"Kast’s victory proves that “managing neoliberalism” is a failed strategy for the left, as it only fuels Pinochetismo, which the centre-left accommodated for decades. The left, with the Communist Party at its core, now faces the challenge of organising mass resistance against Kast’s agenda of fiscal austerity, mass expulsion of immigrants and a full neoliberal restoration that will erase even the timid Concertacion progressive reforms of 1990-2025.
Chile’s communists, as the most consistently anti-neoliberal force within the broader left, have the potential to shape and organise a broad political and social front of resistance against Kast’s extreme right-wing government. Resistance against Kast will be inextricably linked to the struggle against neoliberalism. A critical weakness in Chile remains the lack of an authoritative left leadership capable of successfully organising the working class to fulfil Boric’s own promise: “If Chile was the birthplace of neoliberalism, it will also be its grave.”"
