Chile Solidarity in Britain
Resistance, Rights and Refuge, 1973-2000
Grace Livingstone editor Tanya Harmer editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:4th Feb '27
£80.00
This title is due to be published on 4th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A history of the Chile solidarity movement in Britain, one of the largest and most successful internationalist campaigns of the 20th century, including a wealth of first-hand testimonies.
The Chilean military’s violent overthrow of Salvador Allende’s democratically-elected government sent shock waves around the world and sparked a global solidarity movement. This book traces that international campaign to Britain, where politicians, trade unionists, students, women’s rights movements, religious groups and journalists protested human rights abuses in Chile, and stood in solidarity with the Chilean people.
Offering the first history of this international movement, this book shows how the British, especially the working class, acted for a cause far beyond their shore and linked human rights abuses in Chile to politics and society at home. Exploring themes of internationalism, exile and resistance, alongside a wealth of testimonies from key political players and displaced Chilean refugees as they coped with life in exile, Solidarity from Chile to Britain explores the motives and practices that underpinned this movement, and reveals the impact and legacies it had on British political, social and cultural life.
Combining the expertise of leading historians with the reflections of those who lived through 11 September 1973 and its aftermath, Chile Solidarity in Britain sheds light on the dangers of right-wing authoritarianism and on the possibilities for transnational civil society cooperation. * Thomas Long, University of Warwick, UK *
A long overdue and exceptional study, this carefully crafted book brings together compelling research and vivid testimonies to recover histories of Chile-UK solidarity, restoring their place in collective memory and demonstrating their relevance to urgent political struggles in the present. * Anna Grimaldi, University of Leeds, UK *
Harmer and Livingstone’s one-of-a-kind collection reconstructs the networks of internationalist solidarity that were built by Chilean exiles, key sectors of the British political left, and the British trade union movement following the violent ouster of Chile’s democratically-elected socialist government in 1973. Critically, it also shows how that solidarity work set the stage for the arrest of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in London in 1998. The book is a model for how to bring together important scholarly assessments of solidarity work with the voices and testimonies of those who comprised the movement, both Chilean and British nationals alike. It is an essential read for scholars and activists interested in global solidarity and human rights movements. * Joshua Frens-String, University of Texas at Austin, USA *
ISBN: 9781350591912
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288 pages