Porto Alegre Delegate to speak in Dublin Friday

by Red 1913 Thu Jun 26, 2003 14:47

Maybe Mike will tell us why the SSP are prepared to leave the Capitalist System intact.

by Badman Thu Jun 26, 2003 15:38

There are two Argentinian unemployed, 'Piquetero' activists also speaking this weekend at the Grassroots Gathering, in the Teachers club. The first one unfortunately clashes with the SWP meeting. So the public will have to choose between a puppet show and a muppet show! (sorry, couldn't resist the gag)

Friday night 9 pm - Piquetera: community puppet theatre from Argentina Graciela Monteagudo - Argentinian community artist and human rights activist

Graciela will give a unique puppet show portraying how workers have gone from regular jobs to picking up cardboard from the streets of Buenos Aires every night to sell it for a few pence. The show - which has already toured the two Americas with great success - tells of the local social movements that have grown to create a near insurrection. Over the last 2 years an incredible wave of social protest and action has engulfed Argentina. In the midst of the well-publicised economic collapse there have been massive street protests, numerous co-ordinated road blockades, over 200 factories under workers control, more than three hundred coordinated microenterprise cooperatives organized by unemployed women and men, countless neighborhood associations formed, and many other autonomous popular initiatives.

Saturday 6.30 pm – Road blocks, community assemblies and factory occupations: experiences from the grass-roots movements in Argentina
Neka Jara - Anibal Veron Co-ordination of unemployed workers (Piqueteros movement)

Neka is coming to share her experience of the vast movement of occupations and grass-roots organising and resistance that has swept Argentina. Over the last 2 years an incredible wave of social protest and action has engulfed Argentina. In the midst of the well-publicised economic collapse there have been massive
street protests, numerous co-ordinated road blockades, over 200 factories under workers control, more than three hundred coordinated microenterprise cooperatives organized by unemployed women and men, countless neighborhood associations formed, and many other autonomous popular initiatives. Yet, little is heard about this in this country. This event is part of the Argentina Autonomista Project tour, bringing news of the struggle in Argentina to Britain and Ireland, and aiming to make connections with people struggling for social justice here.

by Verybadman Fri Jun 27, 2003 13:02

for another 'clash'!

by Magneto Fri Jun 27, 2003 13:16

Whats Kevin done wrong? It sper Red 1913 doing the stirring.