 5.  

North Star: A Memoir, by Peter Camejo, Haymarket Books, 2010, 364 pp., $18 (paperback)   Peter Camejo’s life spanned the

It was, countless newspapers and magazines informed us, the “most triumphant” story of 2010. The rescue of 33 Chilean miners

In a memo dated September 14, J.D. Neal, an ITT operative in Chile, wrote that he had spoken with "Pete"

SALVADOR ALLENDE: President of Chile. Elected September 4, 1970 and inaugura SALVADOR ALLENDE: President of Chile. Elected September 4, 1970

“This radio station will be silenced and my quiet voice will no longer reach you. But it does not matter;

As Chileans and progressives around the world mark the 30th anniversary of the violent military coup that overthrew Chile’s socialist

Eyewitness to a Coup“In September, 1973, I was a 26-year-old doctoral student finishing my dissertation research ... my own political

On the 30th anniversary of the military coup that toppled the Popular Unity (UP) government of Salvador Allende, we have

Salvador Allende, hardened by his long fight for the unity of the left, would probably feel deceived—but in no way

U.S. vs. Chile’s Socialist Experiment Fred Rosen Steven Volk notes that Salvador Allende “promised to lead Chile through a peaceful

With the election of Allende’s Popular Unity coalition (UP), hopes for a “democratic road” to socialism ran high; fears that