Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile

297 Pages·1995·14.23 MB·English

by  Cathy Schneider

SHANTYTOWN PROTEST
IN PINOCHET'S CHILE

Shantytown Protest in
Pinochet's Chile
CATHY LISA SCHNEIDER
Temple University Press - Philadelphia
Temple University Press, Philadelphia 19122
Copyright © 1995 by Cathy Lisa Schneider
All rights reserved
Published 1995
Printed in the United States of America
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Text designed by Judith Martin Waterman
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Schneider, Cathy Lisa, 1955-
Shantytown protest in Pinochet's Chile / Cathy Lisa Schneider.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56639-305-1 (CLOTH). - ISBN 1-56639-306-x (PAPER)
I. Urban poor-Chil~Santiago--Political activity. 2.. Urban
poor-Chil~Santiago--Political activity-Interviews. 3. Social
movements--Chil~Santiago. 4. Protest movements--Chil~
Santiago. 5. Democracy-Chile. 6. Chil~Politics and govem
ment-1973-1988. 7. Chil~History-1973-1988. I. Title.
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This hoole is dedicated to the memory of Rodrigo
Rojas DeNegri and Miguel Leal Gon{ale{, who lost their
lives fighting for democracy, and to Carmen Gloria
Quintana and Veronica DeNegri, who survived them.
It is also dedicated to the memory of Manuel
Maldonado who died fighting against AIDS in Broolelyn,
New Yorle.
And lastly, it is dedicated to the memory ofm yf ather,
Nathan Schneider, who [ought [or a more just world and
taught me to love city streets, politics, poetry, and music.
Nathan passed away while I was conducting field research
in Chile.

Considering our weakness
you made laws to enslave us.
In the future the laws won't he
complied with,
Considering that we don't want
to continue heing slaves.
Considering that you
threaten us with guns and canons,
we rememher to fear,
more than death,
the hitter life you have hrought us.
-BERTOLT BRECHT
WRITTEN ON A SHANTYTOWN WALL.

CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS XI
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII
ACRONYMS XXI
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
CHAPTER TWO
The Making of the Chilean Left 17
CHAPTER THREE
Repression and the Consolidation of
Authoritarian Rule 73
CHAPTER FOUR
The Roots of Resistance 109
CHAPTER FIVE
The Protests in the Poblaciones 1)3
CHAPTER SIX
The Transition to Democracy 191
BIBLIOGRAPHY 21;
INDEX 2)3