MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
The Telegraph, November 9, 2012
An estimated 700,000 people gathered around the city's landmark obelisk and other main avenues to march towards the Casa Rosada, the Argentine seat of government.
High crime, inflation of roughly 25 per cent a year, and a possible bid by government allies to reform the constitution to allow Ms Fernandez to run for a third term are also stoking unrest, particularly among middle-class Argentines. Her government has virtually banned dollar purchases and it limited imports this year, worsening a steep economic slowdown.
Protesters in neighbourhoods throughout Buenos Aires waved signs demanding freedom, transparency and an end to crime and corruption.
The event, known in Argentina as 8N, for the 8th of November, was planned months in advance and was heavily advertised in social media networks [....]
Comments
Should have quoted this part as well on the class war component:
by artappraiser on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 7:50pm
Yup, NOT anti-austerity protestors here, but just the opposite; there is significant component of middle-class protest against government spending fueling inflation (& the main complaint of corruption suggests many might not like where that government spending is ending up):
by artappraiser on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 8:33pm
For background from James K. Glassman, served as U.S. undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in President George W. Bush's administration:
by artappraiser on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 8:58pm
Al Jazeera on-site 2.3 minute video report, at protest, interviews some on the street, and a pollster, stresses that it's a leaderless protest movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FakxAEJFacw
by artappraiser on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 11:30pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 11:40pm
by artappraiser on Sat, 11/10/2012 - 2:07am