|
Date: |
|
Description: | Trafalgar Square was completed in 1845 and was named in honour of the British victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The Square has been a noted venue for political protests and demonstrations since the time of the Chartist Movement, soon after its completion. The rally seen here is in support of the Marxist Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 until his overthrow and death in a coup on 11th September 1973, which was followed by the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Allende was widely supported by leftists in Europe and elsewhere as a democratic Marxist politician. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | Unknown Copyright | Subjects: | Power and Politics | Temporal: | c1970 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
|
|