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The story of the torture and murder of Victor Jara and the circumstances surrounding. Terribly sad - the absolutely evil Pinochet regime - that human beings can do such terrible things to one another is beyond belief and yet it happens, throughout history, with alarming regularity. Many more people were 'disappeared' at the time, none of whose lives were of any less value, but Victor Jara was a public figure and his killing was a particularly despicable act. I don't think he intended to be an 'activist' per se - just a troubadour, singing his beliefs with a genuine feeling for his countrymen and women. Such a powerful thing were his songs and his persona that he posed a threat that needed to be silenced.

I've spoken about tribute songs to him on the board before - Bruce Springsteen is moved to tears doing his - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zX2L-RiGRI - this was an honest, guileless, humble man with a gift for unifying and moving his audience with his prose and clarity. His wife Joan has fought relentlessly and tirelessly to bring his murderers to book and to preserve his memory and legacy - she's in her 90's now - a lifetime's unflagging work. 

Arlo Guthrie's tribute ...