North London & Latin America. Words + coedits @alboradanet. Trade unions + comms @JFColombia. Director @StgoRising. Views my own.
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Nick MacWilliam retweeted
Increasing evidence suggests that Big Tech, particularly Meta, is interfering in Brazil's elections as it seeks to sway the vote for far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.
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By @pablonav1 for Alborada
🇨🇱 Looking fwd to #AlboradaOnline “Resisting the Far-Right in Chile”, Weds 23 Sept (6.30pm BST) 🇨🇱
I’ll be joined by excellent speakers @javieramanzi + @saavedrautman to explore latest on protests against pro-Pinochet govt.
Register/more info ⬇️
Join us on Wednesday. 23 September. 🇨🇱
Speakers: @JavieraManzi - Member of the Coordinadora Feminista 8M of Chile & @saavedrautman - Academic at Diego Portales University in Chile. Chair: @NickMacWilliam.
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Chilean documentalist Patricio Guzmán has died.
His masterpiece "The Battle of Chile" dissected Pinochet's US-backed coup + informed political filmmaking for generations to come. A huge influence on my own film @StgoRising.
Rest in Power Maestro.
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Nick MacWilliam retweeted
Alborada's @pablonav1 has joined forces with @CrispinShow to launch a new series looking at the struggles for power, political change and popular movements shaping Latin America.
Join us for episode 1.
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Nick MacWilliam retweeted
[A recent article by Alborada co-editor @NickMacWilliam for Sidecar, the blog of the New Left Review journal.]
After Petro 🇨🇴
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Nick MacWilliam retweeted
Resisting the Far-Right in Chile, from Pinochet to Kast (Alborada Online Event)
23 Sep, 6.30-7:45pm (UK time)
SPEAKERS: Javiera Manzi A. (Member of the Coordinadora Feminista 8M of Chile) & Jorge Saavedra - Academic at Diego Portales University in Chile. Chair Nick MacWilliam
History is unwritten at the Palace of Justice in Caracas, as murals of Chávez and Bolívar are replaced by a bland message of 'Venezuela Reborn'.
Colombia has veered to the far-right after four years of progessive governance.
I examine the implications in my recent article for NLR, 'After Petro'.
Nick MacWilliam on Colombia's new president:
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"De la Espriella’s victory maintains the recent trend of hard-right governments being elected across Latin America, largely untethered from traditional conservatism though representative of the same class interests."
Mi artículo 'Después de Petro', originalmente publicado en inglés por @NewLeftReview, ahora en español en @RevistaAntagon ⬇️🇨🇴
🇨🇴 Después de Petro
Abrimos 🧵 con este artículo de @NickMacWilliam en la @RevistaAntagon 👇
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Aquí está la versión original en @NewLeftReview.
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Nick MacWilliam retweeted
ACTION: CUT THE RENT! #RentControlsNow!
Rising rents destroy our communities. The government is more interested in building expensive flats than stopping the rent hikes.
Tenants in Europe are taking action and winning. Now, we must take to the streets to demand housing justice!
ALT Renters demonstration. Cut the rent. Saturday 14th December, 11:30am. meet at Cavendish Square, London. High rights are destroying our communities. Demand rent control and public homes.
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Here a clip from our 2021 documentary 'Santiago Rising' featuring Luis Polo Lillo, director of the inspirational Chilean community TV channel Señal Tres La Victoria (@tv_piola). Polo sadly passed away in December 2021 but his legacy lives on.
@StgoRising directed by @NickMacWilliam screens in London this Thursday 24 October.
Admission is via voluntary donation with all proceeds going towards supporting independent media, equally split between Chile’s Señal Tres La Victoria and UK-based Alborada (@alboradanet).
There will be a post-screening Q&A with the film's director, Chilean journalist/academic Dr Marcela Pizarro and academic Marcos Ortiz (@ojodelmedio). Chaired by @PetermlWatt, host of the Alborada podcast 'The Americas Uncovered'.
More info/tickets: tickettailor.com/events/albo…
Event supported by @asambleachilena, @ima_press and @ChileSolidarity.
#StgoRisingFilm
This Thursday 24 Oct in London - special @StgoRising screening to mark 5 years since Chile's social explosion.
See people there!
Our documentary @StgoRising screens in London on Thursday 24 October.
Post-screening Q&A with the film's director @NickMacWilliam, Chilean journalist/academic Dr Marcela Pizarro and academic Marcos Ortiz (@ojodelmedio). Chaired by @PetermlWatt, host of the
@alboradanet podcast 'The Americas Uncovered'.
More info below and here: tickettailor.com/events/albo…
Event supported by @asambleachilena and @ima_press
#StgoRisingFilm
Nick MacWilliam retweeted
📽️To mark 5 years since Chile’s social uprising against the legacy of the Pinochet dictatorship, join the screening of the @alboradafilms documentary “Santiago RisinG" by @NickMacWilliam.
🎞️ 👉 24 Oct, 6 PM
🍢THE FILM: shorturl.at/IhbEa
🍢TICKETS: shorturl.at/MJ13x
Nick MacWilliam retweeted
Today 10 UK police launched a pre-dawn raid on the home of Asa Winstanley, one of Britain’s leading and most celebrated investigative journalists.
All this devices, so all his journalistic materials, were seized and are now with the authorities.
He was not charged with a crime.
Looking forward to seeing people for special @StgoRising screening in London on 24 Oct to mark five years since Chile's social explosion.
Our documentary @StgoRising screens in London on Thursday 24 October.
Post-screening Q&A with the film's director @NickMacWilliam, Chilean journalist/academic Dr Marcela Pizarro and academic Marcos Ortiz (@ojodelmedio).
Chaired by @PetermlWatt, host of the @alboradanet podcast 'The Americas Uncovered'.
More info below and here: tickettailor.com/events/albo…
#StgoRisingFilm
Nick MacWilliam retweeted
"I found a considerable lack of work after doing concerts for Palestinian children.. if that's the way it has to be, that's the way it has to be. If you support human rights, you gotta support them everywhere."
- Kris Kristofferson
