Amazon Besieged: LAB Newsletter 30 November 2018
30 November 2018
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
LAB News
LAB's new book Amazon Besieged is published on 1 December. We are launching it at a...
Brazil post-elections: the quid pro quo
Only four days after Jair Bolsonaro's election, federal judge Sergio Moro, Lula’s nemesis, hurried to Rio to accept the president elect’s invitation to become...
Chileans of the North
Chileans of the North is an exceptional documentary which charts the experiences of Chilean refugees who arrived in Sheffield in the 1970s, their reception by and impact on the local labour movement and the importance of solidarity for refugee resettlement.
‘Santiago Rising’
“I wanted to capture what was happening in Chile and to pay homage to the strength and commitment of the Chilean people. They are taking on neo-liberalism and a militarised state with stones and trumpets. This is a lesson for the rest of the world, we can learn so much from them."
Elections in Chile & Honduras. Peace problems in Colombia -LAB Newsletter...
28 November 2017
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
Elections
Chile: Results in the first round of Chile’s presidential elections, on November 19, confounded all the pollsters. Sebastián...
Inspired by Jara – a three-part podcast
This three-part podcast by the Manics' James Dean Bradfield looks at the lasting influence which Chilean musician and revolutionary singer, Victor Jara, has had on modern music.
Chile: women challenging stereotypes
As Michelle Bachelet embarks on her second presidential term in March 2014, other Chilean women are occupying positions of power.
Chile: Memoria, 40 years on
LAB Council member David Lehmann, after a visit to Santiago's Museo de La Memoria, is perplexed to find that support for the violence perpetrated by the Pinochet dictatorship is still acceptable and tolerated.
Chile in Wales: El sueño existe
In Machynlleth, mid Wales, the El Sueño Existe festival will be held in July-August, highlighting Colombia and eco-socialism.
Chile dominates the news, forty years on
A round-up of articles, books, films and photography covering the military coup.