Delegation to Argentina 2007

   •     Tour recovered factories cooperatively owned and managed by its workers, and talk with the men and women that took them over and are organizing their own work places now.

     •     Meet with representatives of the Piquetero Movement of unemployed workers who have conducted roadblocks in protest to government corruption and IMF policies, do not receive welfare plans and are presently coordinating their own enterprises.

      •     Meet with the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo who continue to organize for Human Rights in Argentina.

      •      Visit a Shanty town and talk with local organizers

      •      Workshops about Peronism, History of Labor Movement, IMF and Argentina , Art and Activism and New Social Movements

      •     Explore the music of tango with a group of young self-managed Tango musicians, the Fernandez Fierro Tango Orchestra.

      •     Tour the rich and poor areas of the city with Eternautas (http://www.eternautas.com)

 

Sample Schedule

January 3
  Early morning arrivals, Transfer to Hotel or Hostel; Welcome and introduction workshop by Kelo (Aap coordinator in Buenos Aires)
12.30 PM Lunch
2.00 PM  Visit to Chilavert recovered press and Coperpel, recovered enterprise of industrial packaging.
January 4
9-11 AM Alan Cibils workshop: “ Argentina and the IMF”
12 noon Lunch and Visit with the unemployed workers’ organization MTD La Matanza.
We’ll talk with Toti and Soledad members of this group in the outskirts of Buenos Aires , that has created in the past years an amazing array of self-managed enterprises such as kindergarten, bakery, silk-screening and sewing workshops.  
January 5
9-11 AM Ezequiel Adamovsky workshop: “History of Argentinean Labor Movement”
12 noon Lunch
3 PM

Attendance at Madres de Plaza de Mayo's round in Plaza de Mayo and later meeting with some Madres at their Association, Bookstore and University.

January 6
9-11 AM Ezequiel Adamovsky workshop: “Argentinean's new Social Movements”
12 noon Lunch
2.00 PM Visit to a shanty town and talk with local organizers.
January 7
12.30 Lunch
2.00 PM

Visit to cooperative of cartoneros (urban recyclers) “El Ceibo”.
10.00 PM

Cultural night at Centro Cultural Chilavert (Recovered Factory Multicultural Center )
January 8
12.30 PM Lunch
2.00 PM

Walking tour “ Buenos Aires : Paris of SouthAmerica”. A walk around this section of Retiro which showcases the features of 1900's architecture as no other part of town, a style which reached its peak at the time of the country’s centennial celebrations. San Martí­n Square represents the old elite's first step in the search for a more exclusive social space. In the first decade of the twentieth century, the most renowned families had established their palace residences there, creating one of the most Parisian corners of BA. The tour will end in Recoleta district where on Saturdays there’s a big craft market.
January 9
9-10 AM

Workshop: “Recovered Factories” with Esteban Maggnani (collaborator of the Take)
12.30 PM

Lunch
2.00 PM

Meeting with workers of the Garrahan Children Hospital that currently leads one of the most interesting strikes, part of the movement that has been defined as “neo-trade unionism”.
7.00 PM

Meeting with artists/activists who coordinate mass street artt productions during protests (group to be announced)

January 10
9-10 AM Meeting with the workers of Hotel Bauen.
10.30 AM- 12.30 PM Meeting with C.C. de la Cooperación, symbol of coops in Argentina and funders of many social projects.
12.30 PM Lunch
2.00 PM Visit to El Global, recovered factory of balloons and Gatic, recovered factory of tennis-shoes (Ex-Adidas).
January 11
9-11 AM Workshop: “Understanding Peronismo” with Samuel Amaral
12.30 PM Lunch
2.00 PM “The Hidden South” - a tour around forgotten districts of Buenos Aires, far away from the main tourist routes. Barracas, Nueva Pompeya, Parque Patricios and Boedo, popular neighborhoods, in which immigration, labor movement –socialist & anarquist-, tango and popular literrature play the main roles.
9.00 PM Attendance at the show of “Fernández Fierro Tango Orchestra”, a group of self-managed young tango musicians.
January 12
9-11 AM Workshop: “Gender and Social Movements”
12.30 PM Lunch
2.00 PM Visit to Patricios recovered press house and Ceres, a recovered sweatshop run by women.
  Good-byes

 


Program Fees and Dates (tentative)

These fees are subject to change. We are requesting two different fees, one for people willing to stay at a hostel, in a shared room with up to four other people and another one staying at the Bauen Hotel (under workers control), in a single occupancy room.

Fee A
$ 850.00 staying at Hostel Don Sancho (http://www.hostaldonsancho.com.ar/homein.htm)

Fee B
$ 1,200.00 staying at Bauen Hotel (under workers control) in a single occupancy room.  Please contact Kelo about staying in a room with another person (cheaper) aapbuenosaires@yahoo.com.ar

Fees do not include

• International airfare, dinners, aiirport departure taxes, ($ 18.00/person) tips, and personal expenses.

Fees do Include:
• For Fee B Single-room hotel (dates TBA).
• For Fee AA stay in Hostel Don Sancho, share room with up to 4 people (dates TBA). 
• For both fees: transfer to and from the airport, light breakfast and lunch every day; transportation to and from all programmed activities; guides and translators; a qualified trip leader; all program activities; and reading materials, modest donations to movements we visit and fees for faculty workshop leaders.


aapbuenosaires@yahoo.com.ar