O dear God, I've just gotta correct Punker Ken on this one. Salvador Allende was a democratically elected leader of Chile whom the U.S. decided was too left wing (he was a socialist) As a consequence the U.S. gov't (as they have done many times) backes a right wing, military coup to illegally overthrow the democratically elected government of a foreign nation. This by the way, happened in 1973 - not all that long ago. Allende(once again - democratically elected) was summarily shot. Also killed by the U.S. supported military dictator, Pinochet (you may have heard of him) were Pablo Neruda, the brilliant poet and PEACE ACTIVIST and Victor Jara, a folk singer and peace activist. Jara's death id particularly sad - he was imprisoned with thousands of other men in the Santiago football stadium and when he sang and palyed to comfort his fellow prisoners, he was tortured! They broke all of his fingers, beat him for three days and then shot him ' FOR SINGING SONGS! This song is as passionate an indictment of Western foreign policy as I have ever heard. Thank god for the Clash "the only band that matterd"
O dear God, I've just gotta correct Punker Ken on this one. Salvador Allende was a democratically elected leader of Chile whom the U.S. decided was too left wing (he was a socialist) As a consequence the U.S. gov't (as they have done many times) backes a right wing, military coup to illegally overthrow the democratically elected government of a foreign nation. This by the way, happened in 1973 - not all that long ago. Allende(once again - democratically elected) was summarily shot. Also killed by the U.S. supported military dictator, Pinochet (you may have heard of him) were Pablo Neruda, the brilliant poet and PEACE ACTIVIST and Victor Jara, a folk singer and peace activist. Jara's death id particularly sad - he was imprisoned with thousands of other men in the Santiago football stadium and when he sang and palyed to comfort his fellow prisoners, he was tortured! They broke all of his fingers, beat him for three days and then shot him ' FOR SINGING SONGS! This song is as passionate an indictment of Western foreign policy as I have ever heard. Thank god for the Clash "the only band that matterd"