Mobilizations in cities in Europe and Latin America in solidarity with the strike

2024-01-25 01:09:00

Photo: Assembly in Solidarity with Argentina in Berlin.
Unions, social organizations and Argentines abroad mobilized this Wednesday in several cities in Europe and Latin America in support of the strike of the labor unions against the Government’s economic measures and to express their rejection of the “Omnibus law”, the DNU and “against the advance of the right” in the country.

In Romahundreds of people marched with signs of “No to the Omnibus law” and other slogans of rejection “of policies against social justice”, in a demonstration that brought together Argentinians residing in the “eternal city” with members of the main Italian unions, the CGIL and the UIL.

Among the protesters, the human rights leader Enrico Calamai He criticized the social direction of the Government and specifically rejected “that the Government blatantly denies what happened in the terrible years of the dictatorship,” as he said from the protest in the Plaza del Esquilino, in front of the Argentine embassy in Italy.

“We are together with the Argentine workers in their protest against Milei’s liberal reforms that endanger democracy,” said the general secretary of the country’s largest union, Maurizio Landini, in a message sent to the mobilization.

“Argentine unions are on strike against a maxi emergency decree that tends to modify the economic and institutional structure of the country, delegating to the market the regulation of economic and social relations. Added to this is the law that seeks to criminalize social protest and severely limit freedom of expression, with measures not seen since the times of the dictatorship,” added the message from the Italian unions.

Photo: Assembly in Solidarity with Argentina in Berlin.
In Berlinabout 100 people gathered in front of the Argentine embassy with signs such as “Argentina is not for sale” or “Democracy is in danger.”

“We are protesting against the DNU, the Omnibus Law, and the Milei government. We are a group of migrants who organized to fight against the advance of the right in our country,” said Ivana, an Argentine resident in the German capital. , since the mobilization, called by the Assembly in Solidarity with Argentina in Berlin.

Another point with concentrations in Europe was in Spainwhere the General Union of Workers (UGT) and Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) called to mobilize in front of the Argentine embassy to show “solidarity with the Argentine union movement” and “against the ultraliberal measures of Javier Milei.”

“Argentina wakes up today with a great general strike due to Milei’s intolerable decree and his attempt to sell the country to the highest bidder. No, the rights of workers are not given away. All the strength and support to those who are mobilizing today in Argentina,” wrote the general secretary of Podemos, Ione Belarra, on the social network X.

Also groups of Argentines in the Iberian country such as Argentinxs En Movimiento called at 7 p.m. (15 p.m. in Argentina) in the Plaza de la Provincia, in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid.

Madrid. Photo: Press
In Barcelona, the original place of the protest called by Argentinxs Migrantes against fascism in Argentina was modified, since an event had already been agreed on in Plaça Sant Jaume for the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Finally it was carried out 400 meters from there, on La Rambla at the intersection with Ferran Street.

Photo: Assembly in Solidarity with Argentina in Berlin.

About 300 people mobilized with banging pots, Argentine flags and images of Mafalda, deployed on La Rambla, without blocking the street and under an operation carried out by the Barcelona Urban Guard.

In Franceabout 300 people went today at 6 p.m. (14 from Argentina) to the Argentine embassy in Paris, summoned by political, social and union organizations with banners that read “The adjustment is to the caste and not to the people” and “No to Adjustment”, among other slogans, in support of the national strike.

The situation In Argentina “we are living with a lot of anger, people worried and mobilized above all”said in conversation with Télam Gustavo Galeota, member of the Argentina Collective in Struggle – Paris

“There is a lot of agreement that we have to fight until we win against Milei and that neither the DNU, nor the Omnibus law nor the anti-picketing protocol passes,” said Galeota, who assured that the demonstration “has a lot of support.”

“Here many French people are joining today’s call and the unions call and are going to participate as an inter-union, that is, it is not just support from unions in a particular way, but from the entire arc that was at the forefront of the fight against the retirement reform last year,” he added.

Meanwhile, in London The protest took place at the headquarters of the International Transport Workers Federation, a union that expressed its support for the strike: “Their fight is our fight,” they wrote on the social network X.

The activity was organized by the Argentina Solidarity Campaign, a group that defines itself as “intergenerational, nonpartisan, that supports movements against neoliberalism and extractivism in Argentina and in defense of human rights.”

Argentines Self-convoked in Defense of Argentine Democracy called for a demonstration in the Plaza de la Casa de la Moneda in Brussels, Belgiumin support of the strike “for democracy and the application of social and human rights.”

There was also a call to march in Amsterdamin DAM Square starting at 6:00 p.m., against the “override of democracy” and in Mollevangstorget, Malmo, Sweden, at 5:30 p.m., against the dismantling of the State.

Photo: Assembly in Solidarity with Argentina in Berlin.
In Latin America, support mobilizations are planned in Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Chile and Bolivia.

The Inter-Union Plenary of Workers-National Workers Convention (PIT-CNT) of Uruguay mobilized at 1 p.m. in front of the Argentine embassy in Montevideo to express its “rejection of the anti-popular measures, which threaten life, rights and freedom of workers and the Argentine people in general.

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— PIT CNT (@PITCNT1) January 22, 2024

“It is necessary to put a stop to all the subjugation of rights. As well as join forces and have as a horizon to advance Latin America on the path of struggle and hope towards a more just, free and equal society,” said the union center in a message on social network X.

The Single Central of Workers (CUT) of Brazil expressed its “total support” for the strike because “a victorious strike movement could constitute a containment dam against Milei’s authoritarian and ultra-liberal project,” according to a statement shared by the Argentine CTA.

In the opinion of the president of the CUT, the solidarity of Argentine workers was fundamental in freeing President Lula from unjust imprisonment.

— CUT Brasil (@CUT_Brasil) January 24, 2024

Called by the CUT and the Confederation of Brazilian Workers (CTB), around a hundred people gathered in front of the headquarters of the Argentine consulate in São Paulo, on central Paulista Avenue.

Likewise, fifty people gathered in front of the Argentine embassy building in Brasilia, where rain clouded the demonstration, according to several Brazilian media.

In both cases, protesters carried Argentine flags and banners with slogans contrary to the omnibus bill and other policies of the Milei government.

Mexico / Photo: AFP.
In Mexico Cityconvened by Mexican and Argentine organizations, around a hundred people gathered this afternoon in front of the headquarters of the Argentine embassy, ​​where a stage was set up in which several people gave speeches critical of the ruling party, according to videos published by the Collective Unión por la Patria Mx on the social network X.

“Milei, understand, Argentina is not for sale,” dozens of people chanted this morning in front of the Argentine diplomatic representation in Santiago de Chile, in a mobilization called by the Unitary Central of Workers of that country, while several unions Paraguayans mobilized yesterday at the Argentine diplomatic representation in Asunción in support of the strike.