{"id":288,"date":"2017-10-31T05:05:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T05:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gcornish.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/MHS123_Fall2017\/?p=288"},"modified":"2017-10-31T05:12:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T05:12:10","slug":"288","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcornish.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/MHS123_Fall2017\/uncategorized\/288\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Jara"},"content":{"rendered":"

As musicians, sometimes we get to experience our art, but other times we sacrifice ourselves for it. Victor Jara, a Chilean musician, teacher, and strong political activist “used to play guitar and write folk songs. But a soldier chopped his hands with an axe and machine gunned him to death so he couldn’t play guitar anymore.<\/a>\u201d <\/span>\u00a0When I first read this sentence from Andrew Tyler’s article I was in shock. It’s heartbreaking when politics get violent, and innocent people lose their lives.\u00a0<\/span>Victor Jara’s death\"\"<\/a> stands for democratic social <\/span>change in Chile. Even though he died for what he believed in, his music and spirit both still live on today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Victor Jara started out singing in the neighborhoods of Chile as a 1960\u2019s protest folk singer for human rights. He was a member of the New Chilean Song Movement,\u00a0and <\/a><\/span>was a supporter of the socialist Salvador Allende. Salvador Allende was the president elected in 1970 who initiated many social programs. During the election season, Jara wrote a song for Allende’s movement titled\u00a0<\/span>Venceremos<\/a>, which translates to\u00a0We Shall Triumph.<\/p>\n

Prior to the election in 1970 the United States CIA ran propaganda campaigns<\/a> to discredit Allende, showing the United States dissatisfaction with his new government.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0According to interviews <\/a>with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, Allende planned to nationalize private United States corporations. The Allende government of Chile wanted to negotiate how<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"to c<\/span>ompensate the United States corporations so they would finally le<\/span>ave Chile. In particular, the main telephone company of Chile, and the owner of Sheraton Hotels , \u00a0ITT Corporation<\/a>. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Henry Kissinger and Nixon\u00a0<\/span>refused these negotiations and planned a violent <\/span>\u201ccoup\u201d<\/a> in 1973.\u00a0 Bill Clinto<\/span>n declassified the CIA d<\/span>ocuments showing that the CIA trained DINA (secret police) invaded a helicopter, and murdered the Commander in chief of the Chilean armed forces. Allende eventually committed suicide and the\u00a0brutal dictator\u00a0<\/span>Augusto Pinochet<\/a>, took control of Chile.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chile was not in great shape during this time in history.\u00a0More interviews with\u00a0<\/span>Democracy Now<\/a> tell the story of Victor Jara\u2019s death. He was arrested along with thousands. \u00a0(30,000 had been referred to as \u201cthe disappeared\u201d) He was singing to the people in the Santiago soccer stadium where the executions were taking place.\u00a0According to Democracy Now, as his wife described what happened, he was well\u00a0 r\"\"<\/a>ecognized and one soldiers said \u201cthat one is for me. He was tortured, in particular his hands smashed so he couldn\u2019t play guitar. He was shot and his body was recognized after being dragged on the streets and claimed by his wife when a friend informed her a week after the coup that his body was at the morgue.\u00a0He wrote one last poem that night in the stadium to document what happened. \u00a0It was somehow smuggled out of the stadium and eventually put to music by Pete Seeger<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Victor Jara, saw what was happening politically in Chile and decided to take action by sharing his art. He incorporated his beliefs through his musical creations to promote peace, but the government silenced him. If I’ve learned anything from Victor Jara’s story, it’s that he has inspired many other artists to stand up for what they believe in. Politics always try to control what we do, but in the end music continued to fight back with creativity and truth.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.vjvive.com\/?page_id=14<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2013\/sep\/18\/victor-jara-pinochet-chile- rocks-backpages<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2016\/6\/29\/former_chilean_army_officer_found_liable<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/1999\/10\/8\/documentary_on_legendary_chilean_protest_singer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/ca3\/jphuck\/BOOK3Ch3Part5.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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As musicians, sometimes we get to experience our art, but other times we sacrifice ourselves for it. Victor Jara, a Chilean musician, teacher, and strong political activist “used to play guitar and write folk songs. But a soldier chopped his hands with an axe and machine gunned him to death so he couldn’t play guitar … <\/p>\n

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