Torenico [he/him]

  • 1 Post
  • 836 Comments
Joined 4 years ago
cake
Cake day: August 11th, 2020

help-circle





  • Yes, this is all based on previous experiences. I can recall at least two big instances where universities were taken by it’s students, one was around 2012 and the last big one was in 2018. The latter lasted for about one month. We have people who have been around in 2018 so they have some experience.

    It requires quite the organizational effort. There are people who will literally live in the premises, so they need food, some spare clothes, water, meds and everywhere you can imagine. The building must be maintained, cleaned and there needs to be people literally running some basic security because you never know who’s going in and out, especially now when you have insane reactionaries on the other side who absolutely despise everything we do. There are students backed by political parties who will be taken part of the occupation, so they can get their resources from them. But there are also volunteers and independent students who don’t have the same support frameworks, so donations are a must.


  • My University held a student’s assembly today and decided: The University is now taken and partially managed by it’s students until Wednesday, when the action will be temporarily suspended because we will hold a protest. However, if the Argentinian Congress fails to overturn milei’s veto on education funding, a new assembly will be celebrated to decide on the next action. An indefinite occupation of the premises is not out of the question. We joined our efforts with the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Buenos Aires and other institutions that have carried out similar actions. This can become a big snowball very quickly.

    Wherever this ends, it’s valuable experience. Even if we don’t achieve political victories, let it be known that we can work together and we can act in solidarity with one another. That’s a big win, because we can find the ways to transform the material reality in capitalism, and that is, to me, the way to bring it down.


  • Happy October 7th. Violence against the colonial settler and it’s regime is justified and it’s the only way to achieve liberation. “Israel” deserved October 7th.

    The actions during that day will bring about the elimination of zionism. It has set in motion the events that will lead to it’s downfall. Such entity cannot exist for much longer in this state.

    I would like to spare a moment to wish suffering upon those who will swim across oceans of blood to vote for rabid zionist Harris. For Trump voters I have nothing to say other than they don’t play pretend. But liberals? They will vote for their shit candidate thinking they’ve done enough good for the people they’re massacring. They will step over the bodies of thousands to feel good. When our time comes…

    A warm salute to all comrades engaged in this noble fight against “israeli” and “american” genociders. Especially to our comrades in the Middle East who are in direct danger. Much love!







  • Trots are doing fine I think. They’re doing groundwork, assisting in organizing the protests and also articulating with workers that are currently on the verge of becoming unemployed (namely state workers and hospital staff, who are now in great danger) while also using their five seats in Congress to gain further visibility. Their big goal going forward is to take control of the unions, or at least wrestle them out of peronist control and put it under complete worker’s management. This is a key aspect of their strategy, it’s a bit ambitious right now because the power balance is not there yet, however times are moving fast and everything around us going to shit, plus peronism is in a bit of an internal crisis and this might be a good opportunity for us in the left to dislodge them from positions of power. Trots do need to get their shit together because they sometimes expose their internal conflicts too much and fail to solve them in an efficient manner. But I think they’re in a transition too, the newer PTS party is growing and displacing the more traditional trot party, the Partido Obrero.

    As for other communists, they’re either disciplined by peronism or too marginal to be of any significance. “Mainstream” Communist parties like the Partido Comunista and the Partido Comunista Revolucionario are all integrated on peronism structures and too useless to do anything, kinda like the CPUSA, too friendly with capital.


  • Milei vetoes university funding increase hours after massive march

    The opposition is expected to call for a session in Congress to try and overturn it

    President Javier Milei finally vetoed the bill that had granted a funding increase for public universities. The president went through with the measure just a few hours after the massive march on Wednesday protested this decision in cities across Argentina. The President’s Office account on X confirmed Milei would overturn the bill before the decree including the veto was published in the Official Gazette shortly after midnight on Thursday.

    The decree states that the decision was made because the bill “clearly violated the current legal framework” and did not consider the measure’s fiscal impact nor specify where the money would come from. It added that compliance would have made Argentina’s fiscal sustainability “considerably more difficult” as it claimed that an “extraordinary and unforeseen funding source would be needed” to finance the raise. The communiqué published on X called the funding increase law “irresponsible” and said Milei would veto it as well as any other bill that did not specify funding sources and jeopardized fiscal balance.

    It’s literally less than 1% of the GDP or something like that lmfao. However, when it comes to buying submarines from France or armored vehicles from the US, there’s a sudden need to stop talking about fiscal balance…

    “It is time for lawmakers to understand that they cannot do demagogic populism with taxpayers’ money, and start acting with the responsibility that this moment demands,” the release said. “The proper place to discuss university funding is during the 2025 National Budget debate.”

    Despite the veto and its harsh rhetoric, the government said it has a “commitment with public universities.”

    “This administration will not give in to the media show, irresponsible bills and the manipulation of a noble cause for partisan means,” they added. “The government’s goal is clear: end the impoverishing model that has been in place for the last 100 years and make Argentina great again.”

    Yes. They used the “Make Argentina Great Again” slogan. They’re completely out of this place, they just look upon the US and cream their pants over it. It’s pathetic, truly truly pathetic. They’re alien to our society and to our culture, which is why they’ll end up being destroyed one after another. They can’t even come up with something original for once, so much for innovation under capitalism…

    On Thursday, opposition deputies are expected to request a special session to debate the veto on Wednesday, October 9. Congress can reject a presidential veto only if two thirds of lawmakers from both the Lower and Upper House vote to overturn it. If those conditions are not met, the veto will remain in place. This is the second time Milei has used the veto power since he became president. The first time was in early September, when he overturned a pension increase.

    In mid-September, Argentina’s Senate passed legislation securing all university personnel bimonthly budget increases and monthly pay rises for university personnel indexed to inflation. Less than 24 hours later, Milei said he would block it, but waited until the second university march of the year was carried out to comply with his promise.

    Same decision, different story?

    Three weeks ago, Milei secured a major victory when the Lower House voted to uphold his presidential veto overturning a pension increase that had been approved by both chambers. Even though most deputies voted to reject the president’s decision, it wasn’t enough to reach two thirds.

    Crucial in that case were five deputies who had initially backed — and even promoted — the bill but ended up changing their stance after meeting with Milei. The five are members of the centrist bloc Unión Cívica Radical (UCR) and four of them were sanctioned by the party for going against the position held by the majority of their bloc mates.

    (We will remember their names for when our time comes)

    However, things may be different this time. Assuming all deputies attend the voting session, the government needs at least 86 votes to uphold the veto. In the August 15 session, the university funding bill was approved 143 to 77 — one abstention — as 35 deputies were absent. All eyes will now be on those who did not attend last time, as most of them are members of the opposition. The government would need the backing of 9 additional lawmakers to reach 86. As of now, the numbers don’t add up for Milei.

    The UCR will request the session with the backing of almost the entire bloc, a source from the party confirmed to the Herald. Three of the five deputies that met with Milei — Martín Arjol, Pablo Cervi and Federico Tournier — may not back the veto. They had voted for the university funding bill, and have close ties with the rectors of their respective provinces. “The government doesn’t have it easy,” the UCR source said. Luis Picat and Mariano Campero, the other two, will likely vote for the veto to remain in place. They were both absent at the time of voting during the session, “and will surely do that again.”

    Almost all the votes against the bill in the Lower House were from ruling coalition La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and right-wing bloc PRO, Milei’s main ally in Congress. PRO has not made any statements on their vote so far, and a lawmaker from the bloc told the Herald their position is not defined yet. “It all depends on PRO,” said a LLA source, who added that there may be clashing opinions within their ally party.

    we literally depend on neoliberals lmfao

    Anyways, I went to the march carrying my Palestinian flag because there is ONE BIG STRUGGLE and all well-meaning struggles are part of it. Overall it was a good experience, lots of people but it was better organized than the last one, meaning that if you needed to get out for whatever reason, the sidewalks were mostly available for you to use. I went with some of my university friends, that’s the way to go. One of our Spanish History professors was seen carrying a flag with the Hispanic Visigoth Cross lmfao, just shit you get to see in marches. They’re beautiful, I can’t stress that enough. I love them, the drums, the people, the flags, everything about it is awesome. Some individuals shouldn’t have been there but it’s a big march anyways.

    Here’s a neat picture of the massive size. Lots of people are left out of the picture because they’re marching in the streets around the Congress, unseen due to the buildings.

    Meanwhile milei and his party hosted a rally in a park and they couldn’t fill it. They don’t have this power of mobilization and we must use it to our advantage.