[Salvador Allende died 46 years ago in a US-backed coup. Heres his
final address, broadcast over the radio while he was barricaded in the
presidential palace. The generals that overthrew Allende coordinated
with the CIA and the U.S. State Department.] [[link removed]]

ALLENDE’S LAST SPEECH  
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Salvador Allende
September 18, 2018
Jacobin
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_ Salvador Allende died 46 years ago in a US-backed coup. Here's his
final address, broadcast over the radio while he was barricaded in the
presidential palace. The generals that overthrew Allende coordinated
with the CIA and the U.S. State Department. _

The last photograph of Salvador Allende inspecting the presidential
palace shortly before his death.,

 

Many friends,

Surely this will be the last opportunity for me to address you. The
Air Force has bombed the towers of Radio Portales and Radio
Corporación.

My words do not have bitterness but disappointment. May they be a
moral punishment for those who have betrayed their oath: soldiers of
Chile, titular commanders in chief, Admiral Merino
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who has designated himself commander of the Navy, and Mr Mendoza
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the despicable general who only yesterday pledged his fidelity and
loyalty to the government, and who also has appointed himself chief of
the Carabineros [national police].

Given these facts, the only thing left for me is to say to workers: I
am not going to resign!

Placed in a historic transition, I will pay for loyalty to the people
with my life. And I say to them that I am certain that the seed which
we have planted in the good conscience of thousands and thousands of
Chileans will not be shriveled forever. They have strength and will be
able to dominate us, but social processes can be arrested neither by
crime nor force. History is ours, and people make history.

Workers of my country: I want to thank you for the loyalty that you
always had, the confidence that you deposited in a man who was only an
interpreter of great yearnings for justice, who gave his word that he
would respect the constitution and the law and did just that. At this
definitive moment, the last moment when I can address you, I wish you
to take advantage of the lesson
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foreign capital, imperialism, together with the reaction, created the
climate in which the armed forces broke their tradition, the tradition
taught by General Schneider and reaffirmed by Commander Araya, victims
of the same social sector which will today be in their homes hoping,
with foreign assistance, to retake power to continue defending their
profits and their privileges.

I address, above all, the modest woman of our land,
the _campesina_ who believed in us, the worker who labored more, the
mother who knew our concern for children. I address professionals of
Chile, patriotic professionals, those who days ago continued working
against the sedition sponsored by professional associations,
class-based associations that also defended the advantages which a
capitalist society grants to a few.

I address the youth, those who sang and gave us their joy and their
spirit of struggle. I address the man of Chile, the worker, the
farmer, the intellectual, those who will be persecuted, because in our
country fascism has been already present for many hours
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in terrorist attacks, blowing up the bridges, cutting the railroad
tracks, destroying the oil and gas pipelines, in the face of the
silence of those who had the obligation to protect them. They were
committed. History will judge them.

Surely Radio Magallanes will be silenced, and the calm metal
instrument of my voice will no longer reach you. It does not matter.
You will continue hearing it. I will always be next to you. At least
my memory will be that of a man of dignity who was loyal to the
workers.

The people must defend themselves, but they must not sacrifice
themselves. The people must not let themselves be destroyed or riddled
with bullets, but they cannot be humiliated either.

Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other
men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to
prevail. Go forward knowing that, sooner rather than later, the great
avenues will open again where free men will walk to build a better
society.

Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!

These are my last words, and I am certain that my sacrifice will not
be in vain, I am certain that, at the very least, it will be a moral
lesson that will punish
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cowardice, and treason.

_[Salvador Allende (1908–1973) was the president of Chile from 1970
to 1973.]_

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