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UPDATE 11/6 12:28AM Update on the prisoners of Mar Del Plata, who are being gradually released
11/4: 9:17PM Two Indymedia journalists are among the 87 people who have been detained by police.
3:48PM More photos. Over 87 people have been arrested and 5 people are missing.
10AM:More photos, audio and reports translated by sd indymedia
As was planned, at 2:30 today, actions against Lockheed Martin began. There was a march and rally where various organizations spoke including The Antiimperialist Movement for World Peace, Anti-Imperialist Call of Cordoba Against Bush, The Third Summit of Communities, United Left, MTR Cuba, Unidhos and independent people who were present.
Como estaba previsto hoy se realizó desde las 14.30 el repudio y escrache a la empresa Loockeed Martin. Fue convocado y estuvieron presentes varias organizaciones sociales y políticas entre las que se encuentran el Movimiento Antiimperialista y Por la Paz Mundial (MAP), Convocatoria Antiimperialista de Córdoba por el NO a Bush, III Cumbre de los Pueblos, Izquierda Unida, MTRCuba, Unidhos y gente independiente que se sumó en el lugar.
Original reports from Argentina Indymedia
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Approximately some 250 people cut the Carlos Paz-Cordoba route and expressed their rejection of Lockheed Martin and Bush with songs, burning flags and tires.
We should note that Lockheed Martin is the principal US corporation dedicated to the production of planes, helicopters and weapons with which the people of Iraq have been massacred for more than two years. In Argentina, Lockheed fired more than 1,500 workers from Cordoba when they took possesion of the Material Area of Cordoba, July 1st, 1996.
[original story]
Aproximadamente unas 250 personas cortaron la ruta Carlos Paz-Córdoba a la altura del Barrio Aeronático y expresaron su repudio con cantos, quemas de banderas yankis y entrega de volantes.
Como estaba previsto hoy se realizó desde las 14.30 el repudio y escrache a la empresa Loockeed Martin. Fue convocado y estuvieron presentes varias organizaciones sociales y políticas entre las que se encuentran el Movimiento Antiimperialista y Por la Paz Mundial (MAP), Convocatoria Antiimperialista de Córdoba por el NO a Bush, III Cumbre de los Pueblos, Izquierda Unida, MTRCuba, Unidhos y gente independiente que se sumó en el lugar.
Debemos recordar que Lockheed Martin es la principal corporación estadounidense dedicada a la producción de aviones, helicópteros y armas con que se masacra desde hace más de dos años al pueblo iraquí. En Argentina, la Lockheed despidió a más de 1.500 obreros cordobeses cuando tomó posesión de la ex Área Material Córdoba, el 1º de julio de 1996. Lo que era antes la Fábrica Militar de Aviones, es hoy un mero taller de reparaciones, con un mercado cautivo y 525 millones de pesos anuales por mantenimiento y 180 millones por fabricación, que paga el Estado argentino tras la renegociación del contrato aceptada por el gobierno de Kirchner. La Lockheed Martin factura anualmente 23 mil millones de dólares y como el resto de los componentes del complejo industrial-militar del Pentágono, es cómplice de la administración Bush.
Aproximadamente unas 250 personas cortaron la ruta Carlos Paz-Córdoba a la altura del Barrio Aeronático y expresaron su repudio con cantos, quemas de banderas yankis y entrega de volantes.
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Was it really necessary to pollute by burning tires? You have now polluted the air and land. Aren't there better ways to get your message across?
Environment
sometimes the visibility is necessary. it seems like a fairly harmless way to make a BIG impact.... even if it is an environmental one initially. people miles away can't see a protest. They *can* see smoke. (all smoke is pollution, would you rather they burn something else? Or never burn another thing again??)
eh
burning tires or depleted uranium and years of murder and warfare? which do we want?
tires don't just disappear after not being used anyway. they're still pollution.
sd@narchist
Believe it or not, there are things in this world even more dangerous than burning tires.
Like ignorance, for example.
The practice of burning tires is not the most ecologically advanced. However, it is an important tactic of a very socially advanced movement in Argentina, the piqueteros.
If you educated yourself on this movement, you would be aware of the fact that the piqueteros have taken Argentina by storm, blockading highways all over the country to insist on the just treatment of poor and displaced workers, who have been savaged by IMF/World Bank mandated debt repayment programs that have devastated social spending. IMF/World Bank mandates have also forced ecologically and socially disastrous so-called development programs on countries all over the world.
The piqueteros, along with the neighborhood assemblies, collective factory occupations, Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, and other energetic peoples' organizations in Argentina, have been at the cutting edge of rolling back the onslaught of these neoliberal policies in the country. The model of self-reliance and truly democratic civic participation that they epitomize has drawn strength from and in turn inspired fights for ecological and social justice all over the world, from the revolt of Indian peasants in Kerala against Coca Cola's contamination and destruction of their water supply, to the fight against the Narmada damn, to the South African struggle against utilities privatization and water and electricity cutoffs to the poor.
Within this larger picture, of which you are evidently sadly ignorant, your concern about the tires seems just slightly obtuse.
Rub the tears from your eyes and get to work educating yourself. It is too late for the tires. But it is not too late for you!
ne1
Argentina's leftist movement puts any work we are doing in the U.S. to shame. The Argentines are a highly politicized society with a rich memory for the historical. Their tradition of collective organizing and effective resistance stretches back to times of radical anarchist uprising at the beginning of last century.
Argentina is 78% against the passage of the FTAA; it is because they are an educated bunch all too familiar with the effects of neoliberal structural adjustment. The people of Argentina are providing the global movement with positive models for lving in a post-neoliberal country. So while the piqueteros are blocking roads with burning tires, we can keep on using our puppets to resist empire.
San Diego IMC is my favorite IMC.
panchita
we don't need to blame ourselves for not burning tires in the streets or not being educated...its not my fault that majority of this country doesn't have access to the information that we have or that people in argentina experience in their lives daily. rather than dissing our use of puppets in protests, consider their use in a regionally specific context: blocking a highway with burning tires in the united states would probably be considered terrorism, whereas street theater is a way of reclaiming spacE, co-opted by private interests, and educate people about why we are doing it in the first place.
of course the united states isn't politicized--people here are extremely comfortable, and the only international news alot of people get is fox. but getting down on ourselves for this and feeling priviliged guilt is like blaming me for being white.
-j-smoke
j-smoke
The people in South America are more able to draw larger crowds into their protests, also showing greater organizational skill and effectiveness in their protests. Not just Argentina, but in Bolivia where campesinos blocked the roads to prevent natural gas supplies from being hijacked to the US. The roadblock also drew support from labor unions, and there was a general strike. US colonial puppet President Carlos Mesa fled to the US during the civil unrest..
"An eight-day march by around 5,000 campesinos and coca farmers who support MAS reached the government palace in La Paz on Monday, and have have been joined in their protests and roadblocks by other groups like miners, students and teachers, while workers in El Alto declared a general strike.
On Tuesday, riot police used water cannons and tear gas to try to break up the demonstrations.
The protesters are pressing Congress to call a constituent assembly, while workers in El Alto, one of the country's poorest cities, continue to demand the nationalisation of Bolivia's natural gas. They are also calling for Mesa to step down, saying he betrayed the promises he made when he became president."
 http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/bolivia/3078.html
Either way we protesters in Norte America could learn a great deal from the success of protests in Sur Americas. Bridging the divide between labor unions, anarchists, socialists/communists, indigenists, environmentalists, and other "ists or isms" etc.. may be needed to gain a greater critical mass of people to oust the illegal, dangerous and psychotic Bush regime and begin their war crimes tribual..
luna moth
While a piqueta is a pretty impressive action to witness; I get the feeling that the people who are posting about the effectiveness and sophistication of piqueter@s haven't actually seen them or spoken to them in person. Though the tactic began with the MTD (Movement of Unemployed Workers), not all of which are "horizontalists" mind you, it has been employed by rivaling political parties and even the right wing for several years now. I don't think this is the case with the protest against Bush's visit and the FTAA, but I think it's pretty naive to attribute this tactic to a highly organized and antisystemic movement.
When was the last barrio council meeting you attended? The ones I went to were video screenings and soup kitchens. Not that those activities should be trivialized; they're very important for maintaining a presence and space for organizing. Things are very different in BsAs since the days of December, 2001.
These days most revolutionary organizations in Argentina have accepted that the momentum of 2001-02 has passed and are trying to figure out what to do next. I think we can be just as inspired by the reality of the possible revolutionary moment that failed and learning from the experiences of people who are working hard despite the circumstances to be more effective in the future.
Bryan
i wanted to translate more of the stories about the Summit of the Communities in Argentina, but I didn't get to it. A lot of what went on at this summit wasn't just burning tires, it was a serious attempt at building Autonomy and community self-reliance. Democracy Now today has a great interview in english about the Summit of the Communities (Cumbre de los Pueblos) which happened in Mar Del Plata and which had over 12,000 people in attendance to work on anti-capitalist, autonomist strategy.
lotu5
I think everyone is being a little to harsh towards the tire-burning comment. Obvously there are larger issues than tire burning, but it is important to examine most effective methods of protest. Part of that self-examination requires a commitment to nonviolence towards (at the very least) the innocent, environment included.
Mer
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