{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#103: The Return of the Ultraliberal Right in Argentina","description":"A so-called \u201canarcho-capitalist\u201d has just been elected president in Argentina. What does this mean for anarchists and the prospects for revolutionary change in South America? Spoiler alert: it\u2019s not looking good. In this episode, we share an account from an Argentinian anarchist analyzing the recent rise to power of Javier Milei, an extreme neoliberal economist, in the context of the global turn towards fascist and reactionary populist leaders like Trump and Bolsonaro. You\u2019ll get an in-depth look at the history of center-left rule, military dictatorship, and neoliberal austerity that resulting in the powerful popular uprising of 2001, along with an detailed assessment of the economic challenges, disillusionment with the political class, and failures of the left and radical social movements that facilitated Milei\u2019s rise. This is a disturbing but essential exploration of one of the year\u2019s most important political developments, with critical implications for those of us fighting the culture and politics and fascism around the world. {December 10, 2023} -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:37} Back to the Future {1:30} \u201cViva la Libertad!\u201d\u2014Freedom to Work or Starve, to Submit or be Shot {5:53} History Repeats Itself Again {17:30} Ultraliberals, the Military, and Repression: A Love Story {27:18} The \u201cForces of Heaven\u201d against the Orcs {35:04} Outro\/PSA {42:31} This episode offers an audio version of Back to the Future: The Return of the Ultraliberal Right in Argentina, published by CrimethInc. on November 26th. The article quotes from a post-election statement by a coalition of \u201cespecifist\u201d anarchist organizations in Argentina. For coverage of recent popular mobilization in Argentina, see our coverage of the 2018 G20 protests in Buenos Aires: Setting the Stage: Background Materials and Logbook November 14\u201316, Logbook November 17\u201319: Peronism, Counter-Summit Creativity, and the Schedule of Resistance, and Logbook November 20\u201322: Security Zones and Shantytowns. This episode discusses in depth the 2001 uprising that succeeded in driving the neoliberal regime from power. The classic zine account is Que Se Vayan Todos: Argentina\u2019s Popular Uprising. Argentina featured one of the world\u2019s largest and most powerful anarchist movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including some of the earliest anarcha-feminist projects. To learn more about this history, you could start with some of these resources: \u201cAnarchism in Latin America\u201d by \u00c1ngel Cappelletti, \u201cThe Anarchist Expropriators: Buenaventura Durruti and Argentina\u2019s Working-Class Robin Hood\u201d by Osvaldo Bayer, \u201cAnarchism in Argentina\u201d and \u201cResistencia Libertaria: Anarchist Opposition to the Last Argentine Dictatorship\u201d by Chuck Morse, and \u201cNo God, No Boss, No Husband: The world\u2019s first Anarcha-Feminist group.\u201d In case you were confused on this point, \u201canarcho-capitalist\u201d is an oxymoron. We explore this in more depth in Episode 18 of the Ex-Worker, \u201cWhat Anarchism Isn\u2019t, Pt 1: Libertarianism and Anarcho-Capitalism.\u201d ","author_name":"The Ex-Worker","author_url":"http:\/\/crimethinc.com\/podcast","html":"