Weavers of Revolution: The Yarur Workers and Chile's Road to Socialism

When history is written, it is often from the perspectives of leaders and governments. History can't be told without discussing those, but too often the perspectives and motivations of everyday people are missing. Not here: Weavers of Revolution focuses on the experiences of textile workers in the first factory to be directly taken over by its workers during the Allende administration.What was happening in the ministries and the presidential palace is not left out, but rather deftly woven into the story of the textile workers, putting together a well written account of history from above and from below. Far from faceless masses, the textile workers are complicated human beings with varying motivations, who must overcome fear and memories of past repressions before they can band together to improve their lots.This book fully lives up to its reputation as a classic telling of Chile during the years of Popular Unity.

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Slow at times, but very well researched. This is an important, yet little known, story about America and our Cold War foreign policy.

Readable, well-written, and highly informative. I couldn't imagine what it must have been like for the Old Timers who, having been exploited brutally for decades, now possessed the dignity and pride of being the cooperative owners and managers of their mill.

The guys/gals in this book have a rippling effect in the history of co's. It really goes to show that south America has been the testing ground of NeoLiberal politics for the last 50 years.

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Inspects the political and historical context building to the coup of September 11, 1973. Through examination of the labor community surrounding the Yarur Textile factory, Winn provides a perspective from the ground up of the events that transformed Chilean society.

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