On this day in 2019, protests and riots began throughout Chile in response to a raise in the Santiago Metro's subway fare, the increased cost of living, privatization and inequality prevalent in the country.

The protests have been called the "worst civil unrest" in Chile since the end of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship due to the scale of damage to public infrastructure, the number of protesters, and the measures taken by the government to put down the rebellion.

On the 25th of October, over a million people took to the streets throughout Chile to protest against President Piñera, demanding his resignation. As of December 29th, 2019, 29 people have died, nearly 2,500 have been injured, and 2,840 have been arrested.

Human rights organizations have received several reports of violations conducted against protesters by security forces, including torture, sexual abuse and sexual assault.

Chile: what was the October Rebellion, and what will come of it? We need a working-class Marxist tendency!

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  • THC
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    1 year ago

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    • Ideology [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I think it actually started as a thing people did in the country so you didn't have to walk a quarter-mile to the next house. Emphasis on started.

    • American_Badass [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      During the dreaded period of my life when I lived in a small city I didn't think it was meant as a replacement. They did a trunk or treat at this Catholic park down the road and then we got a ton of overflow from it.

      I could be wrong, though. I mean, aren't the people still strangers? Maybe they're different elsewhere? It's difficult for me to imagine taking children to somewhere Catholic affiliated for safety due to obvious reasons.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I love that US society has gotten much, much, much provably safer over the last like 40 years, and is probably the safest it's ever been in terms of interpersonal violence, yet so many people act like it's the worst parts of New York in 1970.