ZNet's Resource on Argentina's economic and political crisis and social movements

The Social Movements

In response to severe crisis, Argentines have created some of the most interesting movements and experiments in direct democracy in the hemisphere. 

Straub: Argentina and Us Mar 2, 2004
Gentile: Argentina's Lessons Mar 8, 2004
Feijoo: Argentina's Networks Mar 2, 2004
Scholl...: Argentina's Indigenous People Jan 23, 2004
Magnani: Argentina's Recovered Factories Dec 18, 2003
Massaldi: Buenos Aires Consensus Nov 20, 2003
Trigona: Repressing Piqueteros Oct 29, 2003
Weisbrot: The IMF/Argentina Negotiations August 14, 2003
Adamovsky: Parecon Aug 4, 2003
Trigona: Struggle for Brukman June 9, 2003
Monteagudo: Elections and Movements May 23, 2003
Feijoo: Autonomy May 21, 2003
Weisbrot: Argentina Election May 20, 2003
Klein: Elections vs. Democracy May 13, 2003
Trigona: Defend Brukman April 20, 2003
Trigona: Repression Continues April 10, 2003
Klein: Defend Indymedia Argentina March 26, 2003
Vasallo: In the Name of Life March 1, 2003
dyan: Hidden Slums of Buenos Aires Feb 25, 2003
Klein: Out of the Ordinary Feb 5, 2003
Ralston: December 20 Dec 23, 2002
Young..: Piqueteros Dec 11, 2002
Waisberg: Argentines Seize Factories Nov 28, 2002
Adamovsky: Argentine Social Forum Sept 3, 2002
Nogueira: Rebellion in Argentina May 2002 Z Magazine
Klein: IMF Go To Hell March 19,2002
Klein/Lewis/Vera-Zevala: Jailed For Asking For Food March 15,2002
Plath: The People's Assemblies In Argentina March 08, 2002
Hunter: Argentina Now February 2002
Spanish ZNet on Argentina December 2001
Petras: Action from Below January 2002

The Economic Crisis

Argentina's Crisis started with the biggest IMF-sponsored debacle in recent history, followed by a massive banking swindle.  But today the movements are pushing the government towards what could be an interesting outcome...

Arrizabalaga: Human Face  Feb 27, 2004
Burbach: Kirchner vs. IMF  Feb 20, 2004
CEPR: Argentina Since Default  Sept 3, 2002
Weisbrot: What are they doing to Argentina? June 26,2002
Weisbrot: More Than Surrender May 06,2002
Healy: Argentina's Market Enforced Crisis February 18,2002
Ximenez: The Bastards from LaborNotes
Cibils: Neoliberalism? January 14 2002
McGuire: Confusing Tales January 2002, CounterPunch
Kuttner: Argentina and US January 7 2002
Gabetta: IMF & Argentina Le Monde Diplo January 2002
Galeano: Debt Democracy from the Progressive
Love: Looters Get Toys in the UK Independent Dec 2001
Gabetta: IMF & Argentina December 2001
La Jornada: Editorial December 20, 2001
Hahnel: Tid Bits May 2001, ZNet Commentary

The Political Crisis

The Economic Crisis led to massive protests that overthrew four successive presidents. The government responded with so much repression that it made left many Argentines remembering the years of dictatorship.  Here are some pieces on the political crisis.

Bassi: Kirchner's Record Jan 26, 2003
Schockemoehl: Repression of Piqueteros Dec 26, 2003
Burbach: Blood In The Streets Of Buenos Aires July 03, 2002
Burbach: Argentine Abyss May 05,2002
Hillson: Argentina Notes April 24, 2002
Lewis: The Next Step April 04, 2002
Burbach: Argentina Next? February 28, 2002
Palast: Eyes Only Memos February 5, 2002
Burbach: Argentine Rebellion February 20, 2002
Valente: Rebellious Neighborhoods  

The Latin American Context

Argentina is not alone-- other countries in the region are going through many of the same problems and many believe they won't be far behind Argentina...

Blackwell: Argentine Micropolitics  August 29, 2002
Lewis: Latin America Contagion  July 23, 2002
Galeano: Interview April 14, 2002
Brecher: Many Argentinas? January 24, 2002