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Protests in Argentinia: 107 Strassen blockaded

quick translation more to follow | 23.02.2004 18:30 | Free Spaces | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Thursday, the 19th of february, has been the day of the "Piqueteros" in Argentina: 107 streets were blockaded in the whole country for more than 17 hours, also some train stations have been shut.
Additionally several demonstartions took place, and a rally at the government.

The underlying causes were the new laws made for increasing flexibility at work, cutting down of the social and benefit system, repression and else...

Here some pictures. More reports under Argentina Indymedia.
 http://argentina.indymedia.org
Hopefully, a translation will be finished soon.













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quick translation more to follow
- Homepage: http://argentina.indymedia.org


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