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i the film - indymedia exposed - european screening tour starts 10th Oct, London
03-10-2006 09:47
“i” positively vibrates with the energy and creativity of the movement it documents. Beautiful, intellectual, riotous, it fits in no box — and no blurb! Just see it! — Naomi Klein“i” is an excellent introduction to the ideas of autonomy, horizontal social movements, networks, media and their interrelation in today’s corporate-driven global marketplace...
Film and Seminar on Argentina
29-09-2003 22:00
Argentina Autonomista Tour in Glasgow and Edinburgh next week
24-06-2003 00:27
The reports of events hosted in other places have been very enthusiastic so far.
Direct Democracy Evolves From Economic Crisis
22-02-2002 23:00
UPRISING IN ARGENTINA Feb 22 2002
Tens of thousands of Argentines converged last weekend in Buenos Aires to forge alliances and develop alternatives to the economic and political crisis that is gripping their country. Through public meetings and protests, people from virtually every sector of Argentine society are taking matters into their own hands to come up with solutions to problems that their government and economists have failed to resolve.
On Friday, thousands of people converged in downtown to occupy Plaza de Mayo for a cacerolazo and to camp out overnight. On Saturday, an unprecedented gathering of workers and piqueteros occurred downtown. On Sunday, local asambleas from around the country converged in Buenos Aires for a national asamblea. And, in some parts of the country, workers have taken over and are running factories that owners have abandoned.
Once a model student of the International Monetary Fund and promoted as a model for the rest of Latin America to follow, Argentina fell into crisis under the weight of about $140 billion in international debt and has instead become a model of an imploding neoliberal economy. One observer described Argentina as "a laboratory of struggle."
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VIDEO J26 "Cacerolazo": pots & pans protest in support of women in Argentina
10-02-2002 21:38
the most active banks in Argentina and which has been implicated in the collapse of its economy. (article 1)