Chile: Call for a Protest in Cuircó on November 13
We hereby share an unofficial translation of a call published by the Anti-Imperialist Student Nucleus (NEA) and the Anti-Imperialist Front Chile on November 11.
Why Should we Protest this Friday?
March: 4:30 p.m.
Civic Kiosk – Plaza de Armas
Why mobilize?
This Monday, the 2027 Budget was approved in general terms by the Chamber of Deputies. The Kast administration is moving forward with its austerity offensive. And it intends for us to foot the bill.
Let’s not be fooled: the rich aren’t paying for the crisis. Workers, peasants, students, and families of the people are paying for it. Business owners retain their privileges, politicians in parliament divide up their positions among themselves, and the people foot the bill.
How will they make us pay for it?
With fewer resources for health care, education, and public services. With longer waiting lists, collapsed CESFAM [translator’s note: Public healthcare centers], neglected schools, deteriorating infrastructure, and increasingly expensive transportation. With the dismantling of programs and institutions for women, historical memory, and animal protection. They demand that we tighten our belts while they decide which rights to sacrifice.
There’s no austerity for the powerful, but there is misery for the people!
What should we do?
The strike by small truck drivers shows that when a sector organizes and brings its activities to a standstill, it can strike a blow against the interests of those in power. It is not enough to make demands, it is not enough to be outraged or to wait for lawmakers to resolve the problems created by the system itself. We must escalate the struggle, expand it, and move toward a general strike.
Don’t let the people pay for the crisis!
Let the rich pay for it!
As students, we must be on the front lines: mobilizing, agitating, and organizing. But let’s not confuse the issues: the decisive force does not lie in an isolated sector, but in the unity of workers, peasants, small business owners, and students.
Take to the streets this Friday!
For an education system that serves the people!
It’s right to rebel!
