Argentina Autonomista Tour in Glasgow and Edinburgh next week
ab | 24.06.2003 00:27 Argentina | Education
During their tour through Britain and beyond, two activists from Argentina will be hosting events, including talks, slide and puppet show, in Scotland. Here are place and description of the events in Scotland.
The reports of events hosted in other places have been very enthusiastic so far.
The reports of events hosted in other places have been very enthusiastic so far.
part of the puppet show
PIQUETERAS FROM ARGENTINIAN UNEMPLOYED WORKERS MOVEMENT
As part of a UK tour the Argentina Autonomista Project is coming to
Scotland in the first week of July.
The times, dates and venues are now all confirmed - please see below.
This is a fantastic opportunity to hear first hand accounts from
participants in the massive social movements which are challenging the
status quo in Argentina. The mass media is censoring reports of a huge
social upheaval where tens of thousands are taking direct action to take
control of their lives - don't miss these events!
The piqueteros/as movement of unemployed workers is so called due to their
tactic of picketing or blockading motorways and roads. The movement has created many self-managed resources, from bakeries to community centres.
Decision-making is based on mass meetings or assemblies, and women are very
prominent in the movement.
As the Argentinian economy has nosedived, there have been massive street
protests, huge co-ordinated blockades of major roads, over 200 factories
have been taken over under workers control, more than 300 co-ordinated
micro-enterprise co-operatives organised by the unemployed, countless
neighbourhood assemblies - often meeting weekly on street corners - have been formed, and many other autonomous popular initiatives.
Neka, a piquetera of the unemployed workers of the Anibal Veron
Co-ordination is coming to share her experience of the vast movement of occupations and grass-roots organising and resistance that has swept Argentina over the past two years or more.
Graciela a puppeteer will give a show (that has already toured the two Americas with great success) about local social movements and Argentina's insurrection.
PIQUETERAS FROM ARGENTINIAN UNEMPLOYED WORKERS MOVEMENT GLASGOW
7.30pm TUES 1 JULY
ALEX.THOMPSON HOTEL, 320 ARGYLE ST.
PIQUETERAS FROM ARGENTINIAN UNEMPLOYED WORKERS MOVEMENT
EDINBURGH
AT FOREST CAFE, 9 WEST PORT, OFF GRASSMARKET
2pm WED 2 JULY
AT MUIRHOUSE MILLENIUM CENTRE, 7 MURIHOUSE MEDWAY EH4 4RW
7.30PM WED 2 JULY
We encourage people to particularly attend this event, to support our use of the venue and thus enable us to use it again. Also it will probably be the best venue to see the Piqueteras in Edinburgh, due to its roomy size and comfiness ! But do get in touch for directions or use
http://multimap.com as not easiest place to find if not been before etc.
AT CWU, 15 BRUNSWICK STREET
7.30pm THURS 3 JULY
Help to publicise the events, and donations towards the airfares and other costs of the tour, are very welcome, call in at ACE opening times or ring ACE on 0131 557 6242
see also http://www.autonomista.org
(but please note the venue details given in this article are the correct ones where as the autonomista site has out of date lists)
for other tour dates around the British Isles see http://www.londonarc.org/Autonomista.html
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As part of a UK tour the Argentina Autonomista Project is coming to
Scotland in the first week of July.
The times, dates and venues are now all confirmed - please see below.
This is a fantastic opportunity to hear first hand accounts from
participants in the massive social movements which are challenging the
status quo in Argentina. The mass media is censoring reports of a huge
social upheaval where tens of thousands are taking direct action to take
control of their lives - don't miss these events!
The piqueteros/as movement of unemployed workers is so called due to their
tactic of picketing or blockading motorways and roads. The movement has created many self-managed resources, from bakeries to community centres.
Decision-making is based on mass meetings or assemblies, and women are very
prominent in the movement.
As the Argentinian economy has nosedived, there have been massive street
protests, huge co-ordinated blockades of major roads, over 200 factories
have been taken over under workers control, more than 300 co-ordinated
micro-enterprise co-operatives organised by the unemployed, countless
neighbourhood assemblies - often meeting weekly on street corners - have been formed, and many other autonomous popular initiatives.
Neka, a piquetera of the unemployed workers of the Anibal Veron
Co-ordination is coming to share her experience of the vast movement of occupations and grass-roots organising and resistance that has swept Argentina over the past two years or more.
Graciela a puppeteer will give a show (that has already toured the two Americas with great success) about local social movements and Argentina's insurrection.
PIQUETERAS FROM ARGENTINIAN UNEMPLOYED WORKERS MOVEMENT GLASGOW
7.30pm TUES 1 JULY
ALEX.THOMPSON HOTEL, 320 ARGYLE ST.
PIQUETERAS FROM ARGENTINIAN UNEMPLOYED WORKERS MOVEMENT
EDINBURGH
AT FOREST CAFE, 9 WEST PORT, OFF GRASSMARKET
2pm WED 2 JULY
AT MUIRHOUSE MILLENIUM CENTRE, 7 MURIHOUSE MEDWAY EH4 4RW
7.30PM WED 2 JULY
We encourage people to particularly attend this event, to support our use of the venue and thus enable us to use it again. Also it will probably be the best venue to see the Piqueteras in Edinburgh, due to its roomy size and comfiness ! But do get in touch for directions or use
http://multimap.com as not easiest place to find if not been before etc. AT CWU, 15 BRUNSWICK STREET
7.30pm THURS 3 JULY
Help to publicise the events, and donations towards the airfares and other costs of the tour, are very welcome, call in at ACE opening times or ring ACE on 0131 557 6242
see also
http://www.autonomista.org (but please note the venue details given in this article are the correct ones where as the autonomista site has out of date lists)
for other tour dates around the British Isles see
http://www.londonarc.org/Autonomista.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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