VIDEOS ON THE STRUGGLE IN ARGENTINA!

From the Frontline of the Rebellion in Argentina--three videos:

Argentinazo, the Revolution Begins (2001)

Piqueteros, Carajo (2002)

Sasetru Obrera (2003)

These groundbreaking videos are from the new "piquetero" documentary movement developing in Argentina. These are all produced by the pioneering Ojo Obrero collective (Workers Eye). This is a rare opportunity to view the events from the point of view of the participants of the struggle raging in Argentina.


Friday, August 8, 2003, 7PM $7 - $10 Donation  No one turned away for lack of funds

A benefit for Ojo Obrero

by the Argentina Solidarity Committee
Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library for Social Research

6501 Telegraph Avenue * Oakland

[South of 66th St., between Ashby and Alcatraz]


Format: Video shown on large TV

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Argentinazo, Comienza la revolución * Argentinazo, the Revolution Begins, documentary, 2001, 19 min., in Spanish w/ English subtitles
On December 19 and 20, 2001, a new chapter in Argentine history began. This video shows the explosion of anger of the people of Argentina against the center-left government for imposing the draconian laws demanded by the International Monetary Fund, devaluing the peso and freezing the assets of millions of ordinary people. After years of working class struggles all over Argentina, the population of Argentina literally rose up shortly before Christmas and imposed its own will on the country. Ojo Obrero released this video shortly after the uprising.

Sasetru Obrera * Sasetru Belongs to the Workers, documentary, 2003, 30 minutes, In Spanish with English Subtitles

Twenty years ago the gigantic Sasetru food production factory closed its doors leaving more than 5,000 workers unemployed. In January 2003 former employees of the factory and other workers organized in the Polo Obrero (the Workers Pole organization) occupied the building to put it into production once again, successfully retooling the pasta production lines to supply the community kitchen movement.

The government would rather have factories closed, than permit the workers to challenge the right of private property of the bankrupted and incompetent owners of Sasetru. On March 25th, an overwhelming police deployment was sent to evict the unarmed Sasetru workers. This struggle transfixed the Argentine nation: Who would win? The bosses or the workers? It is an allegory for Argentina's future. Although evicted, the Sasetru workers are not defeated. They have demanded that the provincial legislature return the factory to the workers cooperative. That struggle may have a positive outcome soon, and workers throughout Argentina are enthusiastically awaiting the moment Sasetru can produce under worker1s control.

Piqueteros, Carajo * Picketers Forever! documentary, 2002, 17 minutes , In Spanish with English Subtitles
Piqueteros are picketers, mainly unemployed workers who have shut down highways and held assemblies all over Argentina. They have successfully struggled to demand jobs and social welfare benefits in the face of massive factory shutdowns. Argentina's former president Duhalde attempted to repress the the piqueteros movement led by the Natinonal Assembly of Workers (ANT). The result was a hundreds of wounded and the assassination by the police of two young piqueteros whose names have come to symbolize the workers movement: Max) Kosteki and Dario Santillán.

Argentina Solidarity Committee
co-sponsored by the Labor Video Project