The Chilean Revolution
¡La Vía Chilena! Though the liberation of the Yarur Mill occurred on April 28, 1971 in what would be described as a "spontaneous" seizure by the union leaders of the mill, it was decades of oppression, manipulation, and exploitation that forced the hands of the workers to either live free, or die trying to gain that freedom. The necessity for the Chilean revolution was not only seen from the bottom up perspective of the workers, it also was recognized from the top down, by the Salvador Allende government, and the people of Chile who voted his Populist Party into power. Faced with the majority of its wealth in the hands of the elite class and foreign investors, the workers, peasants, urban lower class, and the indigenous population were understandably
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For example, the textile industry monopoly "...was facilitated by ethnic ties and social links" and was controlled "...by three families..." Though the textile industry was its own sector within the Chilean economy, it could be a prime example of how wealth concentrated itself within the hands of a tiny population at the top of a capitalistic society. To make matters increasingly dire for the poor workers and peasants at the bottom of society, the "clans" that dominated Chile economically had no intention at spreading the wealth nationally, or as in the case of the Yarur's, compensating the workers a fair rate of pay. If the workers of the Yarur Mill were to receive fair treatment, they were going flip the socioeconomic pyramid on its point and put the workers on the top by …show more content…
"La Via Chilena" would require Allende's government to acquire foreign companies who were monopolizing key sectors of the economy and nationalize them, using profits to fund programs of agrarian reform, housing development, and medical care for the people of Chile. These promises of a "peaceful revolution with empanadas y vino tinto", energized his base of workers, peasants, and pobladores whose votes won the presedential election of 1970 for
For example, the textile industry monopoly "...was facilitated by ethnic ties and social links" and was controlled "...by three families..." Though the textile industry was its own sector within the Chilean economy, it could be a prime example of how wealth concentrated itself within the hands of a tiny population at the top of a capitalistic society. To make matters increasingly dire for the poor workers and peasants at the bottom of society, the "clans" that dominated Chile economically had no intention at spreading the wealth nationally, or as in the case of the Yarur's, compensating the workers a fair rate of pay. If the workers of the Yarur Mill were to receive fair treatment, they were going flip the socioeconomic pyramid on its point and put the workers on the top by …show more content…
"La Via Chilena" would require Allende's government to acquire foreign companies who were monopolizing key sectors of the economy and nationalize them, using profits to fund programs of agrarian reform, housing development, and medical care for the people of Chile. These promises of a "peaceful revolution with empanadas y vino tinto", energized his base of workers, peasants, and pobladores whose votes won the presedential election of 1970 for