Hope does not die. But it can fade until it's transformed and reborn. In the wake of Chile’s 1973 coup, Chilean folk musician Victor Jara was detained with thousands of others. But amid the suffering and chaos, Victor Jara found a paper and pencil. He wrote his last poem just hours before he was killed. It continues to inspire until today.

This is the first episode of Stories of Resistance. 

Stories of Resistance is a new project brought to you by The Real News and Global Exchange. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times, then and now. 

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For more background on Victor Jara, see…
https://therealnews.com/groman0701victorjara
https://nacla.org/article/who-killed-v%C3%ADctor-jara

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