New Book (in Spanish) on Chilean Anarchism: Anarquistas, Presencia libertaria en Chile
By Chuck Morse | January 16, 2009
Although most of the literature on Latin American anarchism focuses on Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil, it would be a mistake to think that anarchists only had an impact on those countries. Indeed, anarchists have played an important role throughout the Americas, even if historians have been slow to note their contributions.
Fortunately, the gaps in the historical record have been growing smaller and smaller over recent years thanks to the efforts of a new generation of historians who are dedicated to uncovering lost moments of the tradition. The new (Spanish language) book by Felipe del Solar and Andrés Pérez, Anarquistas: Presencia libertaria en Chile is a case in point.
This book provides a sweeping overview of Chilean anarchism from the turn of the twentieth century to the turn of the twenty-first century, with ample chapters on the intervening decades documenting anarchist encounters with dictatorship, exile, and radical culture, to name a few of the topics explored.
Large portions of the book are available here. And you can purchase it through the publisher here.
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February 8th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I saw a handful of indie published books on Anarchism when I visited two winters ago.
I’m not near my library, but one book I did bring back was specific to the city of Valparaiso. Called Anarchistas en Valparaiso, or something similar. Mainly covering syndicalism in the late 1900′s and early twentieth century.
There were infoshop and anarchist social centers in all of the cities I visited, many of them having “ferias” or fairs, much like flea markets. Where anarchists, mostly punks, sold books, zines, and lots of other materials.
There were so many super inspiring and active communities. Santiago having an incredible squatter community, I couldn’t help but parallel it to the Lower East Side of the 90′s.
Plenty of great folks!