This episode is a reading of an article by two Chilean socialists from the Revolutionary Socialist Party (PTR), Pablo Torres and Dauno Totoro, about the CIA-backed military coup in Chile in 1973.  Salvador Allende’s election was the most radical attempt to achieve socialism through elections and gradual reforms. This article, titled “Chile 1973: Was victory possible?” examines what was behind the coup, the lead-up to Allende's overthrow, and what the lessons are for the Left.

To learn more:
- https://www.leftvoice.org/chile-73-was-victory-possible/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/47th-anniversary-of-the-1973-coup-in-chile-lessons-of-a-revolutionary-process/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/letter-from-the-cordones-industriales-to-president-salvador-allende/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/september-11-in-chile-how-reformism-disarmed-the-working-class-in-the-face-of-cia-backed-coup/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/does-lenin-apply-today-historical-lessons-from-chile/

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