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- palimpsest-3
- aren't we over it now? it's almost half a century now.uan
- 10 November 2019
Never Forget?palimpsest - 23 January 2019
Never Forget?palimpsest - it's a process:
https://www.gob.cl/p…uan - I have no idea what 10.nov nor 23.jan 2019 happened btw :-)uan
- I have no idea how a new constitution erases the coup. The other two dates are Bolivia & Venezuela. Like you said, it's almost been half a century.palimpsest
- doesn't erase the coup, but the laws left over by the dictatorship. and it's done by democratic means.uan
- I guess that's the neutral way of looking at it. :-)palimpsest
- you can't change the injustices done by the empire. but the majority of survivors on both side want something better for the next generations.uan
- and by better I mean with peaceful non-violent means.uan
- now, all the murderers from the pinochet army we sent to work for black water in irak and afghanistan are losing their jobs. this is gonna be a new problem.uan
- hope they earned enough to get retired in florida with the other fascists.uan
- teh2
- utopian0
- My daughter is 6 1/2 and this is the first time I've talked to her about any of 9/11. The innocence of a child asking "did a lot of people die?" made me tear upmg33
- She also couldn't understand why the terrorists would do what they did considering they killed themselves in the processmg33
- It's hard to know what is too heavy of a subject for a little kid.mg33
- I remember this that day like it was yesterday. 9/11 will forever be ingrained into my being.utopian
- I live right by the Nixon Library. They have a huge piece of one of the towers on display. Must have gotten some of it my eye. Very moving display.lemmy_k
- BaskerviIle0
Milton Glaser’s iconic 9/11 poster is now helping New Yorkers emerge from the pandemic:
https://qz.com/2051146/milton-gl…
- Gardener4
all gone now
- Wife beaters. Bullet belts. Biker mustaches.
All gone... Thank godfuturefood
- Wife beaters. Bullet belts. Biker mustaches.
- PhanLo0
Had never heard of this. Low budget copycat kid
-- And this guy angry with the IRS
https://www.youtube.…PhanLo
- And this guy angry with the IRS
- HAL9001-3
23 years just passed by
to this day, 9-11 is still the biggest historical event that ever happen in our life. what a crazy day it was, and what came next totally changed the World.
- wars, wars and more warsOBBTKN
- the pandemic affected the world much more severelyimbecile
- The US and its allies killed 4.5 million civilians across the Middle East in revenge.i_monk
- Also, taking down the Berlin Wall and it's political impact is arguably more historic.Morning_star
- yeah i guess it depends on your age, i was too young when Berlin Wall event happendHAL9001
- Earned themselves a hundred 9/11s for what they done in the intervening years. Figuratively speaking.Khurram
- Bill Drummond firing an M16 at the crowd at the Brit Awards begs to differ.face_melter
- palimpsest6
September 11, 1973
My friends,
Surely this will be the last opportunity for me to address you. The Air Force has bombed the antennas of Radio Magallanes.
My words do not have bitterness but disappointment. May they be a moral punishment for those who have betrayed their oath: soldiers of Chile, titular commanders in chief, Admiral Merino, who has designated himself Commander of the Navy, and Mr. Mendoza, the despicable general who only yesterday pledged his fidelity and loyalty to the Government, and who also has appointed himself Chief of the Carabineros [paramilitary police].
Given these facts, the only thing left for me is to say to workers: I am not going to resign! Placed in a historic transition, I will pay for loyalty to the people with my life. And I say to them that I am certain that the seeds which we have planted in the good conscience of thousands and thousands of Chileans will not be shriveled forever.
They have force and will be able to dominate us, but social processes can be arrested by neither crime nor force. History is ours, and people make history.
Workers of my country: I want to thank you for the loyalty that you always had, the confidence that you deposited in a man who was only an interpreter of great yearnings for justice, who gave his word that he would respect the Constitution and the law and did just that. At this definitive moment, the last moment when I can address you, I wish you to take advantage of the lesson: foreign capital, imperialism, together with the reaction, created the climate in which the Armed Forces broke their tradition, the tradition taught by General Schneider and reaffirmed by Commander Araya, victims of the same social sector who today are hoping, with foreign assistance, to re-conquer the power to continue defending their profits and their privileges.
I address you, above all, the modest woman of our land, the campesina who believed in us, the mother who knew our concern for children. I address professionals of Chile, patriotic professionals who continued working against the sedition that was supported by professional associations, classist associations that also defended the advantages of capitalist society. I address the youth, those who sang and gave us their joy and their spirit of struggle. I address the man of Chile, the worker, the farmer, the intellectual, those who will be persecuted, because in our country fascism has been already present for many hours — in terrorist attacks, blowing up the bridges, cutting the railroad tracks, destroying the oil and gas pipelines, in the face of the silence of those who had the obligation to act. They were committed. History will judge them.
Surely Radio Magallanes will be silenced, and the calm metal instrument of my voice will no longer reach you. It does not matter. You will continue hearing it. I will always be next to you. At least my memory will be that of a man of dignity who was loyal to his country.
The people must defend themselves, but they must not sacrifice themselves. The people must not let themselves be destroyed or riddled with bullets, but they cannot be humiliated either.
Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to prevail. Go forward knowing that, sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open again and free men will walk through them to construct a better society.
Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!
These are my last words, and I am certain that my sacrifice will not be in vain, I am certain that, at the very least, it will be a moral lesson that will punish felony, cowardice, and treason.
“Final Speech,” Salvador Allende (1973)
- DaveO3
Just went running down eastern parkway from bed stuy, came to grand army plaza and saw the lights just beaming up. I wasnt here when it happened but after living here for so long and seeing the sheer size of the site where it happend alwasy gives me the shivers. Such a huge cubic mass of material. Chairs. Desks. Printers. Elevators. Concrete. I cannot imagine the sheer shock and destruction, so i cannot imagine people will forget in a hurry.
- Ramanisky212
The Oculus transit hub was positioned to create a "Way of Light" at precisely 1028am, the time when the second WTC tower collapsed in New York City. Wednesday morning's sunshine allowed for the pathway to form.
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