¡TENEMOS FURIA! DEMANDAS E REFLEXÕES DO FEMINISMO SOCIALISTA CHILENO (1981-1986)

Abstract

In 1973, Chile experienced a military-political coup that profoundly altered the
social and economic transformations achieved in recent years. Beyond the violence instigated
against opponents, Augusto Pinochet introduced a new economic model in Latin America:
neoliberalism. In this way, Chile transitioned from socialism, chosen democratically, to a
neoliberal regime imposed by the violence of the dictatorship. The effects of this drastic
change are still felt by the population, which found itself deprived of fundamental rights such
as education and healthcare. Women were strongly affected by the new regime, both by the
violence perpetrated by the state and by economic measures that led to what has been termed
the "feminization of poverty." The Federación de Mujeres Socialista, a clandestine entity,
discussed and denounced the effects of the new Chilean scenario on women's daily lives
through the magazine Furia. The periodical circulated between 1980 and 1983, always
clandestinely and with articles signed by pseudonyms. Thus, in this article, we aim to analyze
how the publication discussed the oppressions that fell upon women in a neoliberal and
undemocratic context, as well as the relationships between feminism and socialism.