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Today's lead stories:
Peleadoras: Argentina's Labor Movements Through the Eyes of
Women
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Special Labor Day Documentary
Peleadoras: Argentina's Labor Movements Through the
Eyes of Women
The 19th and 20th of December 2001 marked the end of the
best concealed economic and political crisis of Argentine
history. Snowballing external debt leftover from the dictatorship,
combined with extreme neoliberal economic policies during
the 1990s, resulted in an economic default of $180 billion
dollars to the International Monetary Fund. The images of
President Fernando De La Rua fleeing from office, and the
death of 30 protestors was seen worldwide. With great bewilderment,
the world watched the new face of Argentina - a country with
more than 30 percent unemployment, with 3 million pushed under
the poverty line almost overnight, and children dying from
hunger and malnutrition in a massive country full of natural
resources. Today, street protest in Argentina continues, and
the working class are creating new ways of recuperating their
way of life. Pauline Bartolone brings us this documentary
on Argentina's labor movements through the eyes of women organizers.
Special thanks to Curtis Draves and Karina Muniz for translation
assistance. Parts of this documentary were written and recorded
with Marcela, Nancy and Ruana from Argentina Indymedia. Music
by the Platform.
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