Another 9/11

Hassan Akram “Lesson for the Left from Chile to Britain” http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/no/lesson-for-the-left-from-chile-to-britainから；

September 11th marked a horrific terrorist outrage. In the English speaking world people think automatically of the 2001 bombing of the Twin Towers. But in Chile September 11th was the date, in 1973, of a very different type of terrorist attack: the bombing of the Chilean Presidential Palace (La Moneda) by rebel officers in Chile's own Armed Forces. Unlike the Al Qaeda attack these rebels were actually successful in overthrowing the democratically elected government, unsurprising given that the Chilean terrorists enjoyed the support and funding of the USA. The death of the left-wing Chilean President, Salvador Allende thus marked a clear victory for American power in the world.

このテクストでは、1970年代の労働党の敗北とサッチャーの勝利を後押しすることになった米国のIMFを通じての英国への経済介入が言及されている。
なお、チリにおけるもう一つの9/11を喚起するというのは、オムニバス映画『セプテンバー11』の中でケン・ローチも行っていた。

セプテンバー11 [DVD]