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* 1931: The dictator of Chile [[Chilean Uprising (1931)|is overthrown in a wave of strikes]].<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chileans-overthrow-dictator-carlos-iba-ez-del-campo-1931</ref> | * 1931: The dictator of Chile [[Chilean Uprising (1931)|is overthrown in a wave of strikes]].<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chileans-overthrow-dictator-carlos-iba-ez-del-campo-1931</ref> | ||
* 1977: Sugar workers in Guyana [[Guyanese Sugarworkers' Strike (1977)|strike]] in protest of wage theft.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/guyanese-sugar-workers-strike-135-days-economic-justice-1977</ref> | * 1977: Sugar workers in Guyana [[Guyanese Sugarworkers' Strike (1977)|strike]] in protest of wage theft.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/guyanese-sugar-workers-strike-135-days-economic-justice-1977</ref> | ||
* 1979: [[FEJUVE]] | * 1979: [[FEJUVE]] founded | ||
* 1981: [[23 de Enero Campaign]] | |||
* 1989: [[Caracazo]] | |||
* 1996: Teachers and students in French Guiana [[French Guiana Strike (1996)|strike]] over economic and school conditions.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/french-guiana-education-workers-strike-solidarity-high-school-students-1996</ref> | * 1996: Teachers and students in French Guiana [[French Guiana Strike (1996)|strike]] over economic and school conditions.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/french-guiana-education-workers-strike-solidarity-high-school-students-1996</ref> | ||
* 1997: The ongoing Second [[Second Mapuche Uprising|Mapuche Uprising]] begins, as [[Mapuche People|Mapuche]] across [[Republic of Chile|Chile]] have resisted [[Ecocide|environmental destruction]] and the theft of traditional Mapuche lands through militant and revolutionary tactics. | * 1997: The ongoing Second [[Second Mapuche Uprising|Mapuche Uprising]] begins, as [[Mapuche People|Mapuche]] across [[Republic of Chile|Chile]] have resisted [[Ecocide|environmental destruction]] and the theft of traditional Mapuche lands through militant and revolutionary tactics. | ||
Revision as of 00:40, 10 March 2020
This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in South America (a region encompassing the states of Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) that are relevant to libertarian socialism.
1900s
- 1931: The dictator of Chile is overthrown in a wave of strikes.[1]
- 1977: Sugar workers in Guyana strike in protest of wage theft.[2]
- 1979: FEJUVE founded
- 1981: 23 de Enero Campaign
- 1989: Caracazo
- 1996: Teachers and students in French Guiana strike over economic and school conditions.[3]
- 1997: The ongoing Second Mapuche Uprising begins, as Mapuche across Chile have resisted environmental destruction and the theft of traditional Mapuche lands through militant and revolutionary tactics.
- 1999: Strikes and protests in Suriname force early elections in protest of the government's corruption scandals.[4]
- 1999: The Water War begins in Bolivia, as people resist efforts to privatize the countries water supplies.
2000s
- 2001: The legendary Argentinazo occurs, hundreds of workplaces are taken over and run according to the principles of self-management, strikes plague the country and people battled police in the streets in protest of a severe economic depression.
- 2002: The Esquel Anti-Mine Movement begins, residents of a small town try to block the construction of a gold mine.[5]
- 2003: The Gas War begins across Bolivia, as people protested the attempted privatization of Bolivia's massive reserves of natural gas.
- 2006: The Penguin Revolution in Chile sees high school students strike for education reform and free transportation.[6]
- 2008: Falkland Islander fishermen protest squid fishing license fee increase.[7]
2010s
- 2010: Chilean women occupy empty mine to protest job losses[8]
- 2011: Chileans force roll-back of price increase for natural gas.[9]
- 2011: Isiboro Secure Park is defended from destruction by armed indigenous militants in La Paz, Bolivia.
- 2011: The four-year long Chilean Winter begins as students fight the police for free education.
- 2011: Chilean copper miners' strike for bonus pay.[10]
See Also
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in North America
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Central America
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in the Caribbean
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Middle Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southeast Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania
References
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chileans-overthrow-dictator-carlos-iba-ez-del-campo-1931
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/guyanese-sugar-workers-strike-135-days-economic-justice-1977
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/french-guiana-education-workers-strike-solidarity-high-school-students-1996
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/surinamese-protest-against-president-1999
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/esquel-community-opposes-gold-mining-argentina-2002-2006
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chilean-high-school-students-strike-win-education-reform-penguin-revolution-2006
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/falkland-islander-fishermen-protest-license-fee-increase-2008
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chilean-women-occupy-empty-mine-protest-job-losses-2010
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chileans-force-roll-back-price-increase-natural-gas-2011
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chilean-copper-miners-strike-bonus-pay-escondida-mine-2011