Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)

Revolutionary Left Movement

Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria
Revolutionary Left Movement Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria
General Secretary	Demetrio Hernández
Founder	Miguel Enríquez
Founded	15 August 1965
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Guevarism; Foco theory; Socialist patriotism; Revolutionary socialism;
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	People's Democratic Movement (1983-1987); Patriotic Union (2020-2022)
Regional affiliation	São Paulo Forum
Colours	Red, Black
Party flag
Website
	mir-chile.cl
	Politics of Chile; Political parties; Elections;

The Revolutionary Left Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria, MIR) is a Chilean far-left Marxist-Leninist communist party and former urban guerrilla organization founded on 12 October 1965. At its height in 1973, the MIR numbered about 10,000 members and associates.^[7] The group emerged from various student organizations, mainly from University of Concepción, that had originally been active in the youth organization of the Socialist Party. They established a base of support among the trade unions and shantytowns of Concepción, Santiago, and other cities. Andrés Pascal Allende, a nephew of Salvador Allende, president of Chile from 1970 to 1973, was one of its early leaders. Miguel Enríquez was the General Secretary of the party from 1967 until his assassination in 1974 by the DINA.

Although it was involved in military actions and assassinations, particularly during the Resistance to the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat, the MIR states they reject assassination as a tactic^[8] (see below on the assassination of Edmundo Pérez Zujovic by the VOP).

^ "Isabel Allende:"Los errores estuvieron más en el PS y la extrema izquierda que creía que tomándose fundos o fábricas avanzaría"". La Tercera. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ Dubet, François; Tironi, Eugenio; Espinoza, Vicente; Valenzuela, Eduardo (2016). Pobladores: Luchas sociales y democracia en Chile. Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado. ISBN 9789563570823.
^ "Isabel Allende: Los errores fueron del PS y la extrema izquierda".
^ Thauby, Fernando (10 September 2019). "La agonía del socialismo en Chile 1971 – 2019". El Mostrador. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "El Socialismo Utópico del Siglo XXI: ¿Por qué volver a marchar hacia atrás?". Cedema. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ Urbaneja, Diego Bautista (2007). La política venezolana desde 1958 hasta nuestros días. Universidad Catolica Andres. ISBN 9789802500130.
^ Historical dictionary of terrorism, By Sean Anderson & Stephen Sloan, Page 447, Scarecrow Press, 2009
^ Marcello Ferrada de Noli, "Nelson Gutierrez. In memoriam. Notas sobre la Historia del MIR". [English Summary]. Stockholm, 2008. The author put forward a rationale for this condemnation, which would to be based in both ideological and strategic factors. The author also quotes a MIR official document of the epoch "El MIR a los Estudiantes, Obreros y Soldados. Declaración Pública of 16-06-1971" in which MIR confirmed anew to have "categorically" condemned assassinations as the one carried out by the VOP (referring to Edmundo Perez Zujovic fall): "Hemos sido categóricos en condenar las acciones de la VOP, pues éstos han utilizado el atentado personal como método, hoy en Chile" (Pages 14-15) [1].

[1] "Isabel Allende:"Los errores estuvieron más en el PS y la extrema izquierda que creía que tomándose fundos o fábricas avanzaría"". La Tercera. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[2] Dubet, François; Tironi, Eugenio; Espinoza, Vicente; Valenzuela, Eduardo (2016). Pobladores: Luchas sociales y democracia en Chile. Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado. ISBN 9789563570823.

[3] "Isabel Allende: Los errores fueron del PS y la extrema izquierda".

[4] Thauby, Fernando (10 September 2019). "La agonía del socialismo en Chile 1971 – 2019". El Mostrador. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[5] "El Socialismo Utópico del Siglo XXI: ¿Por qué volver a marchar hacia atrás?". Cedema. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[6] Urbaneja, Diego Bautista (2007). La política venezolana desde 1958 hasta nuestros días. Universidad Catolica Andres. ISBN 9789802500130.

[7] Historical dictionary of terrorism, By Sean Anderson & Stephen Sloan, Page 447, Scarecrow Press, 2009

[8] Marcello Ferrada de Noli, "Nelson Gutierrez. In memoriam. Notas sobre la Historia del MIR". [English Summary]. Stockholm, 2008. The author put forward a rationale for this condemnation, which would to be based in both ideological and strategic factors. The author also quotes a MIR official document of the epoch "El MIR a los Estudiantes, Obreros y Soldados. Declaración Pública of 16-06-1971" in which MIR confirmed anew to have "categorically" condemned assassinations as the one carried out by the VOP (referring to Edmundo Perez Zujovic fall): "Hemos sido categóricos en condenar las acciones de la VOP, pues éstos han utilizado el atentado personal como método, hoy en Chile" (Pages 14-15) [1].

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