50 Years from the Coup: Colin Turbett on Aye Venceremos!

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The next offering in our lineup for Book Fringe 2023 features social historian Colin Turbett, whose latest book Aye Venceremos! focuses on Scottish solidarity in the fifty years since the fascist coup in Chile, 1973.

Published by fellow radical bookshop Calton Books in Glasgow, this book provides insightful research into the main events and violence of the coup and the role Scottish activists played in the years that followed. From leading the way with the boycott of military jet engines in Rolls Royce East Kilbride to welcoming hundreds of displaced refugees, we’ll be talking to Colin about why Scotland should feel proud of its contribution of support to the people of Chile.

Colin is joining Lighthouse as part of this year’s Book Fringe: ALT Edition in partnership with two other Edinburgh indie bookshops – Argonaut and Typewronger.

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Our Speaker

Colin Turbett was a career social worker in the West of Scotland for many years, and continues to write and consult in that area. His long-held interest in socialist politics and social history combined when he started to write about the history of the USSR from the aspect of the lives of ordinary citizens.