Piqueteros: the revolution without face or time
A good look at where the Argentinian piqueteros from over 10 years ago are now, and how their projects are lasting. A flavour:
In an assembly in the Southern region of the FPDS it may very well be decided that the surplus gains of Trasinpat are to be spent on the order of a small truck for the delivery of vegetables for the Unión de Trabajadores de la Tierra (UTT — Union of Land Workers), a rural cooperative of La Plata. “It is important that our projects are interrelated and that we can consume our own things. But each collective has its own autonomy, its own independence, making decisions without having anyone overseeing them, without anyone giving orders, but with a responsible stance regarding the time of the assemblies, where they submit and present the works to be done. Now, that has allowed us to consolidate and make some sales, above all for internal consumption,” explains Leo Santillán, seated on a cement block in front of the storehouse of the cement factory.
http://roarmag.org/2014/01/zapatistas-piqueteros-movements-power/