The true story of the Scottish workers who defied Pinochet! Stream the BAFTA-winning NAE PASARAN anywhere in the world! (with English, Spanish or French subtitles)
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America Latina:
The great Bob Fulton has passed away this week at the age of 101. I only got to know him during the last decade of his life, and those years alone could fill up the pages of a wonderfully surreal biography. Bob was larger than life. 1/
Very sad news today. John Keenan has passed away at 83, after a short illness.
His career at Rolls Royce East Kilbride began in his teens as an apprentice where he became a shop steward and eventually a respect convener.
48 years ago this week, Bob Fulton, a shop steward at Rolls Royce East Kilbride in Scotland found at his station the Avon engine he was working on to be from Chile. Avon engines powered Hawker Hunter jets, the most exported British-made aircraft at the time. (Photo: John McCann)
The true story of the Scottish workers who defied Pinochet! Stream the BAFTA-winning NAE PASARAN anywhere in the world! (with English, Spanish or French subtitles)
★★★★ Time Out // ★★★★ Financial Times
America Latina:
Here's to the wonderful Robert Somerville, who sadly has moved on, aged 85. Also known as Bobby, Papa or Mr Netherdale (after the youth club of the same name he founded in Motherwell), he was a beloved great-grandfather, a loving husband to Jean and a legendary shop steward.
On this day 50 years ago, Bob Fulton refused to repair the Chilean Air Force engine at his work desk in protest against General Pinochet's military coup six months earlier.
The engine powered Hawker Hunter jets, which had been used on the day of the coup to bomb Santiago.
Nine days left on the iplayer! It won't come up unless you search for it too so don't let it slip you by. You might think this'll be hard work to watch, but it's basically the Avengers with sounder politics.
He was the Scottish trade unionist and force of nature of the anti-fascist movement. At Rolls Royce East Kilbride in 1974, his defiant and principled refusal to work on Pinochet’s aircraft engines grounded the majority of Chile’s Air Force, during the dictatorship. 2/
He is survived by his daughter Lyn, son, Roy, son-in-law and confidant Donal, a loving family and many friends in many countries. He will be deeply missed.
Compañero Bob Fulton!
"The world is full of light, and this film is one shining example." Emma Thompson was so struck by the message of solidarity in the
@BAFTAScotland
nominated
@naepasaran
that she wanted to share this with you.
Nae Pasaran! is in cinemas from 2nd November
His colleagues rallied around him that day, likely preventing him from getting fired. Their collective stand lasted over four years until the engines mysteriously vanished from the factory yard in August 1978. 3/
Bob’s commitment to human rights resonated beyond his own time and place. Already nicknamed the “Tank Commander” at Rolls Royce, for his years spent with the REME in Italy and Germany during World War II, Bob became a Honourary Commander of the Republic in Chile 4/
Humble in his demeanor (aside from the time he told me he was the funniest person he knew), Bob was a giant in the everlasting fight for human dignity and the lives of those who were lucky to know him. 5/
.
@naepasaran
takes home the coveted
#BAFTAScot18
FEATURE FILM award for its incredible account of the remarkable true story of Scottish factory workers’ impact on Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile.
The relief! Gabriel Boric is the next president of Chile! Youngest president and one of the former student leaders from the 2011 protests, what a leap forward for human rights, LGBTQ+, women and indigenous rights in Chile! Tears! xxxx
In a different timeline, he would have loved to be a dairy farmer. His favourite memory was of his late-wife Lottie agreeing to marry him. His favourite song was Paul Robeson’ Swing Low Sweet Chariot and his favourite meal was mince and tatties with “maybe some beans”. 6/
It took decades for them to find out how far their solidarity had reached. The full story can be found in our BAFTA-winning documentary, available here:
47 years since the Chilean coup, we remember those who disappeared and those who passed away, those who resisted and organised and those who created hope.
47 años. Recordamos a los desaparecidos y fallecidos.
Recordamos a los que resistieron, organizaron y crearon esperanza. ✊🏽
Want to send a Christmas card to the Nae Pasaran guys?
Many have asked if they could show them their appreciation over the festive period. This year, as - like so many of us - they’ve been pretty isolated, we know they’d really enjoy receiving a few extra cards and good cheer.
Did you miss out on Bob, Robert, John and Stuart's
@BAFTAScotland
-winning tale of solidarity while it was in cinemas?
We're delighted to announce that NAE PASARAN will premiere in full on
@BBCScotland
on the 24th of February at 22.30.
Just like that.
East Kilbride Rolls Royce was the last factory in the world for overhauls of the aging Hawker Hunter engines. In protest against the coup, Bob alerted his colleagues, refused to work on any equipment from Chile and went back to his station, expecting to be fired.
49 years since the military coup in Chile today. A devastating day that resulted in a high wave of international solidarity.
Watch NAE PASARAN for free today (with the code NuncaMas at checkout).
NAE PASARAN on KENMURE STREET!
Pay-what-you-can outdoor anniversary screening on the 12th Sept at the Bowling Green on Kenmure Street in Glasgow + Q&A with two of the stars + Director! Firewood pizzas!
Film at 8, food from 5!
Here we go! NAE PASARAN will be screening from 2 November in over 50 cinemas across the UK!
"Documentary gold" ★★★★ The Herald - Find your screenings here: Tell your local cinemas to screen if you want to see it.
Happy 97th Birthday to Bob Fulton, father of two, grandfather of four, great-grandfather of 6, WWII veteran, former Rolls-Royce shop stewart, Commander for the Republic of Chile and all-round legend.
Big hug to his family for looking after him so well during lockdown xxx
A
Thank you all for the very kind words tonight. Hoping to see more stories like these on the BBC and more Bob Fultons everywhere. Good night x
#NaePasaran
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Within a day, the entire floor had backed Bob and work stopped. Some were mid-assembly and blocked the lines. After months of delays, the engines were roughly put back together and left out in the yard, prey to the Scottish weather. (Photo: Johnson Press)
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☑️Rents/Utility bills suspended
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The Nae Pasarán workers along with their engine, the first they boycotted, back in East Kilbride as a public monument to international solidarity and trade unionism. You'll find it just outside
@SLCek
exposed to the elements as the workers meant to keep it.
22 March! 45 years ago today, Bob Fulton started the longest since action of solidarity for Chile when he refused to work on the Chilean Air Force engines in protest against Pinochet's dictatorship.
NAE PASARAN is on iPlayer for four more days!
Many people who saw the film in Chile had lived through the dictatorship, but also many young folk who were not just hearing about this solidarity for the first time, but were finding about what happened in Chile through the film. Bob wanted to send them a short message below:
The evergreen Bob Fulton turns 99 today! NINETY-NINE.
Happy Birthday, Bob!
You can celebrate this weekend by watching Nae Pasaran for free, using the code 'FelizBob':
2018 turned out to be the year we finished our film and that felt great, but we never expected what it would become once you got your eyes on it. A huge thank you for all your support over six years, thank you for seeing it in a cinema, many times over for some of you! 1/x
¡Chile! 'Nae Pasaran' está disponible para las proximas semanas. ¡Míralo y compártelo y recuerda el poder que tenemos como individuos unidos que actúan por un mundo mejor. ¡Nada verdaderamente bueno y fundamental ha mejorado si la gente no aparece!
CHILE!
@NaePasaran
es un largometraje documental y coproducción escocesa-chilena. Han sido 6 años de trabajo para documentar esta historia y su impacto. Estamos trabajando para asegurarnos de que se estrenará en Chile, con suerte, en 2019.
@laventanacine
The engines remained in the factory for over four years, until they mysteriously vanished in the middle of the night in August 1978 (Photo: Glasgow Herald)
Thank you to everyone who sent a card! We received over 60 cards in the last two weeks and been told there are more to come. Here s Bob Fulton this morning (in his family bubble).
Happy Christmas to everyone!
💥 POP QUIZ! 💥
This year at GFT, what film clocked up three records: the biggest new release at GFT in the whole of 2018, a new all-time box office record for a Spring release, and the most screenings of a new release at GFT?
Answer on the
#GFTBlog
👇
Thank you
@glasgowfilmfest
for taking a chance on our rough cut and making the very first screening of NAE PASARAN such a joy! We finished the film less than two weeks ago and your support and kindness in the last days meant the world to us.
He often mentioned his uncle who escaped home to join the International Brigades in Spain against Franco as the spark of his political awakening and the inspiration for the title "Nae Pasaran".
Want to hear how a few Scots quietly made a ruckus for a dictator on the other side of the world?
Did you know that some of your pals still haven't seen it?
NAE PASARAN is back on
@BBCScotland
and
@BBCiPlayer
on Saturday night!
Six months earlier, the Chilean Air Force Hawker Hunters had been used during General Pinochet's coup d'etat to destroy the Moneda Palace in Santiago, where the democratically elected president, Salvador Allende, and his staff were refusing to surrender. (Footage: Pedro Chaskel)
Well-kent and well-loved for his generosity, solidarity and laughter, he received an MBE for his work in industrial relations at Rolls Royce and, most recently, was made a Commander to the Republic of Chile for his efforts to preserve human rights in Chile.
This is an image from Chile this week, too similar to some you'll see in NAE PASARAN from 45 years ago. It may have only happened in "third-world countries" then, but it's everywhere today.
Rise, resist, repel x
He was a tireless, lifelong campaigner, still volunteering with the Citizen's Advice bureau in EK, helping however he could. I knew him as a man of action and few words, however he made them count.
Chile votes today to (fingers crossed) finally get rid of Pinochet's constitution.
A very long road to get here and another one ahead, but today I am full of hope and tomorrow, hopefully, full of joy.
#apruebo
#chiledesperto
Artwork by
@ale21diaz
The coup led to 17 years of dictatorship with thousands of disappearances and human rights abuses. Hundreds of thousands went into exile. (Photo:
@ChasGerretsen
)
NAE PASARAN screens at the University of Glasgow this Friday 24th November, followed by a Q&A and panel with the director and many more on memory, migration and solidarity in Scotland. Tickets below:
NAE PASARAN on KENMURE STREET!
Pay-what-you-can outdoor anniversary screening on the 12th Sept at the Bowling Green on Kenmure Street in Glasgow + Q&A with two of the stars, Stuart Barrie and John Keenan + Director!
Come for the film, stay for the food and chat!
He was a warm, empathetic man who instinctively acted out of love, rather than fear, and his sudden absence leaves knots of grief that, hopefully, the happy memories we shared will one day loosen. He will be greatly missed. x
Love how this story reaches a new audience every few months who discover it with the same "too good to be true" incredulity we had when we started documenting it. It's all true. Hope you enjoy and pass it on to someone who might need to hear it. Link below.
#solidarityforever
#OtD
22 Mar 1974, Scottish workers in the East Killbride Rolls Royce factory refused to work on engines from planes belonging to Pinochet's regime. They kept the refusal up for 4 years, leaving the engines outside to rust, before they went missing overnight.
US-backed intervention in Latin America has never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever resulted in poverty reduction, better healthcare, education or generally more opportunities for the majority of its people.
#NoMorePinochets
#Venezuela
#Oil
Happy birthday to John Keenan! 80 today!
He was on the R-R Works Committee during the boycott, and refused from day one to overhaul anything for Pinochet. He candidly admitted during an interviews that he'd wished to become an opera singer. Hope you get to sing one out today!
Born a "miracle baby" (2 lbs, 1 oz), he became a black belt in judo (and briefly bodyguard to Tencha Allende during a solidarity rally) and a lifetime communist who once 'partied' with Bob Marley (who gave him a record which he always regretted losing).
Six years after meeting the
@CaledonianNews
university archivist Carole McCallum for
@naepasaran
research, all of the workers' archives covering their boycott from 74-78 have now been donated to the uni archives for preservation.
#WorkingClass
#History
NAE PASARAN hits UK cinema screens this November, we want everyone to see the film so tag in/tell us below which towns/cities/cinemas you'd like to see it shown in... Thanks!
He played guitar, although his work with vibration tools made it difficult for him. He told me once he'd always wanted to be an opera singer. He'll be sorely missed.
On the 46th anniversary of the Chilean coup, we remember an act that set a sinister blueprint not just for Chile but for the world we live in now.
More than anything, we remember the names, the voices, the words of those who fought for a fairer Chile for all. 1/2
Use the code TORIESOUT at checkout to get 40% of our DVD on the website below. Shipping to UK and Ireland.
If you'd like it for Christmas, please order before the 15th of December. Thanks!
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NAE PASARAN can be streamed/downloaded anywhere in the world here below.
The BAFTA-winning true story of solidarity is available en castellano, en français, or with full english subtitles if the Glasgow patter is proving to be a challenge!
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Bob's engine, 15607, the first of eight engines to be caught in the workers' boycott in 1974, is back in Scotland 45 years later and gets unveiled this Friday on the grounds of the South Lanarkshire College, a new public monument in East Kilbride. 1/3
Hi everyone, Bob wanted to record a short message to thank everyone who wished him well on his birthday!
(Sidenote: Bob has always been the best at punching out the "-ran" of Nae Pasaran, as he does here. Love it. ✊)
Having a toast to our fave Victor Jara tonight (who didn't drink much but I doubt he'd begrudge me one). A unique time machine, his words and music documents the hopes of the past and the potential for our future. Love you, pal.
#VictorJara
#Presente
#Ahora
#y
#Siempre
Don't miss the chance to see the film everyone is talking about.
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Glasgow Film Festival 2018 will close with the World Premiere of Felipe Bustos Sierra's Nae Pasaran, the true story of the Scots who defied Pinochet:
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Bob tracked every piece of equipment belonging to the Chilean Air Force and declared that no one should work on them.
This began the longest single action of solidarity in history, stopping the engines for four years until they mysteriously disappeared one night.
At his family's request, donations can be made, on his behalf, to Young Lives vs Cancer
@YLvsCancer
, a charity whose work Robert and his family care much for. Thank you.
Free screenings of NAE PASARAN throughout August for Chilean secondary school students in 11 regions. Would love to see this happening in Scotland. How do we make that happen
@NicolaSturgeon
@LindaFabianiSNP
?
You can now pre-order the NAE PASARAN dvd on our website (and/or buy the poster)! Thank you so much for your patience and support. NAE PASARAN comes out on DVD in the UK on 15 April 2019!