No to Dictatorship Victor Jara

On September 11, 1973, in Santiago de Chile, Augusto Pinochet took power and installed a dictatorship in place of the democratic government of President Salvador Allende. That day Victor Jara, a young songwriter and activist, poet and playwright is arrested and imprisoned with hundreds of other people in the Santiago stadium because of his association with the socialist opposition. His hands, so crucial to playing music, are broken by one of Pinochet's soldiers. He is executed in the stadium days later, but his protest songs will continue to resound to this day, as does his defiance in singing, 'Venceremos,' We Will Overcome, in the stadium. Pinochet will die at an advanced age without having answered for his crimes that were committed in an effort to crush dissent. But we celebrate the brave and defiant artists and activists like Victor Jara who help us to remember our humanity in the face of oppressive dictatorships.

ISBN:	9781644211823
Publisher:	Seven Stories Press
Imprint:	Triangle Square
Published date:	19 Jan 2023
DEWEY:	782.42164092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	64
Weight:	567g
Height:	171mm
Width:	114mm

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