tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271561652008-07-16T20:41:19.919-03:00Latin America ActivismMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-55091309119750424042008-06-19T11:28:00.002-03:002008-06-19T11:32:47.910-03:00ZEO -- Z Online School Workers self-management in Latin America
I will be teaching a course this summer for Z communication's online school -- ZEO
Today in Latin America hundreds of worker run businesses are up and running. This course will overview the central experiences of worker controlled factories and enterprises in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela. It will give students an orientation of the phenomenon of worker takeovers and the development Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-8439838500763725402008-06-05T17:46:00.000-03:002008-06-05T17:47:10.761-03:00Lucio, The Good Bandit: Reflections of an AnarchistLucio UrtubiaLucio Urtubia could be described as a modern day Robin Hood, a man who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Lucio, a 76-year old Spanish anarchist and retired bricklayer carried out bank robberies, forgeries and endless actions against capitalism. His actions helped to fund liberation movements in Europe, the US and Latin America.Outspoken and charismatic, Lucio speaks like a Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-87508113205659185352008-05-07T21:04:00.003-03:002008-05-07T21:17:58.844-03:00Argentina: Human Rights Witness Goes Missing and is Released Written by Marie Trigona Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Juan Puthod, a human rights activist was kidnapped in Argentina; his disappearance prompted an intense manhunt and concern from rights groups. This is the third case in as many years of a human rights witness going missing since Argentina opened up Dirty War trials investigating rights violations. Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-50250290766600142932008-04-30T23:10:00.001-03:002008-04-30T23:14:42.579-03:00May Day and Workers Without BossesMay Day special coverage:
Tomorrow there is an FSRN May Day special. Just go to www.fsrn.org to download the program or play off of the KU Satellite feed during normal FSRN broadcasts.
Thursday, May 1, 2008: May Day Documentary Special
On a special May Day 2008 broadcast, we'll hear from worker's struggles around the world. We go to New York, where Abdulai Bah introduces us to domestic Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-86050309635311419522008-04-19T14:46:00.003-03:002008-04-19T15:03:43.394-03:00Argentina’s Soy Storm: Tensions Rising Among Farmers Written by Marie Trigona Friday, 18 April 2008
Argentina has often been described as the bread basket of the Southern Cone, with plenty of fertile land for grains and cattle. In fact, the economy is based on agro-exports. But with soy production taking over massive tracks of land, producing food crops for domestic consumption has become an increasing challenge Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-43313598534029834262008-04-16T14:48:00.004-03:002008-04-16T15:18:20.567-03:00From sweat shop to co-opBy Marie Trigon
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
For some, it may come as a surprise that Buenos Aires's fashion industry relies on slave labor. Even with Argentina's miraculous economic revival, the practice of using undocumented immigrants as slave laborers in sweat shops continues. An estimated 400 clandestine shops operate in Buenos Aires. And tens of thousands of undocumented Bolivians work in Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-9081227946142233732008-04-05T13:48:00.011-03:002008-04-16T14:45:30.257-03:00Thirty Two Years Later, Argentines Still Seeking DisappearedWritten by Marie Trigona Thursday, 27 March 2008
Argentina marked the 32nd anniversary of the nation’s 1976 military coup on March 24. An estimated 30,000 were disappeared during the so called dirty war. Thirty two years later, the bodies of the disappeared still remain to be found and identified. Since 1984, a team of anthropologists, The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, has Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-43867074214966964752008-03-24T21:43:00.000-03:002008-03-24T23:46:55.091-03:0032 Years Later, Argentina Still Seeking its DisappearedArgentina marks the 32nd anniversary of the start of the nation's 1976 military coup today. An estimated 30,000 people were disappeared during the so-called dirty war. More than three decades later, the bodies of many of the disappeared have yet to be found and identified. FSRN's Marie Trigona reports from Buenos Aires on the work of a team of anthropologists that investigate human rights Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-23522859633430327552008-02-08T13:02:00.000-02:002008-02-08T13:06:48.725-02:00On film and inspirationFilm is an incredible medium, one that over a century at work continues to inspire and amaze humanity. This year I have relied a lot on film. Moments when I needed to escape from my day to day happenings, moments when I needed to feel anguished, and moments when I needed inspiration. I thought it would be fun to inaugurate my blog with a list of the best films of 2007. These are not all new filmsMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-32595367640706558172007-12-11T12:04:00.000-03:002007-12-11T12:07:21.789-03:00New films from Grupo Alavío
Buy a DVD and support Grupo Alavío! Grupo Alavío would like to send a special holiday greeting and give a special fund raising appeal. Keep the group’s video production and website Ágora TV up and running by purchasing a DVD. We are completely viewer-funded and volunteer based: your contributions help us to produce ground breaking videos from the Third World. Ágora TV provides a radical Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-91091635402771504872007-12-11T11:26:00.000-03:002007-12-11T11:36:27.993-03:00Plan Condor: Crimes without borders in Latin AmericaZnet
By Marie Trigona Former military dictator Jorge Rafael Videla and 16 other military leaders in Argentina will be prosecuted on charges of conspiring to kidnap and kill political activists in a scheme known as Plan Condor, developed by Henry Kissinger and George Bush Sr., head of the CIA at the time. Dictators in Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina killed opponents in the Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-16089654050646619362007-12-03T14:43:00.000-03:002007-12-04T12:57:56.591-03:00Plan Condor in Latin America
RADIO STORY on Plan CONDOR
Free Speech Radio News
by Marie Trigona
Former military dictator Jorge Rafael Videla and 16 other military leaders in Argentina will be prosecuted on charges of conspiring to kidnap and kill political activists in a scheme known as Plan Condor, developed by Henry Kissinger and George Bush Sr., head of the CIA at the time. Dictators in Uruguay, Chile , Paraguay, BrazilMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-70762996026234389812007-11-22T19:35:00.000-03:002007-11-22T19:43:18.445-03:00Wal-Mart Faces Accusations of Anti-union Practices in Argentina
Marie Trigona | November 16, 2007Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)Wal-Mart's aggressive efforts to keep labor unions out of stores worldwide have come under fire across the hemisphere. Workers report how the retail chain systematically violates international labor laws protecting workers' rights to free association and union organizing. As the world's largest Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-48711819938897125862007-11-09T18:15:00.000-03:002007-11-09T18:17:00.806-03:00Propagandhi: A Band With Values By Marie Trigona They are thrasher, punk, and political. With almost 20 years on the music scene, Canadian punk rock band Propagandhi has made more than just a musical name for themselves. Propagandhi has come a long way politically and artistically since forming the band in the mid-1980s, when Chris Hanahh posted the ad: “progressiveMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-39127753072585307982007-10-16T22:35:00.000-03:002007-10-16T22:36:38.511-03:00Argentina: Priest Imprisoned for Dirty War CrimesTuesday, 16 October 2007, Toward Freedom Von WernichFormer Chaplin Christian Von Wernich was sentenced to life in prison on October 9th in Argentina, for committing crimes against humanity during the nation's bloody military junta. He is the first catholic priest to be charged with human rights abuses committed during the 1976-1983 military junta, during which an estimated Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-19291893283399211992007-10-11T18:38:00.000-03:002007-10-11T18:50:33.308-03:00Court Sentences Argentine Priest to Life in Prison for GenocideA Catholic priest was sentenced to life in prison October 9 in Argentina, for committing crimes against humanity during the nation's bloody military junta. He is the first priest to be charged for these crimes. This is the latest human rights verdict of an accused torturer since the landmark conviction of a former police officer for genocide in 2006.
Former Chaplin Christian Von Wernich was Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-68637737467110264132007-10-05T18:08:00.000-03:002007-10-05T18:24:12.128-03:00Propagandhi in ArgentinaPunk rock gurus Propaghandhi played in Buenos Aires this week. I had the opportunity to interview the band and watch the show. I even got to take pictures! Check out the interview in November's issue of Z Magazine, soon forthcoming. Meanwhile, here are some of the pictures from the show.
The band embarked on their first tour through Latin America in October. While in Buenos Aires, Propagandhi Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-73703518898516873162007-10-01T15:12:00.000-03:002007-10-01T15:27:58.080-03:00Recouping Dignity: Argentina’s Worker-Owned EnterprisesRecouping Dignity: Argentina’s Worker-Owned Enterprises Listen to this segment | the entire program
Uprising Radio
GUEST: Marie Trigona, member of Grupo Alavio, a Direct Action and Video Collective – and a correspondent for Free Speech Radio news, based in Buenos Aires
Workers throughout Argentina are organizing in support of a national expropriation law – even as some of the country’s Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-3986039891202588952007-09-25T11:23:00.000-03:002007-09-25T11:26:22.164-03:00Wal-Mart Under Fire for Labor Practices in ArgentinaFree Speech Radio News Story Report
Argentine lawmakers are starting to scrutinize anti-union practices at retail giant Wal-Mart. Over the weekend, workers and human rights activists protested outside a Wal-Mart store in Buenos Aires to call attention to working conditions in the retail chain. Marie Trigona was there:
In addition to reports of anti-union practices, Wal-Mart has come under Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-14815519096948573132007-09-18T14:03:00.000-03:002007-09-18T14:41:39.235-03:00Human Rights in Argentina: A year without Julio LopezHuman Rights groups in Argentina rallied September 18 to mark the one year disappearance of a key witness who helped convict a former police officer for life in 2006. Rights representatives have expressed immediate concerns over missing witness Julio Lopez; a new name that has been inscribed on the doleful roll call of Argentina's disappeared. From the final courtroom proceedings to the search Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-58132696533856062422007-08-23T15:13:00.001-03:002007-08-23T15:20:49.052-03:00Rock concert for BAUEN HotelArgentina's worker occupied factory movement held a massive concert in Buenos Aires on August 21, in support of the BAUEN Hotel cooperative, a worker-run hotel in downtown Buenos Aires facing a court-ordered eviction. More than 5,000 people attended the rock performance to say, "No to the eviction of the BAUEN Hotel!"
"We don't have anything to negotiate with them. Because the BAUEN is ours! AndMarie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-87528078891100830372007-08-15T15:38:00.000-03:002007-08-15T15:40:19.832-03:00Argentina: Hotel Bauen's Workers Without Bosses Face Eviction Written by Marie Trigona Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Toward Freedom
Argentina’s worker occupied factory movement is rallying across the country for a national expropriation law in the face of eviction orders and legal uncertainty. At the forefront of the worker recuperated enterprise movement is the BAUEN Hotel, just one of the 180 Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-87644230566339324722007-08-09T12:16:00.000-03:002007-08-09T12:29:07.294-03:00Hotel BAUEN: Workers without bosses face evictionZnetInside the BAUEN Hotel, one of Argentina's worker-run workplaces, janitors, repairmen, receptionists and maids sit in an assembly with worried but determined faces and sheets of paper in hand. Each of the workers, some of whom have been working at the hotel since it was built in 1978, hold a court ordered eviction notice, a judicial document notifying the workers they must abandon the hotel Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-35929917341511359742007-07-14T13:05:00.000-03:002007-07-14T13:09:21.606-03:00Interview on Uprising Radio: Clergyman on trial for human rights crimesInterview on Uprising Radio: Clergyman on trial for human rights crimes
GUEST: Marie Trigona, member of Grupo Alavio, a Direct Action and Video Collective, correspondent for Free Speech Radio News, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina Last Thursday, for the first time ever, a clergyman of the Catholic Church faced charges in connection with repression carried out under Argentina’s so-called “Dirty Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27156165.post-74742058060246796822007-07-08T19:54:00.000-03:002007-07-08T19:59:52.784-03:00Trial Against Accused Catholic Priest Torturer Begins in ArgentinaA much awaited human rights abuse trial is underway in Argentina. The accused is a catholic priest charged with carrying out human rights abuses while working in several clandestine detention centers during the nation's 1976 to 1983 military dictatorship. The priest has been under arrest for 4 years ago while living under a false alias in Chile. This is the latest human rights trial of accused Marie Trigonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345188450610946384noreply@blogger.com