Unions, Native People Fight Mining “Reforms” & Police Repression in Argentina
Indigenous people & workers are resisting a reform which attacks the right to protest
People of Jujuy, Argentina have been resisting right-wing political attacks on wages & the right to protest. In the past few days the conflict has escalated with severe police repression throughout the largely Indigenous and impoverished province.
#Argentina #PoliceRepression #DefundThePolice #indigenous #RightToProtest #neofascism
Addendum 1
New form of colonization: Argentinian workers confront the IMF
A spiraling debt crisis triggered by former President Macri’s IMF loans has sent the value of Argentina’s currency plummeting, and with it the real wages of the working class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeujvBvruL0
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have a long history of plunging Global South nations into unsustainable cycles of debt.
#Argentina #IMF #neocolonialism #debt #PovertyIndustrialComplex #WealthInequality
Addendum 2
Resisting the Debt System
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/28/resisting-the-debt-system
U.N: 52 countries (40% of developing world) in “serious debt trouble.”
Crushing debt crisis development disaster for billions
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138597
International Monetary Fund & World Bank are renegotiating their debt—not to abolish it, but to grant more loans & reschedule loan payments, to preserve the debt system that keeps the Global South indebted to Western capital
Addendum 3
Global South Countries Need New Legal Framework for Debt Relief
At forums like the IMF & G20 wealthy nations’ interests dominate the conversation
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/global-south-debt-relief-imf-g20-paris-summit
* lack of progress on relief for the ~60% of low-income economies nearing debt distress levels
* w/o debt restructuring, new investments in climate mitigation in places most at risk remain an impossibility
#debt #ClimateCrisis #IMF #WorldBank #PovertyIndustrialComplex #capitalism #NeoColonialism
Global South countries currently seek debt relief at forums like the IMF and G20, where wealthy nations’ interests dominate the conversation. Low-income economies need a forum where they can collaborate to solve urgent problems rather than begging for relief.
Addendae 4
Far-Right Libertarian Wins Argentina’s Presidential Primary
Javier Milei wants to abolish the central bank, adopt U.S. dollar as Argentina’s currency
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/world/americas/argentina-javier-milei-president-primary.html
* front-runner in Argentina fall general election
* embraces comparisons to Donald Trump
* former television pundit
* Argentina: population 46 million, some of world’s largest reserves of oil, gas, lithium
#Argentina #JavierMilei #libertarianism #neofascism #ConspiracyTheorists #capitalism #neoliberalism
Addendae 4 cont'd 1/
Javier Milei: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Milei
* proponent, Austrian School of economic thought
* controversial political positions:
opposition to abortion, even in cases of rape
rejection of sexual education in schools
support for possession of firearms by civilian population
promotion of cultural Marxism far-right conspiracy theory
denial of global warming
#Argentina #JavierMilei #libertarianism #neofascism #ConspiracyTheorists #capitalism #Trumpism
Addendae 4 cont'd 2/
Argentina’s Presidential Primary Winner Has Vowed to “Chainsaw” Public Spending
Trumpist Javier Milei wants to abolish central bank; calls climate change “socialist lie”
https://truthout.org/articles/argentinas-presidential-primary-winner-has-vowed-to-chainsaw-public-spending
Javier Milei Says He’s the Future of Argentina /Looks Like Its Past
How right-wing economists like Milton Friedman inspired surging presidential candidate
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/javier-milei-says-hes-the-future-of-argentina-he-looks-a-lot-like-its-past-argentina-election-milton-friedman
#Argentina #JavierMilei #libertarianism #neofascism #ConspiracyTheorists #capitalism #Trumpism
Funny / not funny 🤣 / 🤔 | 😯
Warriors Come Out to Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6emWN2tEPMk
Uncanny resemblance ... 🤨 #GoodMovie
Warriors 1979 Nowhere to run to baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1x2xiKrv4
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas- Nowhere to Run 👍️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQRIOKvR2WM
Addendae 4 cont'd 3/
Atlas Network & Argentina’s Trump
Climate change denier Javier Milei supported by Atlas Network
https://www.desmog.com/2023/08/22/javier-milei-argentina-atlas-network
* will run in Argentina’s 2023-10 presidential election
Atlas Network: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Network
* web of free market think tanks
* 501(c)(3) organization
* training, networking, grants for libertarian, free-market, conservative groups
https://persagen.com >> search: "atlas network"
#Argentina #JavierMilei #neofascism #AtlasNetwork #neoliberalism
Ask Argentine politician, economist, and presidential candidate Javier Milei what he thinks of climate change, and he might tell you that it’s “another lie of socialism” and “part of the agenda of Cultural Marxism.” The right-wing politician is part of coalition Libertad Avanza and this August won the most votes in Argentina’s primary election, enabling […]
Addendae 5
Libertarian firebrand Milei has a real shot at Argentina's presidency
Milei has shaken up Argentina's political culture — and new polls suggest he could actually win
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/milei-argentina-election-1.6944351
* viewed increasingly as real contender in new polls since he upended expectations by coming 1st in Argentina's primary elections last week
* polls failed to capture true strength of right-wing candidate Javier Milei
#Argentina #JavierMilei #neofascism #AtlasNetwork #neoliberalism #polling
Libertarian upstart candidate Javier Milei is in a strong position to win the country's presidency following his victory in last week's primaries. Milei proposes a radical remake that would see Argentina abolish its central bank and currency, end social programs and liberalize gun ownership.
Addendum 6
See also addendae 1-3
Report Shows Major Banks Continue Funding Climate Chaos in Global South
Calls on banks to honor climate promises, stop funding fossil fuels & deforestation
https://truthout.org/articles/new-report-shows-major-banks-continue-to-fund-climate-chaos-in-global-south
* world’s major banks funneled 20x more money to climate-polluting industries in Global South than Global North
Banks fueling the climate crisis
https://actionaid.org/publications/2023/how-finance-flows-banks-fuelling-climate-crisis
#capitalism #ClimateCrisis #IMF #MonetaryFunds #neocolonialism #WorldBank #deforestation #EcologicalDestruction
Addendum 7
See also addendae 4, 5
Argentina: Face of Voter Disaffection Is Anarcho-Capitalist
Meteoric rise of hard-right libertarian Javier Milei sets off alarm bells
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/javier-milei-argentine-election-voter-dealignment-massa-bullrich-macri-peronism
* rec'd highest overall vote count in Argentina’s primary election
* Milei in position to clinch October general election
* to avoid disaster the center-left candidate must convince voters that the welfare state is worth fighting for
#Argentina #JavierMilei #neofascism #neoliberalism #ConspiracyTheorists
In Argentina, the meteoric rise of hard-right libertarian Javier Milei has set off alarm bells. To avoid disaster in the October elections, the center-left candidate must convince voters that the welfare state is still worth fighting for.
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