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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?

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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/
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:)