The Permanent Counterrevolution

The Long Shadow of the 1973 Military Coup in Chile

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v53i213.2077

Keywords:

Chile, Latin America, Neoliberalism, Social Movements

Abstract

The neoliberal model established in Chile under Augusto Pinochet following the military coup against socialist President Salvador Allende in 1973 has proven stable even after the large mass protests of the 2010s. Again and again, it was politically challenged. But the political right has been able to defend and, in some cases, even expand its basic structures against all protests and political opponents. This article argues that the military dictatorship in 1973 initiated a process of »permanent counter-revolution« against the social and political participation of the »marginal masses« that continues to this day, thus maintaining the neoliberal model established at that time.

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Author Biographies

  • Jakob Graf, University of Augsburg

    Jakob Graf works as a research associate at the Chair of Environmental Sociology at the University of Augsburg. of the University of Augsburg, has written his doctoral thesis on socio-ecological conflicts in southern Chile and is a member of the editorial board of PROKLA.

  • Anna Landherr, University of Augsburg

    Anna Landherr works as a research associate at the Department of Environmental Sociology at the University of Augsburg and completed her PhD on the socio-ecological consequences of Chilean mining.

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Published

2023-09-07

How to Cite

The Permanent Counterrevolution: The Long Shadow of the 1973 Military Coup in Chile. (2023). PROKLA. Journal of Critical Social Science, 53(213), 685-703. https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v53i213.2077