Argentina
International Worker / Issue 06 Tuesday 4 Apr 2006
SANTA CRUZThe Partido Obrero, political opposition in the province
For some years, the Partido Obrero and the Polo Obrero have been protagonists in the great struggles in the province of Santa Cruz. This presence had its repercussions in the latest national elections, when it obtained a vote of between 10 and 20% in the cities of northern Santa Cruz (Caleta Olivia, Pico Truncado, Las Heras). The government recognized this protagonism when it made the Partido Obrero responsible for the roadblocks and the struggle, reach… Read more
International Worker / Issue 06 Tuesday 4 Apr 2006
Tucumanazo(GREAT TRIUMPH IN TUCUMAN)
Daniel Blanco and Martín Correa, delegates to the constitutional convention for the Partido Obrero. T he Partido Obrero has gained two seats in the elections held in the province of Tucumán to elect delegates to the constituent convention. In some departments, the vote oscillated between 10 and 13%; reaching 25% in some regions. The PO vote caused a real commotion in the province. The only prior public opinion poll was giving the PO barely more than 0.5% of voter intention. The results have turned the Partido Obrero into the third most voted politica… Read more
International Worker / Issue 06 Tuesday 4 Apr 2006
LAS HERAS (ARGENTINA)An heroic struggle of the oil workers
OUT WITH THE GENDARMERIA (BORDER INFANTRY)!
T he tireless struggle of the oil workers of Las Heras, in the North of Santa Cruz (Province) - President Kirchner’s Province- has stressed the anti-worker nature of the government of the national bourgeoisie. Since the privatization of YPF- under Menem’s government, with Kirchner’s backing, at that moment Governor of the Province- , Repsol and the big oil monopolies have been the true owners of the North of Santa Cruz. The … Read more
International Worker / Issue 05 Sunday 22 Jan 2006
What was the massacre of Avellaneda?O n June 26, 2002, almost six months after the people’s rebellion of December 19-20, 2001 in Argentina which obliged, in a question of hours, the resignation of the government of Fernando de la Rúa, a sector of piqueteros organizations (headed by the Polo Obrero) held a protest together with other social sectors (neighborhood assemblies, median sectors of savings account holders, students, self-administered factories) against the policy of hunge… Read more
International Worker / Issue 05 Sunday 22 Jan 2006
MASSACRE OF AVELLANEDA: THE TRIALA chapter is brought to a close, the struggle continues
T he start of 2006 has been shaken in Argentina by the culmination of the trial of what is known as the Massacre of Avellaneda, which will “pass judgement” on the assassinations of the young piqueteros Maximiliano Kosteki and Darío Santillán, in addition to the criminal repression of hundreds of protestors wounded by war munitions on June 26, 2002, in the locality of Avellaneda, located on the outskirts of the City of Buenos Aires. The … Read more
International Worker / Issue 04 Friday 16 Dec 2005
Criminal attack against the Partido ObreroA t dawn on Monday November 14, the central offices of the Partido Obrero —located right in the center of Buenos Aires-- suffered a criminal attack. Unknown persons entered the building through the roofs, forcing and destroying the security railings, in order to set a fire, at three separate points, which destroyed the central office on the ground floor, where computers, archives and work materials were to be found. Also verified, apart from other damage, … Read more
International Worker / Issue 03 Tuesday 2 Aug 2005
ARGENTINAFor the expropriation and workers administration of Zanón
I t has now been three years that Zanón, the leading ceramic tile company in the country, located in the locality of Nequén, has been under the administration of its own workers. In its time, before the Argentinazo, the workers of the factory occupied the plant and on March 2, 2002, started up production, opening the first production line. During this time, the workers have multiplied factory production, which at present amounts to 350,000 square meters … Read more
International Worker / Issue 03 Tuesday 2 Aug 2005
Victory at Parmalat ArgentinaT he death throes of the Parmalat crisis have struck within numerous countries in the periphery. Headquarters, intervened by the Italian government, unloaded its branch offices, selling them off with the utmost celerity. These clumsy and hurried moves, often at ridiculous prices, have awakened the suspicion, of course well-founded, of their having had a fraudulent character. In this way, headquarters unloaded all the crisis onto the nations affected, and p… Read more