Argentinazo

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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.