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THE BATTLE OF CHILE
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The struggle of
an unarmed people
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Part Three
THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE
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a Patricio Guzmán Film
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In memory of
Jorge Müller Silva
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Allende! Allende!
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Allende! Allende!
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The left, united,
will never be defeated!
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Santiago de Chile, 1972.
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In only 18 months,...
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...Salvador Allende's
socialist government...
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...has carried out a large part
of its social change program.
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Over a year and a half,
it has nationalized...
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...the big copper, iron, coal,
nitrate and cement mines.
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In this time, the State
manages to control...
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...most of Chile's principal
monopolist companies.
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Allende, we're with you,
so hit the "mummies" hard!
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It has also expropriated...
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...6 million hectares
of arable land...
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...and nationalized almost all
national and foreign banks.
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During these 18 months,
the North American government...
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...and the internal opposition...
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...have seriously hampered
the government's work.
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Despite this, Allende still
receives firm support...
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...from wide sectors
of the population.
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Allende, Allende,
the people will defend you!
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Towards the end of 1972,...
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...the toughest sector
of the opposition...
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...reaffirms its strategy.
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The National Party insists
on the need...
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...to provoke the fall
of the government...
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...before the next
parliamentary elections.
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To do this, they encourage
a truckers' strike,...
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...which spearheads a general
collapse of the economy.
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The scarcity of spare parts,
fomented by the U.S.,...
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...creates ideal conditions
for the National Party...
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...to win control of the
truck owners' organization.
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If we, the means
of mobilization,...
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...want an acceptable solution,...
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...then we'll have no more
tricks, no more zigzagging!
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We are going after
a solution...
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...to the problems of tariffs
and spare parts,...
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...of adequate
reorganization.
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We want more justice
and less bureaucracy.
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And so we're asking you...
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...for your support so that
our Board of Management...
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...can work from this position.
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We believe that the time
has come when,...
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...as one single man,
one single trucker,...
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...and along with the women...
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...who are participating
side by side in this,...
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...we have no alternative
but to raise the banners...
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...of an indefinite,
decisive strike...
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...whatever the consequences.
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If we have to perish in misery...
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...in bankruptcy and ruin,...
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...let's do it on our feet,...
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...vibrant, upright and proud,...
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...for that's the image
of the poor Chilean...
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...expressed through this
organization! Thank you.
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And that, gentlemen,...
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...was how the Confederation's
Board...
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...gave the necessary
instructions...
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...to all our fellow
organizations...
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...so that from yesterday,
Tuesday, at midnight,...
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...all services in Chile
would be paralyzed.
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Therefore, we have fulfilled,
gentlemen,...
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...the mandate which
the national assembly...
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...gave to the Board
of this Confederation.
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On October 11, 1972,...
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...the first transport strike
begins.
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The next day, the truckers
get the support...
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...of the National
Agricultural Society,...
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...and of large and small
storekeepers,...
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...who also call a stoppage.
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On the night of October 14,
the Christian Democrat party...
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...also resolve
to support the strike.
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Urban and highway transport
is a strategic sector...
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...of the production chain.
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The absence of vehicles...
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...disrupts the supply
of raw materials...
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...and interrupts distribution
on a national scale.
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The New York Times
would later reveal...
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...that the main economic
support for the strike...
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...came from
the U.S. government.
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The big employers,...
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...grouped in the Society for
Manufacturing Development,...
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...also halt production,...
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...and begin an indefinite
closure of their factories.
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These sectors defend
private companies...
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...and reject any kind of
socialization of the economy.
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Chilean industry
has grouped together...
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...in the Society for
Manufacturing Development,...
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...of which I am president.
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This institution is the oldest
of its kind in Latin America.
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It was founded in 1883.
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To date it has had
19 presidents,...
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...and I'm the 20th.
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Historically, the Society for
Manufacturing Development...
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...is a mouthpiece for big
national and foreign capital.
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During the October strike,...
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...it represents
the main industrialists.
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We asked the industrialists
to submit to this movement,...
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...and they submitted to it,
as persons.
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Industry was paralyzed
in many places,...
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...and that was because...
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...many groups of workers
followed the movement,...
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...professional workers,
such as engineers,...
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...bank employees,
health workers,...
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...professionals such as
lawyers and engineers.
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And there were
storekeepers, ...
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...small and medium-sized
industrialists.
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Really, all of industry
and commerce.
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It was a movement which took
in extremely wide sectors.
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In Santiago,
70% of private buses...
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...stop working.
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The country's urban
communications are in crisis.
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The workers take factory
trucks on the streets,...
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...and improvise
minimum transport.
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Given the emergency they fight
the strike from the start.
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In response to
the government's call,...
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...the great majority of
workers get to their jobs.
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As soon as we heard...
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...that the carriers
had voted for the strike,...
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...we thought it was a maneuver
against the government.
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We had a meeting immediately
to take precautions,...
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...for this is a state company
and we have to look after it.
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We worked every day,
as normal.
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We arrived late,
but we got here.
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How did you come?
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In trucks, or whatever.
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The factory put on trucks,
and got private buses,...
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...and we came in them.
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We're here to work, and give
our support to the factory.
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And how did you manage
to get here?
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We came in the bus,
on foot, or whatever.
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The important thing
was to get here.
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Some comrades who worked here
lent us their trucks,...
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...and we used those to get
to work and go back home.
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- Did the factory stop?
- No, never.
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Our attitude is that
we'll always keep working...
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...to cooperate with
the government.
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So we've done everything
that's within our power...
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...in order to be able
to stand by the government.
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We've never missed work
during the strikes.
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We've always been here,
regular as clockwork.
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- It's a seditious strike.
- How did the workers respond?
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By working as normal
every day.
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And there were even
young mothers...
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...who came to work with
their babies in their arms,...
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...and even pregnant women
turned up.
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Meanwhile, in the center
of Santiago,...
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...the opposition's agitators
attack those buses...
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...which haven't joined
the strike.
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In the residential areas,...
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...most industrial executives,
engineers and technicians...
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...stay at home,
firmly supporting the strike.
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At present,...
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...I am president...
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...of the Confederation
of Chilean Professionals,...
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...which has a membership of
some 50,000 professionals,...
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...workers with professional
qualifications...
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...who work in various
industries...
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...or other companies
in the country.
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These kinds of associations,
supposedly apolitical,...
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...work in close collaboration
with the opposition parties.
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We have great organization
amongst our members.
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People who are disciplined,
aware, responsible.
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The October strike showed that.
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Gradually, these organizations
start to behave...
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...in an almost fascist way.
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I don't believe in the myth...
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...that a worker, just by being
a worker, can do everything.
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Well, the engineers left.
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They went with
the company executives.
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They abandoned the company,...
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...and it was left in the hands
of our manager comrades.
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So we organized ourselves
immediately,...
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...and, along with them,
we've taken on this responsibility.
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We're doing well now that our
bosses have abandoned us,...
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...and we're carrying on
ourselves.
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They went off and left
the factory to us,...
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...so we just carried on
working as normal.
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So far, we haven't had
any problems.
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We're getting on with things.
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I think what they did
was wrong.
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They didn't even
say anything to us.
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Despite everything,
we're more satisfied now,...
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...much better off,...
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...and I wish I could shake
comrade Allende's hand.
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We're doing perfectly well
the way we're working now.
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I think we're doing very well...
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...with the new
industrial reforms.
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We're doing well, and working
with more determination.
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In the factories, the more
experienced workers...
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...take charge of
the main operations.
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The few engineers who
support the government...
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...look after various
neighboring factories.
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Thus, just one engineer
can attend to the problems...
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...of four or five companies.
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In these first moments,...
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...industrial activity doesn't stop.
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Meanwhile,
in the Upper Chamber,...
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...ten senators
issue a statement...
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...saying that the government
is overstepping the law.
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This document, which has
no legal force,...
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...damages Allende's
constitutional image...
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...in the eyes
of the armed forces.
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The ten signatories...
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...include members of
the Christian Democrat Party.
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I think that, in this case,
the Christian Democrats...
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...are wrong in supporting
the "mummies".
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I used to be a Christian
Democrat myself,...
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...and I think they're
betraying our country...
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...by supporting those people.
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It was the bourgeoisie...
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...who kept all the workers
in ignorance.
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Why do so many workers
have no idea about politics?
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They say they're "apolitical",...
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...but they don't know that
everything is political.
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In order to organize,
the workers had to unite.
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But on what basis?
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The organizations
have functioned...
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...on the basis
of political parties.
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And the parties which are
with Popular Unity now...
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...have always been
with the workers.
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The opposition parties
only exploited the workers,...
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...and that's the case with
the Christian Democracy.
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They created that paternalism
to use the workers.
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Are there Christian Democrat
workers?
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Yes, of course.
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- Any problems with them?
- No.
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- They work too?
- We all work together.
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There's no problem.
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- Are there Christian Democrat
workers? - Yes.
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- They work too?
- Yes.
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Although the Christian
Democracy...
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...is supporting the strike,...
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...some of its militant
workers carry on working.
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In fact, these workers are at
variance with their leaders.
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They feel more identified
with their fellow workers...
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...than with the bosses.
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You're not with Popular Unity.
Who are you with?
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I'm with the workers.
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Who are the workers with?
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With Popular Unity.
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Did you work
during the strike?
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- Of course.
- Why?
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Because we have
workers' awareness.
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00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:14,755
- Did you work too?
- Yes.
251
00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:17,757
- So you're with Popular Unity?
- With the workers.
252
00:20:36,201 --> 00:20:38,545
Because the "mummies"
have never respected...
253
00:20:38,770 --> 00:20:40,215
...the present government.
254
00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:43,181
It's the people who respect
the government.
255
00:20:43,475 --> 00:20:45,751
They follow
the government's orders.
256
00:20:46,044 --> 00:20:48,183
But those rich guys...
257
00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:50,082
What do you call them?
258
00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:51,860
The moneybag men,...
259
00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:55,122
...the men who are losing
their interests.
260
00:20:55,454 --> 00:20:57,866
They're the ones
who are complaining.
261
00:20:58,023 --> 00:21:00,833
They know that the people have
to buy, and have to eat,...
262
00:21:01,026 --> 00:21:03,973
...and now they want to hide
the things...
263
00:21:04,229 --> 00:21:06,539
...that the people
have to buy.
264
00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:10,012
They're causing chaos
so that the people...
265
00:21:10,235 --> 00:21:11,578
...will turn against
the government.
266
00:21:16,074 --> 00:21:18,179
The opposition increases
the hoarding...
267
00:21:18,443 --> 00:21:20,218
...of essential items.
268
00:21:20,646 --> 00:21:23,889
It's an attempt to create
widespread shortages.
269
00:21:24,049 --> 00:21:27,292
In reply, the government and
the popular organizations...
270
00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:28,692
...increase surveillance...
271
00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:31,764
...to find where the goods
are being secretly stored.
272
00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:45,113
Despite everything, the
population has problems...
273
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,306
...in obtaining products
which are available.
274
00:21:54,546 --> 00:21:57,356
Given the critical situation,
the government declares...
275
00:21:57,582 --> 00:22:00,358
...the capital and several
provinces as emergency areas.
276
00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:02,326
This means that
the armed forces...
277
00:22:02,554 --> 00:22:05,296
...have to undertake
police duties.
278
00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:07,826
The opposition accuse
Allende...
279
00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:10,370
...of making political use
of the military.
280
00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:13,169
The opposition press
start a campaign...
281
00:22:13,398 --> 00:22:15,674
...to encourage disobedience
to the government...
282
00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:17,369
...among the military.
283
00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:25,650
This is a very critical time
for our country.
284
00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:28,414
But I think that with unity
among the workers...
285
00:22:28,613 --> 00:22:30,490
...we'll get through.
286
00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:33,194
What do you think
of the present crisis?
287
00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:36,929
- I think it's pretty bad.
- And what should be done'?
288
00:22:37,122 --> 00:22:39,534
We have to stop
what's happening,...
289
00:22:40,058 --> 00:22:41,469
...and try to rebuild
the country.
290
00:22:42,728 --> 00:22:44,264
Things are bad.
291
00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:47,602
- What should we do?
- Work and produce more.
292
00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:49,938
- Say it louder.
- Work and produce more.
293
00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:55,340
Really, the situation
is getting very serious.
294
00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:02,423
The crisis?
We have to tackle it,...
295
00:23:02,647 --> 00:23:04,354
...and everyone
has to lend a hand.
296
00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:06,859
- How?
- By working more,...
297
00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:10,826
...producing more,
and helping the President.
298
00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:14,835
We mustn't pay any attention
to the "mummies".
299
00:23:15,026 --> 00:23:19,634
Their one and only interest is
in stifling us, smothering us.
300
00:23:19,865 --> 00:23:21,936
They're taking advantage
of the fact...
301
00:23:22,167 --> 00:23:23,339
...that the North Americans...
302
00:23:23,568 --> 00:23:25,912
...want to trample on
our dignity as Chileans.
303
00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:29,119
They're doing the same,
and we can't agree,...
304
00:23:29,274 --> 00:23:30,912
...as Chileans, as workers,...
305
00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:33,579
...as men who have been
in our jobs for years,...
306
00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:36,658
...to act in accordance
with their wishes. No!
307
00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:39,385
Not now, not ever.
Just the opposite.
308
00:23:39,584 --> 00:23:42,895
Our intention will always be
to fight for a new Chile,...
309
00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:45,568
...economically
and politically free.
310
00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:50,702
Some factories start
selling their products...
311
00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:52,398
...directly to the people.
312
00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:55,673
The unions in the various
industries join forces...
313
00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:58,814
...to take the products
to the neighborhoods.
314
00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:05,887
Just now, we're working as
inspectors, "ad honorem".
315
00:24:06,478 --> 00:24:10,654
We're not doing our old jobs
but we still get our salary.
316
00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:15,160
The work that we're doing now
involves coordinating...
317
00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:19,131
...the market areas,
as it were,...
318
00:24:19,357 --> 00:24:21,303
...that have to do
with electrical gadgets.
319
00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:24,768
Other factories send
workers' pickets...
320
00:24:24,996 --> 00:24:26,771
...to open shops
that are closed.
321
00:24:27,165 --> 00:24:29,543
These workers act
as inspectors...
322
00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:31,213
...on behalf of
the government.
323
00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:45,760
All the directors...
324
00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:48,692
...of the various railway
workers' associations...
325
00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:50,390
...issued a statement...
326
00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:53,694
...regarding yesterday's
attack by fascist elements...
327
00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:55,532
...against a passenger train,...
328
00:24:55,727 --> 00:24:58,970
...and said they will not
tolerate further aggressions.
329
00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:02,744
They defined yesterday's
attack on a passenger train...
330
00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:05,643
...as a criminal act
against the rail workers...
331
00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:07,316
...and against passengers,...
332
00:25:07,539 --> 00:25:10,213
...whose lives are in the
hands of those workers.
333
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:13,547
Yes, there were two committees
to guard the factory,...
334
00:25:13,778 --> 00:25:15,018
...day and night.
335
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,725
Two committees.
336
00:25:16,982 --> 00:25:18,518
What did they do?
337
00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:22,391
They guarded the factory, so
no one would try to seize it.
338
00:25:22,787 --> 00:25:26,701
We've got a vigilance
committee here, comrade,...
339
00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:29,762
...and it watches the factory
on Saturdays, Sundays...
340
00:25:29,928 --> 00:25:31,134
...and public holidays.
341
00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:34,105
It's never left unguarded
for a single moment.
342
00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:37,813
Yes, we thought of building
four towers,...
343
00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:40,414
...one on each of the four
sides of the building,...
344
00:25:40,605 --> 00:25:45,554
...and that way we'd have
a much better view...
345
00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:48,785
...when we were keeping watch
over the factory.
346
00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:58,292
Vigilance committees
spring up daily...
347
00:25:58,490 --> 00:26:01,334
...in Santiago's main
manufacturing areas.
348
00:26:02,093 --> 00:26:03,595
Tell the story of this truck.
349
00:26:03,762 --> 00:26:07,801
Well, the comrades met in
a workers' assembly,...
350
00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:10,546
...and agreed to cooperate
with the government...
351
00:26:10,635 --> 00:26:13,548
...on the best way
of tackling and defeating...
352
00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:15,684
...the transport strike.
353
00:26:15,941 --> 00:26:20,083
And that was by making tankers
for the transport of fuel,...
354
00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:23,319
...and making them as fast
as we possibly could.
355
00:26:23,548 --> 00:26:27,587
All in all, it took us just
one week to do the job,...
356
00:26:27,786 --> 00:26:30,392
...and give the government
ten tankers...
357
00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:32,159
...like the ones you see here.
358
00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:39,535
By mid-October, the workers'
organizational capacity...
359
00:26:39,731 --> 00:26:41,608
...has surpassed
all expectations.
360
00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:52,815
They manage to maintain
relatively normal production...
361
00:26:52,978 --> 00:26:55,356
...by making maximum use
of reserve stocks.
362
00:26:55,780 --> 00:26:58,158
The industries create
a system among themselves...
363
00:26:58,350 --> 00:27:00,762
...for exchanging resources.
364
00:27:01,186 --> 00:27:03,496
In practice, we are seeing
the start...
365
00:27:03,688 --> 00:27:06,100
...of the so-called
"industrial belts".
366
00:27:08,526 --> 00:27:12,064
Each belt is an association
of factories and companies...
367
00:27:12,263 --> 00:27:15,244
...which coordinates the jobs
of workers in the same areas.
368
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:18,572
They are the first seeds
of popular power in Chile.
369
00:27:30,181 --> 00:27:33,424
While government supporters
seem to be beating the crisis,...
370
00:27:33,618 --> 00:27:36,360
...the opposition's violent
groups try to create...
371
00:27:36,554 --> 00:27:39,160
...an image of chaos
and lack of authority.
372
00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:06,419
The efficient action
by the police...
373
00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:09,121
...and the mass mobilization
of workers...
374
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,300
...who demonstrated
their support...
375
00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:13,127
...for the constitutional
government,...
376
00:28:13,324 --> 00:28:15,634
...defeated the attempt today
by fascist elements...
377
00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:19,468
...to spark off
a bloody disturbance...
378
00:28:19,664 --> 00:28:20,870
...in the city of Santiago.
379
00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:25,276
The fascist groups attacked
the students and workers...
380
00:28:25,403 --> 00:28:28,111
...who were showing their
support for the government.
381
00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:30,250
Stores were damaged,...
382
00:28:30,408 --> 00:28:33,048
...the Corporation for Urban
Improvement was attacked...
383
00:28:33,211 --> 00:28:35,122
...and looted by the mob,...
384
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,817
...and shots were fired
by unseen gunmen.
385
00:28:38,016 --> 00:28:39,893
The presence of workers
on the main streets...
386
00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:43,066
...caused the dispersal of
the groups of provokers...
387
00:28:43,254 --> 00:28:46,394
...who were trying to create
a climate of disorder.
388
00:28:46,591 --> 00:28:48,229
Workers from
the building industry...
389
00:28:48,493 --> 00:28:50,370
...and the nationalized
sectors...
390
00:28:50,595 --> 00:28:52,097
...marched through
the center...
391
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:54,971
...to prevent outrages
by the fascist groups.
392
00:28:58,436 --> 00:29:01,383
On October 29,
the employers' movement...
393
00:29:01,539 --> 00:29:04,213
...starts to show
some signs of tiring.
394
00:29:04,676 --> 00:29:08,385
In the factories, the workers'
situation is also diff cult...
395
00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:11,390
...as reserve stocks
are almost exhausted.
396
00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:13,628
Given the situation,...
397
00:29:13,885 --> 00:29:15,865
...Allende creates
the political conditions...
398
00:29:16,087 --> 00:29:18,465
...for an understanding
with the Christian Democracy.
399
00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:22,464
He brings the commanders-in-
chief of the armed forces...
400
00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:24,264
...into the government.
401
00:29:30,635 --> 00:29:33,275
To create this civil-military
cabinet,...
402
00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:35,917
...the president relies on
Gen. Carlos Prats,...
403
00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:37,553
...natural leader
of the officers...
404
00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:39,517
...who respect
the democratic system.
405
00:29:40,311 --> 00:29:41,813
Backed by this sector,...
406
00:29:42,046 --> 00:29:44,549
...Allende reaches an agreement
with the Christian Democracy...
407
00:29:44,749 --> 00:29:47,059
...and negotiates a solution
to the transport strike.
408
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:57,633
A wide sector
of left-wing workers...
409
00:29:57,829 --> 00:29:59,866
...interprets the presence
of the military...
410
00:30:00,064 --> 00:30:03,602
...as a chance to use a heavy
hand against the opposition.
411
00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:07,782
You like the idea of the
military in the cabinet?
412
00:30:07,939 --> 00:30:11,386
I agree with having the
military in the cabinet.
413
00:30:11,576 --> 00:30:13,453
It's the only way to control
the "mummies".
414
00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:15,591
They need a heavy hand.
415
00:30:15,747 --> 00:30:17,454
What do you think of it?
416
00:30:17,715 --> 00:30:20,628
They should have been there
from the start.
417
00:30:21,786 --> 00:30:22,992
Why?
418
00:30:23,221 --> 00:30:25,792
To solve all the problems
we've got.
419
00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:27,630
What do you think of it?
420
00:30:27,859 --> 00:30:29,805
I agree entirely with
including the military.
421
00:30:30,028 --> 00:30:33,737
They should have put more
in the ministry.
422
00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:35,467
Do you think
they're with the people?
423
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:38,408
Yes, of course, they're
all with the people now.
424
00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:40,310
How do you know that?
425
00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:43,252
We know because,
in the first place,...
426
00:30:43,441 --> 00:30:47,514
...the reactionary forces
couldn't overturn...
427
00:30:47,812 --> 00:30:50,622
...all of the armed forces.
428
00:30:50,949 --> 00:30:55,591
So we know that they're with
the government and the people.
429
00:30:55,787 --> 00:30:59,462
After the statement that
Gen. Prats made yesterday,...
430
00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:02,161
...we know perfectly well
that it's a guarantee for us.
431
00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:05,567
I don't like them
in the government,...
432
00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:09,244
...simply because
democratic systems...
433
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,277
...are inconsistent
with the military.
434
00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:13,981
So why has comrade Allende
fallen back on them?
435
00:31:14,138 --> 00:31:17,051
I guess because things are
so serious at the moment,...
436
00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:21,985
...circumstances made it
necessary to take that step...
437
00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:23,784
...so as to impose order.
438
00:31:24,082 --> 00:31:26,653
But I hope it isn't permanent,
that it's for a short time.
439
00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:31,564
I think that,
at this moment,...
440
00:31:31,789 --> 00:31:34,429
...neither I nor anybody
can say clearly...
441
00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:36,104
...if there'll be a civil war.
442
00:31:36,327 --> 00:31:38,807
It all depends
on the armed forces.
443
00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:41,307
If they continue to act
as they've done so far,...
444
00:31:41,532 --> 00:31:44,741
...being loyal to the people
and to order,...
445
00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:46,142
...and respecting the law,...
446
00:31:46,704 --> 00:31:49,082
...I don't think there'll be
a confrontation.
447
00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:52,015
The government will continue,
with difficulty,...
448
00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:53,347
...but it'll continue.
449
00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:56,449
What will have to be done
if the strike is repeated?
450
00:31:56,648 --> 00:31:58,628
The State should take over
the trucks.
451
00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:02,256
All the trucking should be
taken over by the State...
452
00:32:02,453 --> 00:32:04,763
...and then managed
by the workers.
453
00:32:05,023 --> 00:32:08,334
The trucks can't do anything
without the workers.
454
00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:10,903
And the workers
are building the country.
455
00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:14,774
We, the people, opened
our eyes and realized.
456
00:32:14,966 --> 00:32:17,139
We aren't like we used to be.
457
00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:19,042
Before they tricked us
all the time.
458
00:32:19,337 --> 00:32:22,216
Because I think that
throughout the world...
459
00:32:22,407 --> 00:32:24,887
...they have to understand
the worker.
460
00:32:25,376 --> 00:32:27,754
Not just here in Chile,
but everywhere.
461
00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:39,096
On November 10, 1972,
the civil-military cabinet...
462
00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:41,270
...manages to put an end
to the strike.
463
00:32:41,993 --> 00:32:44,633
For the U.S. government
and the internal opposition...
464
00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:46,466
...this means failure.
465
00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:51,538
They've done great economic
damage to the country,...
466
00:32:51,736 --> 00:32:55,149
...but haven't toppled the
government, as they'd hoped.
467
00:32:55,606 --> 00:32:57,415
For a wide sector
of workers,...
468
00:32:57,642 --> 00:32:59,519
...this October experience
will be a basis...
469
00:32:59,711 --> 00:33:01,748
...for the growth
of popular power.
470
00:33:03,281 --> 00:33:05,693
A few days later,
at a demonstration...
471
00:33:05,917 --> 00:33:07,590
...to celebrate the end
of the strike,...
472
00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:10,561
...the "Cerrillos Belt"
makes its first appearance.
473
00:33:10,755 --> 00:33:13,531
The organization, which didn't
exist before the strike,...
474
00:33:13,725 --> 00:33:16,831
...takes in 250 companies
from the south of Santiago.
475
00:33:18,629 --> 00:33:21,337
Workers from
the "Cerrillos Belt"...
476
00:33:21,532 --> 00:33:23,011
Present!
477
00:33:32,043 --> 00:33:35,388
- Workers from "Fensa"...
- Present!
478
00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:38,824
- "Sindelén"...
- Present!
479
00:33:42,353 --> 00:33:44,799
- "Maestranza Cerrillos"...
- Present!
480
00:33:49,594 --> 00:33:53,132
- Workers from "Ralco"...
- Present!
481
00:36:57,114 --> 00:37:00,254
After the strike, almost all
the base movements...
482
00:37:00,451 --> 00:37:02,488
...are linked to popular power.
483
00:37:02,853 --> 00:37:05,561
It is an initiative
channeled by the government...
484
00:37:05,823 --> 00:37:08,167
...but its origins
don't lie there.
485
00:37:08,459 --> 00:37:11,201
This power often causes
consternation...
486
00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:13,000
...in some left-wing parties,...
487
00:37:13,097 --> 00:37:16,670
...alarmed by certain spontaneous
attitudes among the people.
488
00:37:18,869 --> 00:37:25,809
Let's create popular power!
489
00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:28,958
After October, the slogan
"Let's create popular power"...
490
00:37:29,113 --> 00:37:31,389
...continues to be heard
all over the country.
491
00:37:31,649 --> 00:37:38,828
Let's create popular power!
492
00:37:40,891 --> 00:37:46,534
Power to the workers!
493
00:37:47,865 --> 00:37:55,249
Let's create popular power!
494
00:37:57,842 --> 00:38:01,255
By the middle of 1973,
31 industrial belts...
495
00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:03,959
...have been created in all
of the country's main cities.
496
00:38:04,181 --> 00:38:06,684
8 of these
belong to Santiago.
497
00:38:09,153 --> 00:38:11,360
When conflicts arise
with the bosses,...
498
00:38:11,555 --> 00:38:13,831
...especially in
small companies,..
499
00:38:14,058 --> 00:38:17,198
...the workers concerned
receive immediate support...
500
00:38:17,428 --> 00:38:19,237
...from the belt
to which they belong.
501
00:38:21,198 --> 00:38:24,008
This solidarity gives
the small unions...
502
00:38:24,068 --> 00:38:27,140
...greater backing in order
to confront the bosses.
503
00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:34,450
We've earned huge fortunes
for those guys, the bosses.
504
00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:37,320
But they won't do anything for
the welfare of the workers.
505
00:38:37,515 --> 00:38:40,052
And now they want
to destroy us.
506
00:38:40,217 --> 00:38:43,096
There's a great persecution
of union leaders,...
507
00:38:43,287 --> 00:38:45,665
...but we union leaders
are not alone.
508
00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:47,893
We're supported
by all our workers,...
509
00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:49,833
...and by
the industrial belts.
510
00:38:50,027 --> 00:38:51,370
And the industrial belts...
511
00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:55,473
...cover the entire length
of Chile, so we're powerful.
512
00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:58,146
And they've failed
once again.
513
00:38:58,302 --> 00:39:01,112
Now we're all organized
and we're all aware,...
514
00:39:01,305 --> 00:39:03,478
...and the workers have
opened their eyes.
515
00:39:03,674 --> 00:39:06,348
We're aware
of a lot more things.
516
00:39:06,544 --> 00:39:07,784
And we've got support.
517
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:11,050
The more united we are,
the more powerful we'll be.
518
00:39:11,148 --> 00:39:14,186
The enemy that we're facing,
the right,...
519
00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:16,298
...is very powerful
and well organized.
520
00:39:16,454 --> 00:39:18,058
Why shouldn't
we be organized?
521
00:39:18,289 --> 00:39:21,862
Why shouldn't we take
advantage of our numbers?
522
00:39:22,059 --> 00:39:24,130
There are more workers
than bosses.
523
00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:27,241
It's easy to beat them, but we
must be organized and united.
524
00:39:27,932 --> 00:39:29,468
What do you think
of the industrial belts?
525
00:39:29,667 --> 00:39:31,806
- They're very important.
- Why?
526
00:39:32,436 --> 00:39:37,078
Because I think that
they're the real power...
527
00:39:37,241 --> 00:39:39,152
...of the organized communes.
528
00:39:39,443 --> 00:39:42,652
And I think that we should all
be very clear...
529
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,383
...about the importance
of the industrial belts...
530
00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:48,860
...and how we should work
to support and organize them.
531
00:39:49,019 --> 00:39:51,090
Do you think they work in
parallel to the government,...
532
00:39:51,288 --> 00:39:53,199
...or with the government?
533
00:39:53,424 --> 00:39:56,871
A lot of people are scared
of the industrial belts.
534
00:39:57,361 --> 00:40:01,241
Yes, we've actually been able
to feel that fear,...
535
00:40:01,465 --> 00:40:05,072
...because we've seen how,
in the public services,...
536
00:40:05,269 --> 00:40:09,115
...they are really terrified
about community participation.
537
00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:10,978
You see no danger
in industrial belts?
538
00:40:11,208 --> 00:40:12,482
Of course not.
539
00:40:13,210 --> 00:40:17,852
I've got every confidence
in the people's intelligence.
540
00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:20,857
People who are organized
are intelligent.
541
00:40:21,118 --> 00:40:24,861
So how can you be afraid of
a people's organization?
542
00:40:25,689 --> 00:40:29,193
The workers occupy hundreds
of factories all over the country.
543
00:40:30,995 --> 00:40:34,340
Some of these industries
can be expropriated legally.
544
00:40:34,532 --> 00:40:37,877
However, a great many of them
are in workers' hands...
545
00:40:38,035 --> 00:40:40,242
...without any possibility
of legal support.
546
00:40:41,372 --> 00:40:43,818
They are the first symptoms
that the State apparatus...
547
00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:46,249
...is starting to be
overwhelmed by reality.
548
00:40:57,054 --> 00:41:00,365
Later, they start to organize
"community commandos"...
549
00:41:00,558 --> 00:41:02,469
...as another kind
of popular power.
550
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:06,898
These commandos unite all the
components of a commune,...
551
00:41:07,064 --> 00:41:09,635
...that is, students,
housewives, workers,...
552
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,711
...neighbors and peasants.
553
00:41:14,538 --> 00:41:16,449
Have you heard of
the community commandos?
554
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,177
Yes, I've heard
a lot about them.
555
00:41:19,243 --> 00:41:22,486
They're very well organized.
We've got them here too.
556
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:25,388
They care a lot
about the workers,...
557
00:41:25,583 --> 00:41:28,086
...especially now,
when we're going through...
558
00:41:28,219 --> 00:41:29,755
...this revolutionary period.
559
00:41:30,688 --> 00:41:33,225
What do you think of
the community commandos?
560
00:41:33,424 --> 00:41:36,496
They are organizations
of ordinary people...
561
00:41:36,694 --> 00:41:38,264
...which are fighting.
562
00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:41,105
It's something in which
all the proletarian class...
563
00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:42,675
...should be participating...
564
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:45,642
...because many proletarians
are mistaken,...
565
00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:49,682
...and being fooled by people
who say there are shortages.
566
00:41:49,940 --> 00:41:52,648
That's being done by the
right, by the bourgeoisie,...
567
00:41:52,877 --> 00:41:55,118
...by U.S. imperialism and
the Chilean bourgeoisie.
568
00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:57,724
None of them are fighting
for Chile.
569
00:41:57,948 --> 00:42:01,054
We're fighting for Chile
and for equality for all,...
570
00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:03,298
...so we can build
a socialism...
571
00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:05,432
...which belongs to
the proletarian class.
572
00:42:05,623 --> 00:42:07,569
What about
the community commandos?
573
00:42:07,758 --> 00:42:10,034
I think that at this
particular moment...
574
00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:13,299
...they are
the organic solution...
575
00:42:13,531 --> 00:42:15,101
...to the problem
of provisioning,...
576
00:42:15,299 --> 00:42:18,439
...and also to that of uniting
the proletarian class...
577
00:42:18,669 --> 00:42:21,275
...in the communes
and the provinces,...
578
00:42:21,639 --> 00:42:24,210
...both for a possible
civil war,...
579
00:42:24,441 --> 00:42:26,648
...and the daily confrontation
which we must face,...
580
00:42:26,844 --> 00:42:29,654
...and also for specific
solutions to things such as...
581
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:33,225
...hygiene, health, vigilance
against the bourgeoisie.
582
00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:34,986
So what's needed there?
583
00:42:35,052 --> 00:42:38,056
What's needed is
an organization...
584
00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:40,067
...which can provide
guidance...
585
00:42:40,357 --> 00:42:42,701
...for those sectors of the
class which are marginalized.
586
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,463
Today they are the most
explosive sectors,...
587
00:42:45,663 --> 00:42:47,506
...the ones who are
really mobilizing...
588
00:42:47,798 --> 00:42:50,005
...right across the country.
589
00:42:50,768 --> 00:42:54,079
We are sending out a call
to all neighbors...
590
00:42:54,271 --> 00:42:57,252
...to organize however
may be necessary...
591
00:42:57,474 --> 00:42:59,420
...so that within
a short time,...
592
00:42:59,543 --> 00:43:01,989
...with the leadership
of the working class,...
593
00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:04,923
...with the leadership of the
Cerrillos industrial belt,...
594
00:43:05,015 --> 00:43:07,791
...we may set up
the community commando,...
595
00:43:07,985 --> 00:43:11,762
...which, tomorrow, will be power
for the proletarian class,...
596
00:43:11,922 --> 00:43:15,392
...and won't be halted by
bourgeois institutionalism...
597
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:17,630
...or reactionary elements.
598
00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:23,103
Power to the workers!
599
00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:25,178
Comrades...
600
00:43:25,903 --> 00:43:28,406
We have come to the center
of Maipú...
601
00:43:28,539 --> 00:43:30,143
...because we understand...
602
00:43:30,407 --> 00:43:34,822
...that a basic tool for the
task we have undertaken...
603
00:43:35,012 --> 00:43:36,821
...is class alliance.
604
00:43:37,014 --> 00:43:40,427
The alliance that will allow
us to overthrow the enemy...
605
00:43:40,517 --> 00:43:42,190
...however powerful he is.
606
00:43:42,353 --> 00:43:45,994
The alliance that will allow
us to halt imperialist action.
607
00:43:46,123 --> 00:43:48,865
...carried out by its puppets
in Chile.
608
00:43:49,259 --> 00:43:51,364
The alliance that
will allow us...
609
00:43:51,495 --> 00:43:54,135
...to build and develop
popular power.
610
00:43:54,298 --> 00:43:55,902
The alliance that
will allow us...
611
00:43:56,166 --> 00:43:59,636
...to have the necessary
strength to take power.
612
00:44:05,676 --> 00:44:07,815
In practice,
the community commandos...
613
00:44:08,012 --> 00:44:11,186
...acquire real form
from specific actions.
614
00:44:11,415 --> 00:44:13,827
In this case, workers
from the Cerrillos belt...
615
00:44:14,018 --> 00:44:15,964
...and peasants from
the town of Maipú...
616
00:44:16,153 --> 00:44:17,757
...decide to occupy by force...
617
00:44:17,955 --> 00:44:20,231
...39 badly exploited
agricultural estates.
618
00:44:20,457 --> 00:44:23,961
These lands could be one of
the main sources of provisions...
619
00:44:24,161 --> 00:44:25,731
...for the capital.
620
00:44:34,038 --> 00:44:36,814
Each neighboring factory
sends pickets...
621
00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:38,918
...to support the action.
622
00:44:39,209 --> 00:44:41,849
It's the first time
that urban workers...
623
00:44:42,012 --> 00:44:44,856
...will take part
in a peasant mobilization.
624
00:44:45,082 --> 00:44:47,892
This unitary action
sets out the true basis...
625
00:44:48,052 --> 00:44:49,998
...of a communal commando.
626
00:45:04,702 --> 00:45:06,739
In the early hours
of the morning,...
627
00:45:06,937 --> 00:45:10,749
...brigades of peasants and
workers occupy the lands.
628
00:45:12,976 --> 00:45:16,514
They set up permanent guard
at these key positions.
629
00:45:27,758 --> 00:45:30,534
- May I ask you a question?
- All you want.
630
00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:33,004
- What's your name?
- Luis Gilberto Jerez.
631
00:45:33,130 --> 00:45:36,577
- And the estate's name?
- The "Santa Carolina" estate.
632
00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:38,373
Why is it being occupied?
633
00:45:38,569 --> 00:45:41,982
Because the owner didn't keep
his word to his workers,...
634
00:45:42,172 --> 00:45:43,845
...to his employees.
635
00:45:43,974 --> 00:45:47,114
The call went out and so
we decided to occupy it.
636
00:45:47,311 --> 00:45:50,690
We're united because
we've come to help...
637
00:45:50,881 --> 00:45:52,656
...our comrades here.
638
00:45:52,816 --> 00:45:55,353
I'm on a committee which is
in charge of the estate.
639
00:45:55,552 --> 00:45:58,260
I'm one of the founders
of that committee.
640
00:45:58,489 --> 00:46:00,332
I strove for this.
641
00:46:01,892 --> 00:46:04,498
I want our comrades
to strive as well,...
642
00:46:04,695 --> 00:46:07,335
...for if we're united
we can throw out the bosses.
643
00:46:07,397 --> 00:46:09,968
- Where do you work?
- In "Siam Di Tella".
644
00:46:10,134 --> 00:46:11,579
- Where?
- "Siam Di Tella".
645
00:46:11,769 --> 00:46:14,716
- So you work in industry.
- Yes, I run the Mackenna belt.
646
00:46:14,905 --> 00:46:16,509
Why are you occupying
this estate?
647
00:46:16,874 --> 00:46:18,820
It's necessary to unite...
648
00:46:19,009 --> 00:46:20,784
...the working class
and the peasants,...
649
00:46:21,044 --> 00:46:22,489
...in order to fight
the bosses together...
650
00:46:22,679 --> 00:46:25,990
...because we've got
common problems...
651
00:46:26,116 --> 00:46:28,756
...and we have to look for
a solution as a class.
652
00:46:29,052 --> 00:46:32,397
How is the worker-peasant
union working here in Maipú?
653
00:46:32,589 --> 00:46:35,365
I think it's the first
clear example...
654
00:46:35,559 --> 00:46:38,665
...of how strong and effective
the worker-peasant union is.
655
00:46:38,896 --> 00:46:42,241
We've taken 39 estates,
with the support of workers...
656
00:46:42,399 --> 00:46:44,777
...from the Cerrillos sector
and from Vicuña Mackenna.
657
00:46:49,673 --> 00:46:53,211
The second step is to start
exploiting the lands.
658
00:46:54,144 --> 00:46:56,283
They also set up
vigilance committees...
659
00:46:56,380 --> 00:46:58,257
...to patrol the lands
day and night to prevent...
660
00:46:58,382 --> 00:47:00,919
...reprisals by the owners.
661
00:47:05,756 --> 00:47:07,667
The occupiers demand...
662
00:47:07,858 --> 00:47:10,202
...that the law on agrarian
reform be applied,...
663
00:47:10,394 --> 00:47:12,396
...and call on government
bureaucrats...
664
00:47:12,663 --> 00:47:14,336
...to study the situation.
665
00:47:17,634 --> 00:47:22,083
In short,
our comrades are still at the mercy...
666
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:23,684
...of the judicial powers,...
667
00:47:23,907 --> 00:47:26,285
...with all these
eviction orders,...
668
00:47:26,510 --> 00:47:28,319
...arrest warrants,...
669
00:47:28,512 --> 00:47:31,618
...and trials for crimes
they've never committed,...
670
00:47:31,815 --> 00:47:34,318
...but these can be avoided
with state intervention...
671
00:47:34,585 --> 00:47:38,158
...and the assigning
of credits to the supervisor...
672
00:47:38,322 --> 00:47:40,324
In general,
the agrarian reform law...
673
00:47:40,524 --> 00:47:42,800
...allows the expropriation
of badly exploited lands.
674
00:47:43,260 --> 00:47:44,603
But in this case,...
675
00:47:44,828 --> 00:47:47,672
...the estate doesn't meet
the law's requirements.
676
00:47:48,332 --> 00:47:51,142
This forces the peasants
to defend firmly...
677
00:47:51,401 --> 00:47:53,312
...the validity of their initiative.
678
00:47:56,506 --> 00:47:58,383
We don't lie,...
679
00:47:58,709 --> 00:48:00,711
...and any comrade here
who is lying...
680
00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:03,916
...is immediately rejected by us.
Why is that?
681
00:48:04,147 --> 00:48:07,993
If we are asking for those 26 estates,
it's for a reason.
682
00:48:08,218 --> 00:48:10,596
If we were asking for 28,
there'd be a reason.
683
00:48:10,754 --> 00:48:13,564
Then there'll be some bit of
bureaucratic trickery...
684
00:48:13,790 --> 00:48:16,999
...to try to delay things
and undermine us.
685
00:48:17,227 --> 00:48:20,140
We're not going to accept
any of that.
686
00:48:20,330 --> 00:48:22,139
Why not?
Because we don't lie.
687
00:48:22,399 --> 00:48:24,003
They have to believe us.
688
00:48:24,268 --> 00:48:26,214
If we're asking for those
26 estates,...
689
00:48:26,436 --> 00:48:28,347
...we're asking because
our comrades...
690
00:48:28,538 --> 00:48:31,314
...need to work
those 26 estates.
691
00:48:31,475 --> 00:48:35,753
We don't want someone from
the Agrarian Reform Office...
692
00:48:35,946 --> 00:48:37,755
...turning up here
and trying to trick us.
693
00:48:37,981 --> 00:48:39,927
We're not going
to accept that!
694
00:48:40,183 --> 00:48:41,856
So it's clear, if we're
asking for 26 estates,...
695
00:48:42,185 --> 00:48:43,960
...there's a reason.
696
00:48:44,154 --> 00:48:47,431
We're not lying or cheating to
be able to expropriate them.
697
00:48:47,724 --> 00:48:49,965
We've got a reason for asking.
698
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:51,639
If we're saying they're badly
exploited, they are.
699
00:48:51,828 --> 00:48:54,707
The owners, in turn, have
discovered a legal recourse...
700
00:48:54,865 --> 00:48:56,640
...against the expropriations.
701
00:48:56,867 --> 00:49:00,178
This resource is known as
"precautionary measures",...
702
00:49:00,337 --> 00:49:02,510
...and entails protecting
the private property...
703
00:49:02,706 --> 00:49:05,016
...for a period
set by the Courts.
704
00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:08,446
As the Courts are controlled
by the right,...
705
00:49:08,645 --> 00:49:12,115
...there are lands which could
take years to expropriate.
706
00:49:12,616 --> 00:49:16,496
This recourse wrecks
the peasants' initiative.
707
00:49:21,258 --> 00:49:26,264
Comrade, I ask you, what
possibilities would we have...
708
00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:27,866
...if all the estates
to be appropriated...
709
00:49:28,065 --> 00:49:30,341
...had these
"precautionary measures"?
710
00:49:30,567 --> 00:49:32,706
How could we take possession
of them?
711
00:49:36,773 --> 00:49:39,583
This isn't a secret
or anything.
712
00:49:39,810 --> 00:49:41,221
The problem is,...
713
00:49:41,445 --> 00:49:42,947
...the Corporation
for Agrarian Reform...
714
00:49:43,146 --> 00:49:45,922
...has got lawyers
to defend it in court.
715
00:49:46,116 --> 00:49:47,459
The problem now...
716
00:49:47,718 --> 00:49:50,130
...is the struggle going on
in this country.
717
00:49:50,287 --> 00:49:54,258
The Corporation is tied to a
law in order to expropriate.
718
00:49:54,624 --> 00:49:58,663
The bosses have their lawyers,
and they invent defenses.
719
00:49:58,829 --> 00:50:00,399
And you all know the problem
with the Courts.
720
00:50:01,098 --> 00:50:03,442
CAR has got nothing to do with
the "precautionary measures".
721
00:50:03,834 --> 00:50:06,337
It's out of all our hands.
722
00:50:06,870 --> 00:50:11,376
So your question is important,
because some estates...
723
00:50:11,575 --> 00:50:13,077
...may use those
"precautionary measures".
724
00:50:13,377 --> 00:50:16,915
In that case, you'll have
to fight it in the Courts.
725
00:50:18,448 --> 00:50:21,554
We have to occupy
all the estates...
726
00:50:21,718 --> 00:50:25,666
But the peasants dare to
confront state bureaucracy...
727
00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:27,199
...with all their energy.
728
00:50:27,457 --> 00:50:29,164
Backed up by
the community commando,...
729
00:50:29,393 --> 00:50:32,374
...the peasants submit
a government bureaucrat...
730
00:50:32,562 --> 00:50:34,599
...to an authentic
people's court.
731
00:50:37,467 --> 00:50:39,413
I don't want to waste time.
732
00:50:39,569 --> 00:50:41,776
I want to work
and produce more.
733
00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:43,417
That's our slogan.
734
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:46,416
I don't want to sit in an
office somewhere, smoking,...
735
00:50:47,044 --> 00:50:48,421
...and doing paperwork.
736
00:50:48,645 --> 00:50:50,989
I believe that if a person
isn't capable,...
737
00:50:51,214 --> 00:50:54,457
...he should give up
his position.
738
00:50:55,018 --> 00:50:59,433
If, for example,
some comrade tells me...
739
00:50:59,623 --> 00:51:01,796
...that I'm no good at my job
as a leader,...
740
00:51:01,958 --> 00:51:03,767
...then I would submit
my resignation,...
741
00:51:03,827 --> 00:51:07,536
...and give my post to someone
who was more capable than I.
742
00:51:07,697 --> 00:51:11,304
I think that if we say it
straight out to someone,...
743
00:51:11,601 --> 00:51:14,707
...that person will know
how to defend himself.
744
00:51:14,871 --> 00:51:16,441
But we're going
to apply pressure.
745
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,620
If someone is manipulating
things so he stays on,...
746
00:51:18,775 --> 00:51:23,281
...we'll find away
to get him out of there.
747
00:51:24,081 --> 00:51:27,426
No one in the Maipú commune
calls him comrade anymore,...
748
00:51:27,684 --> 00:51:29,823
...because he hasn't resolved
a single problem...
749
00:51:30,020 --> 00:51:32,193
...inside the Maipú estates.
750
00:51:32,389 --> 00:51:36,303
And as the note says, we know
we're short of potatoes,...
751
00:51:36,460 --> 00:51:37,598
...we're short of sugar,...
752
00:51:37,761 --> 00:51:39,866
...short of all those things
the earth produces!
753
00:51:40,263 --> 00:51:42,869
We know that we're short
of foodstuffs,...
754
00:51:42,999 --> 00:51:44,342
...and the earth produces
all that.
755
00:51:44,534 --> 00:51:48,038
We also know that
we're partly to blame...
756
00:51:48,105 --> 00:51:50,176
...for the fact that
there's a food shortage.
757
00:51:50,307 --> 00:51:53,049
That's why we want
to expropriate more land!
758
00:51:53,543 --> 00:51:57,116
The reactionaries
have often said...
759
00:51:57,280 --> 00:51:58,520
...that we're "the weak ones".
760
00:51:58,748 --> 00:52:00,386
But we're showing them that
we're not weak at all.
761
00:52:00,617 --> 00:52:03,029
We're producing food...
762
00:52:03,253 --> 00:52:07,030
...because we know we have
to defend this cause of ours.
763
00:52:07,524 --> 00:52:09,629
That's all I have to say.
764
00:52:10,227 --> 00:52:13,231
Our comrade may have
something to say.
765
00:52:13,663 --> 00:52:17,440
Yes, comrade. Firstly,
I'd like to say the following.
766
00:52:21,805 --> 00:52:25,753
I'm in a post which,
as regards remuneration,...
767
00:52:25,942 --> 00:52:28,286
...doesn't bring me anything.
768
00:52:28,578 --> 00:52:30,990
I wanted to say that.
It's no cushy job.
769
00:52:31,248 --> 00:52:34,457
But the main thing, comrades,
is that I believe,...
770
00:52:34,651 --> 00:52:36,927
...and I'm being
self-critical here,...
771
00:52:37,654 --> 00:52:42,865
...that I made the mistake
of trusting too much...
772
00:52:43,026 --> 00:52:44,903
...in the Council's work.
773
00:52:45,095 --> 00:52:48,099
That's a responsibility
which I have to accept.
774
00:52:48,231 --> 00:52:52,145
I have to accept it, and I
should learn from it as well.
775
00:52:52,302 --> 00:52:54,213
I admit that to you all.
776
00:52:54,871 --> 00:52:57,078
Now, apart from that...
777
00:53:01,044 --> 00:53:03,923
I think what you've said today
is very important,...
778
00:53:04,114 --> 00:53:07,391
...because I believe that
I'm a revolutionary.
779
00:53:07,884 --> 00:53:11,297
And when a revolutionary
thinks he's being...
780
00:53:12,656 --> 00:53:14,192
...criticized...
781
00:53:14,357 --> 00:53:17,634
...for a job which he thinks
he's doing well, but isn't,...
782
00:53:17,994 --> 00:53:20,065
...that will undoubtedly
be a lesson to him,...
783
00:53:20,263 --> 00:53:21,970
...and help improve his work.
784
00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:26,208
If you want, we can talk about
all this at another time,...
785
00:53:26,336 --> 00:53:29,317
...but I think you deserved
an explanation.
786
00:53:29,873 --> 00:53:32,217
- I think...
- Comrade, may I speak?
787
00:53:34,511 --> 00:53:38,357
As a committed revolutionary
and official,...
788
00:53:38,515 --> 00:53:41,689
...you shouldn't be
clock watching on the job.
789
00:53:41,885 --> 00:53:44,422
You should be committed to the
peasant masses and work more.
790
00:53:44,854 --> 00:53:52,864
Let's create popular power!
791
00:53:55,432 --> 00:54:03,044
Fighting and creating
popular power!
792
00:54:03,707 --> 00:54:07,587
Let's create popular power!
793
00:54:09,212 --> 00:54:11,692
Popular power also tackles
the problem...
794
00:54:11,915 --> 00:54:13,656
...of the supply of food.
795
00:54:14,251 --> 00:54:17,562
During 1973,
the U.S. boycott...
796
00:54:17,754 --> 00:54:20,428
...and the strong internal opposition
have created the ideal climate...
797
00:54:20,657 --> 00:54:24,070
...for the majority of storekeepers
to be against the government.
798
00:54:24,961 --> 00:54:28,875
They make larger profits by
selling their goods illegally.
799
00:54:29,032 --> 00:54:30,705
Even the small storekeeper...
800
00:54:30,900 --> 00:54:33,437
...prefers to steer his
produce to the black market.
801
00:54:34,204 --> 00:54:36,810
To combat this,
a "direct supply" system...
802
00:54:37,007 --> 00:54:39,647
...is set up
in the working class areas.
803
00:54:44,314 --> 00:54:47,056
We'll have our delegate
at the head,...
804
00:54:47,250 --> 00:54:49,821
...and we'll set up our
distribution cooperative...
805
00:54:50,053 --> 00:54:51,691
...for all the residents here.
806
00:54:51,921 --> 00:54:54,401
We'll leave the storekeeper
isolated,...
807
00:54:54,691 --> 00:54:57,331
...because, as our comrade
has said,...
808
00:54:57,527 --> 00:54:59,700
...he's the origin
of the merchandise...
809
00:54:59,929 --> 00:55:01,875
...that gets sent
to the black market.
810
00:55:02,065 --> 00:55:05,342
So, we take responsibility
for ourselves.
811
00:55:05,735 --> 00:55:08,875
We have to join up
with a delegate,...
812
00:55:09,072 --> 00:55:11,143
...and form a cooperative
distribution center...
813
00:55:11,374 --> 00:55:13,786
...for the people
who live here.
814
00:55:13,943 --> 00:55:18,050
And the idea is to supply all
the necessities for a home.
815
00:55:18,381 --> 00:55:20,327
To do that,
we must struggle,...
816
00:55:20,483 --> 00:55:22,895
...and not give any more money
to the storekeeper,...
817
00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:26,396
...for he got rich enough
at our cost.
818
00:55:26,589 --> 00:55:28,796
So therefore, join together!
819
00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:31,802
Let's all join together,
street by street.
820
00:55:31,995 --> 00:55:35,533
We'll form a cooperative, and
do without the storekeeper!
821
00:55:38,101 --> 00:55:41,947
Power to the workers!
822
00:55:42,839 --> 00:55:46,343
So then,
when the people saw...
823
00:55:46,543 --> 00:55:50,389
...that the supplies came directly
from the state distributor...
824
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:53,222
...and then directly to them,...
825
00:55:53,416 --> 00:55:57,296
...they realized that many
problems were over for them.
826
00:55:58,188 --> 00:56:02,330
So we call on
all the neighborhoods,...
827
00:56:02,492 --> 00:56:05,666
...and we call on every
street to join up,...
828
00:56:05,862 --> 00:56:07,705
...and discuss the problems
with its neighbors.
829
00:56:07,797 --> 00:56:09,674
We want a "people's store"...
830
00:56:09,866 --> 00:56:13,040
...where all the merchandise
will arrive...
831
00:56:13,236 --> 00:56:14,647
...and people will be served.
832
00:56:14,838 --> 00:56:18,012
We want to set up
a kind of supermarket.
833
00:56:18,842 --> 00:56:22,289
That's what we want
to suggest,...
834
00:56:22,679 --> 00:56:26,593
...and we want an answer from
them so that we can do it.
835
00:56:27,484 --> 00:56:29,555
The most important thing...
836
00:56:29,786 --> 00:56:31,595
...is the residents' organization.
837
00:56:31,788 --> 00:56:33,631
At present, lots of places...
838
00:56:33,890 --> 00:56:36,131
...have got a people's store,...
839
00:56:36,659 --> 00:56:38,900
...and it's supplied by
different companies,...
840
00:56:39,229 --> 00:56:40,799
...mainly by ones
that are state-run.
841
00:56:41,064 --> 00:56:43,874
I'd even say, exclusively
by state-run companies.
842
00:56:44,701 --> 00:56:47,443
So you have to ask for
an effort...
843
00:56:47,670 --> 00:56:48,910
...from the residents
themselves.
844
00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:51,014
The residents have to feel...
845
00:56:51,207 --> 00:56:53,312
...that they've put something
into it themselves.
846
00:56:53,676 --> 00:56:56,020
They have to feel
that they're responsible.
847
00:56:56,179 --> 00:56:59,126
It hasn't been given to them,
they did it themselves.
848
00:56:59,983 --> 00:57:03,556
The people's store eliminates
the commercial store.
849
00:57:04,421 --> 00:57:06,560
Each area which decides
to create a store...
850
00:57:06,723 --> 00:57:10,000
...appoints certain neighbors
to collect the merchandise.
851
00:57:15,231 --> 00:57:16,767
This one?
852
00:57:17,066 --> 00:57:18,841
The next one.
853
00:57:19,402 --> 00:57:22,474
Clear the way, comrades.
We only want workers here.
854
00:57:25,942 --> 00:57:29,719
Come on, stand back, comrades.
Where do I load this?
855
00:57:30,547 --> 00:57:32,322
Is it for this truck?
856
00:57:37,554 --> 00:57:39,090
What else is to be loaded?
857
00:57:40,457 --> 00:57:42,027
Rice.
858
00:57:43,159 --> 00:57:45,969
Onions.
859
00:57:46,696 --> 00:57:49,540
Noodles.
Matches. Flour.
860
00:57:49,732 --> 00:57:53,145
The food is supplied by the
National Distribution Company,
861
00:57:53,303 --> 00:57:55,840
...DINAC, the only one
controlled by the government.
862
00:57:56,973 --> 00:57:59,351
Although 70% of the
distribution business...
863
00:57:59,542 --> 00:58:01,783
...is in the hands
of Allende's enemies,...
864
00:58:01,978 --> 00:58:05,187
...this company manages to
serve the most urgent needs...
865
00:58:05,348 --> 00:58:06,952
...of the working class areas.
866
00:58:11,221 --> 00:58:13,292
The neighbors hire a truck...
867
00:58:13,423 --> 00:58:16,131
...to transport the goods
to the selling point.
868
00:58:16,326 --> 00:58:19,239
This operation is carried out
once a week.
869
00:58:59,068 --> 00:59:01,742
It's 8:00 p.m.,
and you must understand...
870
00:59:02,005 --> 00:59:04,713
...that other comrades have
to help us guard the store.
871
00:59:09,846 --> 00:59:11,985
Anyone want to speak?
872
00:59:12,715 --> 00:59:15,355
The women can stay
until 12:00 or 1:00.
873
00:59:15,552 --> 00:59:16,997
The men can come after that.
874
00:59:17,287 --> 00:59:19,392
Comrades, tell me one thing.
875
00:59:19,622 --> 00:59:21,363
Are you happy with
this direct supply?
876
00:59:21,558 --> 00:59:23,196
Yes!
877
00:59:29,465 --> 00:59:32,412
In 1973,
the people's stores...
878
00:59:32,569 --> 00:59:35,550
...are feeding some 300,000
families in Santiago,...
879
00:59:35,872 --> 00:59:38,079
...more than half
its total population.
880
00:59:38,474 --> 00:59:41,284
In the different communes,
these stores...
881
00:59:41,444 --> 00:59:43,947
...distribute available
products in an orderly way.
882
00:59:47,784 --> 00:59:49,491
Semolina.
883
00:59:51,254 --> 00:59:53,598
Five boxes of matches.
884
00:59:54,357 --> 00:59:56,303
They get half a pound
of tea,...
885
00:59:57,226 --> 00:59:59,103
...a pound of noodles,...
886
00:59:59,729 --> 01:00:02,107
...and two pounds of rice...
887
01:00:02,699 --> 01:00:04,770
...and ten pounds of sugar.
888
01:00:24,220 --> 01:00:28,225
Each family group has a card
for collecting the goods.
889
01:00:28,424 --> 01:00:30,495
This facilitates
distribution planning...
890
01:00:30,660 --> 01:00:32,606
...and adherence
to official prices.
891
01:00:33,029 --> 01:00:36,602
The store is run by
the residents' collective,...
892
01:00:36,766 --> 01:00:38,609
...on the basis
of volunteer work.
893
01:00:43,606 --> 01:00:46,519
How do you manage to work
in the people's store...
894
01:00:46,709 --> 01:00:48,985
...and have a job
at the same time?
895
01:00:49,178 --> 01:00:50,680
For example,...
896
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:54,384
...we're given
the merchandise...
897
01:00:55,551 --> 01:00:57,553
...they give it to us...
898
01:00:58,321 --> 01:00:59,891
...on a Saturday
or a Friday,...
899
01:01:00,156 --> 01:01:04,104
...so we do the store on a
Saturday when I'm not working.
900
01:01:06,329 --> 01:01:09,936
And when I can't go,
my wife goes,...
901
01:01:10,133 --> 01:01:12,113
...with other women
from the neighborhood.
902
01:01:12,301 --> 01:01:14,281
Is direct supply
"popular power"?
903
01:01:14,537 --> 01:01:16,574
At the moment,
I think it is,...
904
01:01:16,806 --> 01:01:19,047
...because we're seeing how,...
905
01:01:19,342 --> 01:01:23,085
...with this business
of direct supply...
906
01:01:23,279 --> 01:01:25,919
...we're uniting the masses
even more.
907
01:01:26,616 --> 01:01:28,857
What do you think
of the present situation?
908
01:01:29,419 --> 01:01:31,956
- It's very difficult.
- Why?
909
01:01:32,221 --> 01:01:34,132
We can all see the reasons.
910
01:01:34,557 --> 01:01:37,128
The government
said yesterday...
911
01:01:37,260 --> 01:01:39,297
...that the ones who were
with Allende...
912
01:01:39,929 --> 01:01:41,670
...told him to get tough.
913
01:01:42,098 --> 01:01:43,805
But the government
can't get tough...
914
01:01:44,033 --> 01:01:46,673
...because it doesn't have
a majority in Congress.
915
01:01:46,869 --> 01:01:49,247
And that's the most
serious problem...
916
01:01:49,439 --> 01:01:52,545
...that our comrade president
has at the present moment.
917
01:01:53,710 --> 01:01:55,951
I'm going to defend
our government...
918
01:01:56,079 --> 01:01:59,492
...because we know that it's
the people's government...
919
01:01:59,649 --> 01:02:01,219
...and we have to defend it.
920
01:02:01,918 --> 01:02:04,524
So that's why I say
that I'm not afraid,...
921
01:02:04,987 --> 01:02:06,933
...because I've made
my mind up.
922
01:02:07,156 --> 01:02:08,794
And I said to my wife,...
923
01:02:08,991 --> 01:02:11,232
...You've got two children,
they're grown up.
924
01:02:11,294 --> 01:02:13,137
You'll finish rearing them,...
925
01:02:13,296 --> 01:02:15,799
...and if I have to die
for some reason,...
926
01:02:15,998 --> 01:02:18,706
...I want to die
defending our cause,...
927
01:02:18,835 --> 01:02:20,610
...as a worker,...
928
01:02:20,837 --> 01:02:23,784
...and because we've been
exploited all our lives.
929
01:02:24,006 --> 01:02:32,016
Let's create popular power!
930
01:02:38,688 --> 01:02:42,329
Throughout 1973, the seeds
of popular power...
931
01:02:42,525 --> 01:02:44,368
...spread across
the whole country.
932
01:03:02,712 --> 01:03:08,560
Power to the workers!
933
01:03:24,567 --> 01:03:30,677
Let's create popular power!
934
01:03:30,873 --> 01:03:32,978
Meanwhile, in the centers
of production...
935
01:03:33,176 --> 01:03:34,621
...which are in
government hands,...
936
01:03:34,811 --> 01:03:36,916
...other kinds of popular
power appear.
937
01:03:37,446 --> 01:03:41,189
In the saltpeter mines, the
problem of worker control...
938
01:03:41,350 --> 01:03:43,091
...becomes a kind
of popular power.
939
01:03:56,799 --> 01:03:59,040
Going beyond
the vindictive fight,...
940
01:03:59,202 --> 01:04:00,840
...people want more
transparency...
941
01:04:01,037 --> 01:04:02,744
...and more efficiency.
942
01:04:05,741 --> 01:04:08,745
If, at this moment, there's
an imperialist blockade...
943
01:04:08,911 --> 01:04:11,983
...and we don't receive raw
material or spare parts,...
944
01:04:12,615 --> 01:04:14,526
...what do we have to do
in industry?
945
01:04:14,851 --> 01:04:17,195
We have to plan production,...
946
01:04:17,420 --> 01:04:21,994
...and provide organization
and good administration...
947
01:04:22,158 --> 01:04:24,229
...for the repair shops
and for the foundries.
948
01:04:24,427 --> 01:04:26,202
Without repair shops,...
949
01:04:26,395 --> 01:04:29,239
...you can't have industrial
development in this country.
950
01:04:29,432 --> 01:04:32,470
At this moment, the repair
shops are the heart...
951
01:04:32,735 --> 01:04:37,309
...which can keep the rest of
the industry's machinery...
952
01:04:37,473 --> 01:04:38,975
...alive and functioning...
953
01:04:39,175 --> 01:04:42,315
...because the comrades here
make spare parts.
954
01:04:42,912 --> 01:04:45,950
These comrades invent the
spare parts that we need.
955
01:04:46,148 --> 01:04:47,889
They make them for us!
956
01:04:48,084 --> 01:04:51,861
The worker doesn't understand
intellectual abstractions.
957
01:04:52,188 --> 01:04:54,600
The worker is fed up
with listening to words.
958
01:04:55,157 --> 01:04:57,797
The demands which our comrade
made are very serious.
959
01:04:58,027 --> 01:05:01,406
What is he demanding?
Objectives, goals at work.
960
01:05:01,597 --> 01:05:04,840
What is he demanding?
A rational administration...
961
01:05:05,067 --> 01:05:06,444
...of the repair shop,...
962
01:05:06,669 --> 01:05:08,671
...with production plans.
963
01:05:09,005 --> 01:05:12,646
We can't carry on with little
workshops in each section...
964
01:05:12,842 --> 01:05:15,914
...because that means
a lack of administration...
965
01:05:16,045 --> 01:05:18,025
...and a division of resources.
966
01:05:18,214 --> 01:05:22,060
And this qualified workforce
will get tired and leave.
967
01:05:22,251 --> 01:05:24,527
The comrades will get
disillusioned.
968
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:27,428
There is no comrade here
who supports fascism.
969
01:05:27,623 --> 01:05:29,159
They're all workers,...
970
01:05:29,392 --> 01:05:31,736
...and they all have
a great workers' awareness.
971
01:05:32,161 --> 01:05:34,835
This is one of the things
we've made here,...
972
01:05:35,064 --> 01:05:38,011
...because there's a blockade
on importation.
973
01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:40,942
What we're seeing here are...
974
01:05:41,237 --> 01:05:46,311
...circuit breakers which were
made in the foundry here.
975
01:05:47,276 --> 01:05:51,349
We used to import these, but
as you and everyone know,...
976
01:05:51,547 --> 01:05:52,958
...there's a blockade...
977
01:05:53,115 --> 01:05:55,789
...so we have to start
making the parts.
978
01:05:55,985 --> 01:05:58,124
Now that we're in this
situation...
979
01:05:58,587 --> 01:06:01,693
...where we're being blockaded
by imperialism,...
980
01:06:01,857 --> 01:06:05,862
...we're ready and determined
to fulfill our government's plan,...
981
01:06:05,995 --> 01:06:09,568
...to produce more, to find
the solution to the problems here.
982
01:06:09,732 --> 01:06:14,112
Why? So we can make all the
spare parts the industry needs.
983
01:06:16,238 --> 01:06:20,050
"Machinas" are the workers'
answers...
984
01:06:20,276 --> 01:06:22,449
...to the challenge of
problems that arise.
985
01:06:22,778 --> 01:06:24,655
They call them "machinas".
986
01:06:26,482 --> 01:06:28,223
This is a "machina".
987
01:06:28,284 --> 01:06:31,822
You see? We took two big ends
and made a new one out of them.
988
01:06:32,021 --> 01:06:33,159
What's it for?
989
01:06:33,222 --> 01:06:36,260
- For the locomotives in the mine.
- How old are they?
990
01:06:36,459 --> 01:06:40,236
These are from 1928.
There aren't any parts for them.
991
01:06:56,345 --> 01:06:58,825
In both the state-run mines
and factories,...
992
01:06:59,015 --> 01:07:01,086
...the people want less
bureaucracy...
993
01:07:01,283 --> 01:07:02,762
...and more participation.
994
01:07:03,119 --> 01:07:05,895
This opens a debate
on the limitations...
995
01:07:06,122 --> 01:07:08,329
...of the "peaceful road"
towards socialism.
996
01:07:10,993 --> 01:07:13,405
In practice, the struggle
for participation...
997
01:07:13,629 --> 01:07:15,870
...becomes an analysis
of reality.
998
01:07:19,869 --> 01:07:21,746
Right, comrades.
999
01:07:22,505 --> 01:07:25,714
Popular Unity has been
governing for two years,...
1000
01:07:26,876 --> 01:07:29,379
...and specifically
in this company...
1001
01:07:29,678 --> 01:07:33,091
...there has been no real,
effective participation.
1002
01:07:34,116 --> 01:07:37,188
Why has there been no real,
effective participation...
1003
01:07:37,486 --> 01:07:39,898
...and what has happened
as a result?
1004
01:07:40,156 --> 01:07:43,365
Worker participation
is a political problem.
1005
01:07:44,026 --> 01:07:46,404
Through participation,...
1006
01:07:46,695 --> 01:07:49,073
...workers will be able
to break...
1007
01:07:49,698 --> 01:07:52,406
...the capitalist structures
of the companies.
1008
01:07:52,601 --> 01:07:56,413
Because this company still
has a capitalist structure...
1009
01:07:56,605 --> 01:07:58,175
...within its organization.
1010
01:07:58,340 --> 01:08:00,445
We're not in possession
of power.
1011
01:08:00,643 --> 01:08:02,247
We're in possession
of the government.
1012
01:08:02,478 --> 01:08:06,153
And the companies which are
within this government...
1013
01:08:06,348 --> 01:08:09,056
...also suffer the consequences
of these contradictions...
1014
01:08:09,251 --> 01:08:10,787
...within the political process.
1015
01:08:11,020 --> 01:08:14,558
So participation will break
the capitalist structures...
1016
01:08:14,723 --> 01:08:16,964
...and help the workers set up
new organizations...
1017
01:08:17,193 --> 01:08:19,605
...in this transition
to socialism.
1018
01:08:19,929 --> 01:08:22,967
That means the workers
must plan,...
1019
01:08:23,466 --> 01:08:25,969
...they must study, and they
must organize the company.
1020
01:08:26,235 --> 01:08:30,206
So participation is planning,
it's knowledge,...
1021
01:08:30,406 --> 01:08:32,477
...and it's studying
the company from within.
1022
01:08:33,242 --> 01:08:34,949
At the moment,...
1023
01:08:35,010 --> 01:08:40,926
Molino can grind, every day,
1,000 cartloads of nitrate.
1024
01:08:41,117 --> 01:08:45,691
But unfortunately,
it's grinding 700 or 800 cartloads,...
1025
01:08:45,855 --> 01:08:48,563
...which isn't in accordance
with the production plans...
1026
01:08:48,824 --> 01:08:51,327
...which have been set out
for that section.
1027
01:08:51,627 --> 01:08:54,198
Serious problems?
Problems in the mine.
1028
01:08:55,264 --> 01:08:57,642
Problems in the production
sector.
1029
01:08:57,933 --> 01:09:00,937
They've got no residue,
and they've got no carts.
1030
01:09:01,537 --> 01:09:05,041
But there are 200 old carts
dumped in the warehouse.
1031
01:09:05,107 --> 01:09:09,647
According to the workers and
the production committees,...
1032
01:09:09,879 --> 01:09:12,485
...out of those 200 carts...
1033
01:09:12,848 --> 01:09:16,091
...they can make two good carts
from three bad ones.
1034
01:09:16,252 --> 01:09:19,927
The workers have suggested
this as a possible solution.
1035
01:09:20,189 --> 01:09:22,829
They took it to
the Departmental Committee,...
1036
01:09:22,992 --> 01:09:25,632
...and they either get
a negative reply...
1037
01:09:25,794 --> 01:09:27,398
...or no reply at all.
1038
01:09:27,863 --> 01:09:31,174
So how can we say that the
worker is participating...
1039
01:09:31,567 --> 01:09:34,776
...if, when he suggests
a way to solve a problem...
1040
01:09:35,070 --> 01:09:37,448
...and increase production,
it's rejected?
1041
01:09:38,407 --> 01:09:42,150
I think that the only solution
to this problem,...
1042
01:09:42,411 --> 01:09:44,982
...the problem of acquisitions,...
1043
01:09:45,281 --> 01:09:48,785
...of spare parts that don't arrive,
of salaries,...
1044
01:09:48,951 --> 01:09:51,522
...is for the workers to have
direct control of production.
1045
01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:53,393
We're doing the producing,...
1046
01:09:53,622 --> 01:09:55,533
...and we must control
the whole company.
1047
01:09:55,758 --> 01:09:57,965
It's hard, but it can be done.
1048
01:09:58,127 --> 01:09:59,902
A lot of companies
have achieved...
1049
01:10:00,129 --> 01:10:03,008
...direct control of production.
1050
01:10:03,332 --> 01:10:05,278
We thought that maybe
there should be...
1051
01:10:05,467 --> 01:10:08,812
...an Administration Committee
for each important plant.
1052
01:10:09,038 --> 01:10:11,348
The whole problem
of participation...
1053
01:10:11,574 --> 01:10:13,144
...is being discussed.
1054
01:10:13,342 --> 01:10:16,050
Comrades, I therefore
consider...
1055
01:10:16,245 --> 01:10:18,691
...that the union leaders
should participate...
1056
01:10:18,881 --> 01:10:20,326
...because they will know...
1057
01:10:20,583 --> 01:10:22,654
...the industry's
economic conditions.
1058
01:10:23,185 --> 01:10:24,960
And that would be essential...
1059
01:10:25,154 --> 01:10:27,657
...in order to be able to give
the economic conditions...
1060
01:10:28,123 --> 01:10:30,626
...to the workers
with all the facts...
1061
01:10:30,859 --> 01:10:32,634
...and not be fighting
for fighting's sake...
1062
01:10:32,861 --> 01:10:36,035
...without really knowing
what's going on.
1063
01:10:36,832 --> 01:10:40,712
When we say that Chile has
a bourgeois capitalist state,...
1064
01:10:40,869 --> 01:10:43,577
...let's remember the High
Court which fires ministers,...
1065
01:10:43,639 --> 01:10:46,415
...and let's remember
the Legislative Power...
1066
01:10:46,609 --> 01:10:48,816
...which passes laws
against the workers.
1067
01:10:48,877 --> 01:10:52,848
And not just that.
It's also on a war footing,...
1068
01:10:52,982 --> 01:10:55,428
...in a seditious way,
against the popular government.
1069
01:10:55,551 --> 01:10:58,760
So what should the workers'
participation be?
1070
01:10:58,988 --> 01:11:02,561
The planning of the economy
via a direct participation...
1071
01:11:02,758 --> 01:11:06,137
...in which they elect
the workers' participants...
1072
01:11:06,328 --> 01:11:07,932
...by a wide vote,...
1073
01:11:08,130 --> 01:11:09,803
...as is done now
in a democratic way.
1074
01:11:10,065 --> 01:11:12,739
And what should the unions do?
1075
01:11:12,968 --> 01:11:15,039
What they've always done
throughout history.
1076
01:11:15,204 --> 01:11:17,514
They should defend
the working class...
1077
01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:20,448
...and push for the destruction
of the bourgeois state...
1078
01:11:20,643 --> 01:11:23,180
...as a revolutionary tool
sewing its class.
1079
01:11:32,721 --> 01:11:36,897
The workers' unease is shared
by some company managers.
1080
01:11:37,226 --> 01:11:39,433
The contradictions in
the process of changes...
1081
01:11:39,628 --> 01:11:43,132
...are laid bare in the daily
work of these officials.
1082
01:11:47,102 --> 01:11:50,015
This is a revolutionary process,
but not a revolution.
1083
01:11:51,006 --> 01:11:53,509
And this isn't
a proletarian state yet.
1084
01:11:53,976 --> 01:11:56,354
This is a bourgeois
capitalist state.
1085
01:11:56,879 --> 01:11:59,723
And this is a nationalized
company within that state...
1086
01:11:59,882 --> 01:12:01,327
...which hasn't changed.
1087
01:12:01,383 --> 01:12:03,989
Now, the problem for
the workers here...
1088
01:12:04,219 --> 01:12:06,062
...isn't having to work
16 hours a day.
1089
01:12:06,388 --> 01:12:10,063
The problem is having to work
16 hours when,...
1090
01:12:10,259 --> 01:12:13,672
...in terms of power or
decision making capacity,...
1091
01:12:13,862 --> 01:12:15,899
...things haven't
really changed.
1092
01:12:16,298 --> 01:12:17,971
You can...
1093
01:12:18,934 --> 01:12:20,607
You can...
1094
01:12:21,136 --> 01:12:23,207
...ask it of the workers,...
1095
01:12:25,007 --> 01:12:27,817
...demand a greater awareness
from them,...
1096
01:12:28,043 --> 01:12:31,650
...but you can appeal
to the workers' awareness...
1097
01:12:31,847 --> 01:12:33,952
...if you give them answers.
1098
01:12:35,250 --> 01:12:37,958
But a new aspect
has now appeared,...
1099
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:40,293
...at the level
of the section worker,...
1100
01:12:40,589 --> 01:12:43,593
...within this nationalized
company.
1101
01:12:43,826 --> 01:12:47,603
The lack of raw materials and
spare parts in the section...
1102
01:12:47,663 --> 01:12:50,803
...is threatening to limit
the wage to a daily rate,...
1103
01:12:51,033 --> 01:12:54,310
...because the bonus is
directly linked to production.
1104
01:12:54,636 --> 01:12:57,014
For example, the welder
goes to his section.
1105
01:12:57,239 --> 01:12:59,515
He's got work to do,
and he's keen to work.
1106
01:12:59,708 --> 01:13:01,915
He can't do it,
he's got no soldering iron.
1107
01:13:02,778 --> 01:13:05,418
And the only solution we can
give at present,...
1108
01:13:05,581 --> 01:13:07,822
...with the characteristics
we announced,...
1109
01:13:08,016 --> 01:13:10,553
...is precisely
by planning supplies.
1110
01:13:11,253 --> 01:13:12,994
We have to plan transport.
1111
01:13:13,288 --> 01:13:17,430
If there's a strike by the
truck owners tomorrow,...
1112
01:13:17,793 --> 01:13:20,171
...and the fish trucks are
stuck in Antofagasta,...
1113
01:13:20,362 --> 01:13:23,366
...the fish will rot because
we've got no means of transport.
1114
01:13:23,565 --> 01:13:27,707
We have to plan means of
transport and of distribution.
1115
01:13:27,970 --> 01:13:30,041
What have we done
about it here?
1116
01:13:30,239 --> 01:13:32,082
We've taken over
bakeries, food stores,...
1117
01:13:32,274 --> 01:13:34,220
...canteens, hospitals,
guesthouses.
1118
01:13:34,443 --> 01:13:38,721
Because food is distributed
through those organizations.
1119
01:13:38,914 --> 01:13:42,020
The problem is
extremely serious.
1120
01:13:43,218 --> 01:13:45,494
We are nationalized companies.
1121
01:13:45,788 --> 01:13:47,290
It's true.
1122
01:13:47,523 --> 01:13:49,560
We can impose organization,...
1123
01:13:49,725 --> 01:13:53,172
...and we can set out some
planning lines,...
1124
01:13:53,629 --> 01:13:56,371
...but we come up against
the big contradiction.
1125
01:13:56,799 --> 01:13:58,836
The character of the state...
1126
01:13:59,334 --> 01:14:01,041
...is the same.
1127
01:14:01,437 --> 01:14:04,418
We are nationalized areas
within the structure...
1128
01:14:04,606 --> 01:14:06,813
...of a bourgeois
capitalist state...
1129
01:14:07,242 --> 01:14:09,244
...where the means
of oppression...
1130
01:14:09,478 --> 01:14:11,685
...are still in the hands
of the bourgeoisie.
1131
01:14:12,915 --> 01:14:15,156
The government must
provide an answer...
1132
01:14:15,484 --> 01:14:18,624
...to our supply needs,
so we can plan ahead,...
1133
01:14:18,821 --> 01:14:22,928
...with the means
which the government controls.
1134
01:14:23,358 --> 01:14:25,838
How can you plan
in this situation?
1135
01:14:26,228 --> 01:14:29,573
I'm not saying things
will be resolved 100%.
1136
01:14:29,865 --> 01:14:31,674
But it's possible...
1137
01:14:32,768 --> 01:14:35,578
...to come up with
an alternative answer.
1138
01:14:35,904 --> 01:14:40,080
We can't just sit back,
and fold our arms,...
1139
01:14:40,209 --> 01:14:42,553
...and let the corpse of imperialism
pass in front of the house.
1140
01:14:42,778 --> 01:14:46,157
We have to move ahead
and go on the offensive,...
1141
01:14:46,315 --> 01:14:49,922
...and gradually take power
with the masses,...
1142
01:14:50,085 --> 01:14:51,462
...guaranteeing it
with the masses.
1143
01:14:51,587 --> 01:14:54,397
We can't continue delegating
the class problem...
1144
01:14:54,690 --> 01:14:58,297
...to executives, mayors,
ministers, parliamentarians.
1145
01:14:58,494 --> 01:15:00,974
The right has a great
advantage over us.
1146
01:15:01,196 --> 01:15:04,075
They imprison the executives,
accuse the mayors,...
1147
01:15:04,700 --> 01:15:06,475
...question the ministers.
1148
01:15:06,668 --> 01:15:09,308
And I've just learned
that last week...
1149
01:15:09,571 --> 01:15:12,711
...they jailed the Secretary
of State, Aníbal Palma.
1150
01:15:13,609 --> 01:15:15,384
So are we going to carry on?
1151
01:15:15,611 --> 01:15:17,716
What do we want?
We've got 44% of the vote.
1152
01:15:17,913 --> 01:15:22,919
There's absolutely no chance
that we'll ever get 60%.
1153
01:15:23,519 --> 01:15:24,998
It's impossible.
1154
01:15:25,454 --> 01:15:27,456
We must take advantage
of the moment...
1155
01:15:28,790 --> 01:15:30,463
...of the ascent
of the masses,...
1156
01:15:31,393 --> 01:15:33,737
...to mobilize them
for class objectives.
1157
01:15:42,204 --> 01:15:44,377
In the middle of 1973,...
1158
01:15:44,606 --> 01:15:47,450
...the impatience of some
popular sectors increases.
1159
01:15:48,010 --> 01:15:50,115
In the more aggressive
workplaces,...
1160
01:15:50,312 --> 01:15:53,418
...some workers are discussing
some basic problems...
1161
01:15:53,615 --> 01:15:55,390
...of the transition
to socialism.
1162
01:16:00,923 --> 01:16:05,065
Just now, I see that people
are questioning...
1163
01:16:05,260 --> 01:16:06,967
...the Constitution
and legality.
1164
01:16:07,629 --> 01:16:10,075
And if the working classes
are questioning...
1165
01:16:11,166 --> 01:16:12,668
...the Judicial Power,...
1166
01:16:12,868 --> 01:16:14,905
...the Constitution
and the government,...
1167
01:16:15,103 --> 01:16:17,709
...that means we are
entering the stage...
1168
01:16:17,906 --> 01:16:19,408
...of the taking of power.
1169
01:16:19,641 --> 01:16:22,349
Because some things
are no longer valid.
1170
01:16:22,644 --> 01:16:24,590
We have the industrial belts.
1171
01:16:24,746 --> 01:16:28,023
The growing popular power is
surpassing the State itself.
1172
01:16:28,250 --> 01:16:31,197
The existing institutions
are of no use to us anymore.
1173
01:16:31,386 --> 01:16:33,764
They can't fulfill their role.
1174
01:16:34,289 --> 01:16:37,395
So the workers are providing
new institutions,...
1175
01:16:37,926 --> 01:16:41,533
...because our class must use
the government apparatus now...
1176
01:16:41,763 --> 01:16:43,640
...to crush the other class,...
1177
01:16:43,865 --> 01:16:45,674
...the one which
always crushed us.
1178
01:16:45,968 --> 01:16:48,209
Let the boot be
on the other foot now.
1179
01:16:56,178 --> 01:16:58,988
A key feature of popular power
is that it opens...
1180
01:16:59,181 --> 01:17:02,594
...a new horizon of political
development for the masses.
1181
01:17:03,452 --> 01:17:06,661
This initiates a critical
process within the left.
1182
01:17:08,357 --> 01:17:10,394
Many people sense
a tragic ending...
1183
01:17:10,626 --> 01:17:12,333
...given the impossibility...
1184
01:17:12,561 --> 01:17:15,167
...of President Allende
continuing to advance.
1185
01:17:19,001 --> 01:17:21,607
Tell me, comrade,
what must be done?
1186
01:17:21,837 --> 01:17:25,751
Look, we're living through
a very difficult time.
1187
01:17:26,141 --> 01:17:28,519
It's really
a very difficult time.
1188
01:17:29,611 --> 01:17:33,081
We must have a real clean-out,
from top to bottom!
1189
01:17:34,516 --> 01:17:38,487
If the government can't shake
off certain commitments,...
1190
01:17:38,820 --> 01:17:40,766
...it's going to be liquidated.
1191
01:17:41,356 --> 01:17:45,304
The government has got
no alternative...
1192
01:17:45,460 --> 01:17:48,304
...but to take things in hand.
1193
01:17:48,730 --> 01:17:50,573
Take things in hand.
1194
01:17:51,099 --> 01:17:54,808
The government has to do that,
and clean up the country.
1195
01:17:55,037 --> 01:17:56,880
It's for the homeland.
1196
01:17:57,339 --> 01:17:59,842
The homeland remains,
we'll all pass on.
1197
01:18:01,176 --> 01:18:04,988
We'll reach such a delicate
moment, there'll be a crisis.
1198
01:18:06,114 --> 01:18:07,650
Tell me, comrade.
1199
01:18:08,083 --> 01:18:11,360
Do you thank that it's time
for a firm hand?
1200
01:18:11,853 --> 01:18:14,493
This is our opportunity.
It's now or never.
1201
01:18:14,990 --> 01:18:18,699
The enemy is extremely
well-prepared.
1202
01:18:19,895 --> 01:18:22,739
And he won't give us
any respite.
1203
01:18:23,465 --> 01:18:27,208
Now is our chance to do it.
We have to do it now or never.
1204
01:18:28,537 --> 01:18:32,041
Because the enemy knows
what's in store for him.
1205
01:18:32,674 --> 01:18:35,951
He knows that he'll never
get back what he's lost,...
1206
01:18:36,144 --> 01:18:38,181
...and he's like the devil.
1207
01:18:38,980 --> 01:18:44,054
We'll keep on going, comrade.
See you, comrade.
1208
01:18:44,986 --> 01:18:47,489
- We'll be seeing you.
- I hope so.
1209
01:18:48,924 --> 01:18:52,462
We have to make it,
it's now or never.
1210
01:18:57,265 --> 01:18:59,336
We'll keep going, comrade.
1211
01:18:59,601 --> 01:19:01,740
See you, comrade.
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