Salvador Allende Centenary 1908 - 2008

Activities in Melbourne Australia
(Castellano/Spanish below)

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2008 marks the centenary of Salvador Allende’s birth. Celebrations of his legacy will take place around the world by various social, cultural, political and grassroots organisations.

Salvador Allende Gossens (June 26 1908 - September 11 1973) was President of Chile from 1970 to 1973. He died in the Presidential Palace during the brutal military coup which installed a military dictatorship in Chile, supported by the CIA and USA Government on September 11, 1973 using torture, exile, disappeared and killed thousands of people during 17 years of Pinochet dictatorship rule.

Allende dedicated his life to the cause of poor and indigenous people in Chile, Latin America and the World.

Thursday June 26, 2008
12-2PM, Tribute to Salvador Allende, at Melbourne Trades Hall Allende's plaque
Speakers already confirmed:

Bill Davis, former Secretary Plumbers Union
Kevin Braken - Secretary MUA Victoria Branch
David Mier - ETU
Nelson Davila - Venezuelan Charge D'Affairs in Australia
Dave Kerin - Union Solidarity
Barry Carr - Professor from Latin American Studies Institute from LaTrobe University
Chilean Community representative
Joseph Caputo - Mayor of Moreland City Council
and others...

Jeannie Lewis, Singer song-writer

6:30PM, A Toast to Allende’s legacy and Film Documentary
at Trades Hall

Trades Hall, corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton

Friday June 27, 2008

7:00pm till late, a celebration night in the Coburg Town Hall, with Latin bands, song writers, folkloric dance groups and more. And MC by Rod Quantock, and the participation of the Australian song writer Jeannie Lewis an important supporter and partipant of the Solidarity with the Chilean people .

Also an ongoing campaign "to name a street Salvador Allende in Melbourne, your signature is needed, if you want a petition for signatures just give as a call or write to our e-mail salvadorallende100years@gmail.com

Organised by:
"100 Years" Salvador Allende Centenary Collective - Melbourne
Further info call Marisol 0400 914 944 or Mario 0417 507 108
E-mail: Salvadorallende100years@gmail.com

Supported by:
Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET), Chilean Popular and Indigenous Network, Bautista Van Showen Collective, Chilean Socialist Party “Ernesto Manuel Moreno” Branch, Salvador Allende Chilean Socialist Party Group, Socialist Party Australia, 3CR Community Radio, Australian Metal Workers Union (AMWU), Union Solidarity, Moreland City Council...and more

Visit our blog for future updates and info about Salvador Allende and the centanary activities around the world http://salvadorallendecentenarioenmelbourne.blogspot.com/