In other words the Argentine Presidents have weakened the militarist pressure bloc which demands greater arms and security expenditures. They created a state more accommodative to their political project of financing economic competitiveness, new markets and social programs. Bush-Obama revived the parasitical financial sector further unbalancing the economy. Kirchner/Fernandez ensured that the banking sector financed the growth of the export sector, manufactures and domestic consumption. Obama slashes social consumption to pay creditors. Kirchner-Fernandez imposed a 75% “haircut” on bondholders in order to finance social spending.
Kirchner-Fernandez have won three presidential elections, each by a larger margin. Obama may be a one-term president, even with the billion dollar campaign funding from Wall Street, the military industrial complex and the pro-Israel power configuration.
The popular opposition to Obama, especially the “Occupy Wall Street movement” has a long way to go to emulate the success of the Argentine movements that rousted incumbent presidents, blocked highways paralyzing production and circulation and imposed a social agenda that prioritized production over finance, social consumption over military expenditures. The “Occupy Wall Street Movement” has taken a first step toward mobilizing millions of active participants necessary to creating the social muscle that turned Argentina from a US style client state into a dynamic independent welfare state.
Great comparison of Argentina's success to the US within the present capitalist crisis situation
http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1878
There seems to be a lot of comparisons to draw between the Argentina's popular movement and the potential within the American ones, so, given that, what would be the next step?
i'm really glad you posted this link and have pushed it in a couple places. thanks
also--salon dot com has a story today touching on the topic, although the emphasis is more on the bad faith US media reporting than the successful policies themselves
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/07/argentinas_president_irks_u_s_pundits/
also--salon dot com has a story today touching on the topic, although the emphasis is more on the bad faith US media reporting than the successful policies themselves
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/07/argentinas_president_irks_u_s_pundits/
:)