19&20: Notes for a New Social Protagonism

In the heat of an economic and political crisis, people in Argentina took to the streets on December 19th, 2001, shouting " Qu se vayan todos!" These words "All of them out!" hurled by thousands banging pots and pans, struck at every politician, economist, and journalist. These events opened a period of intense social unrest and political creativity that led to the collapse of government after government. Neighborhoods organized themselves into hundreds of popular assemblies across the coun...