tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271561652024-03-13T09:02:54.455-03:00Latin America ActivismMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-7173934989040851982014-03-23T18:25:00.001-03:002014-03-23T18:25:10.052-03:00Please contribute CUBA: Organic Revolution and Evolution Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-30803712866401793752013-05-17T13:44:00.001-03:002013-05-17T13:44:16.587-03:00Cooperativa Mom, acampe contra desalojo
Luego de permanecer un año en la empresa de Pompeya, en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, los 16 asociados de la Cooperativa Mom fueron desalojados el martes 14 de mayo de 2013 por más de 50 afectivos de la Gendarmería Nacional y 30 de la Policía Metropolitana. Con dos años de sueldos y aportes jubilatorios adeudados, los trabajadores decidieron ocupar la planta de la ex empresa Impresores Lanci SRL Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-7440599957976794982012-05-17T02:27:00.000-03:002012-05-19T19:15:07.658-03:00Ocupar Wall Street: entre la democracia y el establishment
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
La demanda de democracia es una demanda legítima en cualquier sociedad y esa demanda se ve vigente mientras salimos del orden moderno. Inherente a los procesos democráticos son los movimientos sociales (Tilly, 2004), que han crecido con los procesos de Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-42554399469595558152011-11-19T12:32:00.002-03:002011-11-19T12:37:20.838-03:00GMO Soy AssassinationCampesino murdered in Argentina(photo: The man holding the gun was identified as Javier Juarez, employee of the Ciccioli agrobusiness firm)Argentina’s genetically modified soy production model has spurred the nation’s economic recovery, but it has resulted in violent land disputes. A campesino was murdered during an eviction attempt this week. FSRN’s Marie Trigona reports from Buenos Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-62200545782396529892011-11-09T20:18:00.001-03:002012-05-17T02:30:24.582-03:00Justice Out of Argentina’s Dark Past: Dictatorship Era Torturers Sentenced
Wednesday, 09 November 2011 22:45 Marie Trigona
Listening while verdict is announced at court case on abuse at EMSA. All photos: Marie Trigona
A federal court in Argentina recently sentenced 12 former military officers to life in prison for crimes against humanity carried out at the ESMA Navy Mechanics School, a former navy school Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-70627624234804990642011-10-27T18:30:00.003-03:002011-10-27T19:14:47.251-03:00Argentina court sentences military officers for roles in notorious torture centerListen to storyIn Argentina, a federal court sentenced 12 former military officers to life in prison for crimes against humanity carried out at the ESMA Navy Mechanics School, which became one of Latin America’s most notorious torture-centers. More than 30,000 people were secretly imprisoned and executed during Argentina’s bloody dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. FSRN’s Marie Trigona reports from Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-40819533619976266932011-10-25T21:10:00.001-03:002011-10-25T21:13:01.293-03:00Argentina re-elects Cristina Kirchner for second termListen to Radio StoryArgentina re-elected President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in the South American nation’s presidential elections on Sunday. The president has ridden a wave of support driven by a strong economy and public sympathy after the death of her husband, and former president, last year. But at times her style of leadership has come under criticism. FSRN’s Marie Trigona reports fromMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-72530885638826069582011-09-29T22:51:00.002-03:002011-09-29T22:59:31.505-03:00Abortion debate erupts in Argentina as election nearsListen to radio storyIn Argentina, reproductive rights advocates are pushing lawmakers to ease restrictions on abortion. Most countries in Latin America have made abortion illegal, as is the case in Argentina. But Human rights groups say the ban is harming women. They point to illegal abortions as the leading cause of maternal death in the country. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s is aMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-45865958398976246842011-06-25T13:55:00.003-03:002011-06-25T14:02:52.470-03:00Anti-Capitalism: New Book OutAnti-Capitalism: The New Generation of Emancipatory Movements by Ezequiel Adomovsky has been released by Seven Stories Books. This book is a useful and fun to read resource for learning more about how to resist capitalism. I translated this book and it is great to see it in print. From Marx and Bakunin to the Battle of Seattle, the Global Days of Action, and beyond, Adamovsky traces the beliefs Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-86970527291085745132011-04-30T13:57:00.002-03:002011-04-30T14:01:39.359-03:00La Pelea entre Wall Street y la DemocraciaPor Marie Trigona28 de Abril, 2011Noam Chomsky en un artículo reciente, encuentra una conexión entre los levantamientos populares en Egipto, Tunes y Líbano con las movilizaciones en Madison, Wisconsin y otras ciudades de los Estados Unidos. En ambos conflictos se lucha por la democracia, en el este contra regímenes dictatoriales y en Madison en defensa de derechos que fueron ganados con luchasMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-85596104006178931972011-04-28T19:01:00.002-03:002011-04-28T19:06:12.220-03:00Argentina’s Qom-Toba community call for an end to repression and discrimination of indigenous peopleListen to Radio StoryFSRN.ORGAs Argentine lawmakers prepare to vote on a bill that would limit foreign ownership of farm land, the nation’s indigenous face forced displacement, extreme poverty and violent attacks as the result of land issues. A land conflict in the northern rural province of Formosa led to the killing last year of an indigenous leader from the Qom-Toba community during a forced Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-3021064457731262792011-03-24T19:38:00.005-03:002011-03-24T19:42:12.488-03:00Argentina probes role of US financial institutions in dirty warTens of thousands will march in Argentina to mark what they now call the National Day of Memory. Today marks 35 years since Argentina’s military launched a coup that overthrew Isabel Peron, and escalated that country’s “Dirty War.” Ongoing human rights trials have led to the arrest of over 200 former military officers for participation in torture, murder and the forced disappearance of up to Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-28540212582432537482010-12-01T15:02:00.002-03:002011-04-07T15:11:46.089-03:00Forced Sterilization: Oppressing Latin America’s WombI just finished up an inspiring week speaking to women from throughout Latin America who use community radio to promote gender equality. As I spoke to women from rural areas in Latin America about communication rights, they drew the connection between their voices, reproductive rights and human rights. So why has it taken so long for reproductive rights to be treated as human rights? Women in Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-89476044104052963972010-10-31T21:26:00.001-03:002011-04-07T15:12:13.089-03:00Argentina’s Mothers of Plaza de Mayo: A living legacy of hope and human rights Marie Trigona One of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo on the recent 34th anniversary of Argentina's 1976 military coup. She holds images of her son and daughter-in-law who became part of 'the disappeared' on July 29, 1976. Image: Marie Trigona/WNN Buenos Aires, Argentina: Buenos Aires city center, known as Plaza de Mayo, has been a site of protest for decades. It is here that the Mothers of Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-79277905241610112402010-10-28T13:13:00.001-03:002010-10-28T13:16:47.789-03:00Grassroots Unionism Under Attack in Argentina: Killing of Activist Sparks ProtestsToward FreedomWednesday, 27 October 2010Wherever union representation is democratic, combative or revolutionary, we must defend it. Wherever rank and file are attacked by the union bureaucracy we must defend them. Union bureaucracy is the use of union posts with the objective of curtailing unionist activity. Union bureaucracy seeks to squash any insubordination, even the most just of strikes. –Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-62543655207895035812010-10-22T16:07:00.017-03:002010-10-22T16:25:03.757-03:00National day of protest for Mariano Ferreyra, victim of corrupt union organizingPhotos and text by Marie TrigonaA labor activist was shot dead on October 20 in Argentina in a union dispute along Buenos Aires train lines. Outraged residents protested the violence with marches throughout the nation.The victim was Mariano Ferreyra, a 23-year old activist from Argentina’s Workers Party. He was marching in solidarity with subcontracted employees fired for attempting to blockade Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-86046090608070968882010-10-14T12:00:00.003-03:002010-10-14T12:04:50.761-03:00Supporters rally for Mapuche in Argentina on day that marks indigenous rightsListen to Radio StoryFree Speech Radio NewsToday marks the International Day of Solidarity with Indigenous People — a day that also marks the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas. Activists and indigenous representatives held festivals throughout Latin America to celebrate aboriginal cultures. In Argentina, people marched in support of prisoners who are Mapuche — the native people of Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-80917293177907911452010-09-30T13:20:00.000-03:002010-09-30T13:21:31.019-03:00Argentina’s supreme court nears ruling on media lawListen to Radio StoryFree Speech Radio NewsArgentina's high court is poised to rule on the country’s new media law, parts of which have already gone into effect. The law will radically transform media ownership regulations, allowing more access to and diversity of broadcast content. But media corporations have been fighting it through the courts. Tuesday, tens of thousands of supporters of the Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-9649431313364984652010-09-28T13:31:00.003-03:002010-09-28T13:37:21.603-03:00Long Standing Impunity Challenges Argentina: 4 Years Without Julio Lopez Written by Marie Trigona
Monday, 27 September 2010
Upside Down World
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-16730735663285347932010-09-23T11:42:00.002-03:002010-09-23T11:46:04.702-03:00Impunity in Print: How Argentine Newspapers Benefited from the DictatorshipToward FreedomThursday, 23 September 2010Since Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship, the nation’s media laws and market have favored big corporations over independent media groups, leading to biased reporting. However, the wind has changed in the South American nation with the government taking on a number of initiatives to target corporate media in an attempt to democratize media ownership and Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-22266371016599247612010-09-18T12:58:00.001-03:002010-09-18T13:00:09.373-03:00Students rebel in Buenos AiresStudents in Buenos Aires take over schools to demand improvements to public educationListen to radio storyIn Argentina, a student rebellion has spread throughout the nation’s capital with high-schoolers occupying more than 30 public schools. On Thursday, tens of thousands of students marched in Buenos Aires to protest deteriorating public education in the South American country. FSRN’s Marie Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-21874474707808640902010-09-03T00:26:00.001-03:002010-09-03T00:29:15.176-03:00Argentina increases public spending on poverty, educationLISTEN TO STORYAs the US and European nations cut government spending as part of extreme austerity measures, one Latin American country is increasing public spending. In Argentina, the spending on programs targeting poverty has revived approval ratings for the South American nation’s first woman president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. FSRN’s Marie Trigona reports from Buenos Aires.http://Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-6939286692672039272010-07-22T18:40:00.002-03:002011-04-07T15:12:31.385-03:00Mujeres LibresMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-298410186660320962010-07-17T11:39:00.000-03:002010-07-17T11:40:40.849-03:00Argentina Passes Gay Marriage Law Thursday, 15 July 2010 21:34 Marie TrigonaToward Freedom Argentina approved a gay marriage law early this morning, making the country the first in Latin America where same-sex couples can wed. Same sex couples will now be granted the same rights, responsibilities and protections that married couples have. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s government supported Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-45655121079585974052010-07-17T11:34:00.002-03:002010-07-17T11:38:58.863-03:00Argentina legalizes gay marriage – a first for Latin AmericaRADIO STORYFREE SPEECH RADIO NEWSArgentina approved a gay marriage law early this morning, making the country the first in Latin America where same-sex couples can wed. Same sex couples will now be granted the same rights, responsibilities and protections that other married couples have. From Buenos Aires, Marie Trigona reports:Listen to story, click hereMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com0