ES lebe Genosse Jara!

The TagesZeitung junge Welt and the publishing house 8. Mai are taking this memorable anniversary as an opportunity to offer a comprehensive series of events with discussion, book presentation, and musical and artistic contributions.The next event in this series will take place on Thursday, June 29, at the jW-Maigalerie in Berlin. There, Susann Witt-Stahl (Melodie & Rhythmus, junge Welt) and Jürgen Lloyd (Marx-Engels-Stiftung) will explore parallels and continuities of fascist activities in Latin America and Eastern Europe: With the defeat of German fascism in 1945, experts in suppressing the working class and organizing massacres had by no means disappeared. Admission for the event is at 6 pm, beginning at 7 pm. It can also be followed live via webstream. Our Chile series culminates with a concert in honor of the Chilean singer and songwriter Víctor Jara, who was murdered by the Pinochet fascists on September 16, 1973. We invite you to this event on September 16 at the Berlin cinema Babylon am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. The artists Nicolás Rodrigo Miquea, Pablo Miró, Yaima Orozco, Calum Baird and the Duo Yarawi (Aruma Itzamaray & Tobias Thiele) will perform songs by Víctor Jara and their own compositions. Tickets for the concert can be purchased now online at the jW-Shop or on site at the junge Welt store (Torstraße 6, 10119 Berlin).Further events are planned to mark the anniversary of the coup. The information page jungewelt.de/chile will be updated continuously. Together with our readers, we remember socialist Chile and draw necessary conclusions.