The Argentinazo was a failed revolution in Argentina in the early 2000s.
Background
Events
Results
The Argentinazo, while it failed the completely transform Argentina into a anarchist society, did manage to
- Most importantly, the Argentinazo helped give birth to a new generation of activists, who have led dozens of struggles for workers' control.[1]
- It likely led to the end of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas which would've brought greater neoliberalism to all of South America.[2]
Analysis
The failure of the Argentinazo to create a anarchist Argentina largely lied in the fact that the movement did not resist co-optation by political parties who claimed they would change the system.