A REVOLUTION WITHOUT SINGLE LEADERS – GLIMPSES FROM CHILE, 22 NOVEMBER 2019
Sentiment during the uprising. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
Photographer’s note: Upon arriving at our hotel in Santiago, Anne Petermann and I hooked up with Biofuelwatch’s Gary Hughes. We headed toward the mass action up the street. Even though thousands of people have been detained, over twenty killed and over 200 people with serious injuries to their eyes, yesterday afternoon was energizing to say the least.
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This is a revolution. Grim but with a sense of humor and high spirits. Emma Golman came to my mind with her famous comment, “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be in your revolution.”
And this is a revolution without single leaders.
Police vehicle. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
Vendors. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
Remembering a person who was killed. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
Police vehicle shooting water at protesters. Note the person on the left who just threw the bottle that can be seen headed towards police vehicle. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
Protesters scatter from water spray. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
Headed toward major confrontation. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
The almost ever present tear gas rises in the upper right hand corner of the photo. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
Person climbing to try and pry sheet metal from building to use for shields against “rubber” bullets. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
Masked person looks toward the street. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
Vendors continue as tear gas wafts. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP
2 Responses to “A REVOLUTION WITHOUT SINGLE LEADERS – GLIMPSES FROM CHILE, 22 NOVEMBER 2019”
Wow – keep safe and keep telling the story!
Orin, be very careful. Read this today
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/25/headlines/chilean_photojournalist_albertina_martinez_burgos_killed_in_santiago?fbclid=IwAR2hOkZEynLbzYH66qJcRAn-EQSyNNeQ3K3-2To-08H9i2e-wZ71JicRaNQ