TUESDAY 7 MAY, noon to 2:30, brown-bag lunch, Schulz 3001
The phrase "9/11" is commonly used by Americans to refer to the atrocities perpetrated against our country on the 11th of September 2001, when terrorists from Al Qaeda under Osama Bin Laden attacked our national symbols of financial, military, and political power. But what about "The Other 9/11", the equally (if not more so) outrageous atrocity perpetrated by the US, inspired by Henry Kissinger and led by the CIA on the 11th of September 1972: a coup overthrowing the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende (which he did not survive) and installing the fascist regime of General Augusto Pinochet, which lasted 17 years and resulted in the death, torture, or disappearance of thousands of Chileans. This is the "9/11" which much of the world, especially throughout Latin America, associates with the phrase.
Our colleague, Professor Emeritus of History Tony White, who specializes in Latin America, will discuss this event as an example of the cavalier (and often destructive) attitude of the United States toward democracies when they don't fit into our view of the proper world order.