Author Archives: Nick MacWilliam

Nick MacWilliam is a British documentary maker and journalist. He has contributed to The Real News Network, The Guardian, Mint Press News, In These Times, Jacobin, Tribune, New Internationalist, teleSUR and other media. He is director of the documentary Santiago Rising about Chile’s protest movement of 2019. He is co-editor of Alborada, an independent media platform for progressive politics and culture in Latin America.

Demonstrators gather in Santiago, on October 25, 2019, a week after protests started. Demonstrations against a hike in metro ticket prices in Chile's capital exploded into violence on October 18, unleashing widening protests over living costs and social inequality. Photo by PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images

Workers of the World

The far right has hijacked Chile’s new constitutional process. Women and LGBTQ activists are fighting back.

by Nick MacWilliam September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Chile’s 2019 Social Explosion demanded a new constitution to replace the current Pinochet-era document. But the right has now gained control of the process.