The Other September 11

September 11, 1973 is the date of the coup in Chile, overthrowing a democratically-elected government. In the reign of terror that followed, three thousand died, and many more were tortured.

While we must not forget the dead of 2001, we should also remember the dead of 1973, who did not die live on TV across the world, and died at the hand of a regime backed by the CIA and the Nixon goverment.

Today, there are still people on the right wing of the political spectrum that make excuses for these three thousand deaths. It's not acceptable to make excuses for Osama Bin Laden, equally it should not be acceptable to make excuses for General Augusto Pinochet.