From saucepans to handkerchiefs, from the streets to digital space: Argentinean mobilization in perspective

TARULLO, RAQUEL

Londres

Exposici�n; Seminar about digital activism in Argentina; 2019

image of Madres de Desaparecidos during the dictatorship, with their white handkerchiefs on their heads is, not only in the country but also all over the world, a symbol of political courage. At the end of the 80 ́s, during the first democratic government after almost seven years of dictatorship, workers took to the streets, promoted by trade union leaders, in a context of hyperinflation. During the 90´s, Argentineans participated once more in massive demonstrations, but this time was against neoliberal privatization and its social and economic consequences. Then, at the beginning of the twenty first century, saucepans and riots sounded all around the country: middle classes were in the streets asking for their savings that the banks, and the government, had seized from their bank accounts. It was a time of assemblies, exchange meetings, riots, murders, lootings and four presidents in a week