Re: [xmca] Fwd: Chile, September 11, 1973. Please take a moment to remember.

VERY ineresting observation, michael. Thanks.
mike

On 9/11/07, Michael Boatright <michaelboatright@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As a cogent aside, the graphic selected for the edition I have of Jack
> London's THE IRON HEEL, which appeared in 1908, consists of a large, black
> boot stepping on a political poster of Salvador Allende which reads "Viva
> Allende" across the top. Even more interesting is the frequency with
> which
> this novel goes in and out of print. Current available editions of the
> novel are published by the relatively obscure publishing company of
> Lawrence
> Hill Books. See attached image.
>
> Michael
>
> On 9/11/07, Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A non-poetical rememberance of Sept 11 34 years ago, from a relative of
> > mine.
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Sasha Cole <sashacole510@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sep 11, 2007 12:21 PM
> > Subject: Chile, September 11, 1973. Please take a moment to remember.
> >
> >
> > Please excuse me for the mass mailing as well as the lack of elegance in
> > my
> > writing. I hope that the message is important enough for you to overlook
> > that.
> >
> > Today is the anniversary of the U.S-sponsored military Coup d'Etat in
> > Chile
> > that overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador
> Allende.
> > The coup marked the overthrow of democracy in Latin America's longest
> > standing democratic country and would eventually sink Chile into 17
> years
> > of
> > brutal dictatorship. During the first days of the coup, the national
> > football stadium was turned into a concentration camp where more than
> > 40,000
> > Chileans (and a few foreign nationals) were held, tortured, and
> sometimes
> > executed. During the first months of the coup up to 3,000 (of a
> population
> > around 10 million) were killed, countless more imprisoned and tortured,
> > and
> > many, many more 'disappeared'. Many others were driven from their
> homeland
> > and forced to take refuge in foreign countries.
> >
> > I would like express my sorrow and shame for the cynical and
> > unconscionable
> > actions of my government in planning and helping to execute the coup in
> > Chile, as well as others -- in Guatemala, in Iran, in the Congo, so many
> > other countries. It seems important to remember that 28 years before the
> > attacks on the twin towers, the United States had already made September
> > 11th an infamous day.
> > When we talk of terror, we should remember the terror unleashed by
> > Pinochet,
> > Kissinger, and their associates on this day.
> >
> > Sasha Cole.
> >
> > If you would like to add something to this note, or change it or pass
> on,
> > please do
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Received on Tue Sep 11 18:07 PDT 2007