Food riots have been occurring for several months in debt-ridden Argentina (not that you would know it from the Western media). Last night, over 100,000 ordinary citizens took to the streets to protest against a government-imposed state of siege. Police repression was especially severe, with 10 protestors shot dead and hundreds beaten and tear gassed.

We should show our solidarity with the Argentine people in their hour of need by picketing the Argentine embassy in London. Suggestions, anyone?

The differences between the current crisis and Germany in the '30s are quite different. The Weimar hyperinflation was much worst than the Argentine hyperinflation of the eighties. Although the debt burden on Argentina is heavy, it is not comparable to the reparations crisis imposed on Germany by the Versailles Treaty where foreign troops were stationed in the Rhineland for many years. The middle class in Germany was wiped out during the Weimar inflation much worse than the growing middle class poverty in Argentina. The world had entered the Great Depression by the time Hitler assumed power in 1932. But saying that is not to deny that the situation in Argentina is bound to worsen next year. The currency and debt crisis is not resolved by any stretch of the imagination. There is a possibility of massive devaluation and default which could end in economic chaos. The world is poised betweeen a small recession or much worse next year. The problem is more that of one Argentina or many Argentinas rather than a repeat of the thirties.

So what you're saying, it seems, is that yes, there are a lot of similarities but at the moment the crisis is not as severe as after the Weimar. It's always at times of crisis that people's minds, by necessity, open and they look to ways of changing things. Considering the anarchist movement (in terms of liberating land and setting up co-ops etc.) in Argentina is one of the most active in the world, and as far as I know there isn't much of an overtly fascist presence there, perhaps we should be looking there with hope. Maybe they'll lead the way.