A-Infos (en) Argentina, Cordoba, OAC: FACING THE AUTHORITARIAN ADVANCE, WHAT AWAITS THOSE OF US AT THE LOWER LEVEL? (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

(Position of organized anarchism in Argentina - June 2025) ---- Recent 
events, which include decisions by the judiciary and changes in the 
structures of the state's repressive forces, constitute a new 
anti-democratic advance by the most concentrated and pro-imperialist 
sectors of the economy to seize more power, which only means more 
suffering and exploitation for those at the bottom. ---- The growing 
political operation of the judiciary's leadership, which has intensified 
in recent days, is a new example of the rise of authoritarianism that is 
also framed within disputes between factions of traditional politics, 
confrontations between sectors of power that, although they present 
themselves as antagonistic and with nuances of a social model, coincide 
in upholding the pillars of the neoliberal project of domination.

The recent Supreme Court ruling, which left CFK's conviction final, did 
not come in a vacuum. What it reveals is a web of disputes at the top 
where the judiciary takes on an increasingly evident political function. 
Not only through interventions that resolve disputes at the top, but 
also in its role as a disciplinary agent within the traditional 
political sphere, but also within other branches of the state.

In this sense, while its actions structurally respond to the interests 
of the ruling classes, its relationship with power is neither linear nor 
simple. In retrospect, the same judicial apparatus that guarantees 
impunity to repressors, businessmen, and politicians was also 
instrumental in many of the setbacks faced by the executive branch of 
Javier Milei's government.

Even those DNU and articles of the truncated Ley Bases (Bases Law) that 
targeted basic labor rights were defeated by a combination of factors, 
such as expressions of popular resistance and interventions by isolated 
sectors of the judiciary. But the latter should not be confused with a 
defense of the interests of those at the bottom, but rather with 
internal power struggles, where certain sectors of the judicial system 
decide to set limits.

Faced with this increasingly pressing reality for those at the bottom, 
union and grassroots organizations cannot follow any party, nor expect 
anything from an electoral system that is exhausted and has shown 
countless signs of being unable-or unwilling-to resolve the demands of 
those most in need. Therefore, it is essential to strengthen the 
resistance and unity of those at the bottom, resuming our agenda of 
struggle, which was not resolved with any candidacy, including 
Cristina's as a provincial representative for the province of Buenos 
Aires. We must continue fighting to reverse the troubling reality of 
workers who see historic gains of the working class in danger.

All of this is driven by a government that uses anti-worker and 
anti-popular decrees, shielded by systematic and brutal repression of 
all demonstrations and militant actions, such as the Wednesday protests 
of retirees and other sectors, which it seeks to discipline through the 
imposition of laws and reforms, such as the recently announced 
reorganization of the federal police as a copy of the FBI, which will be 
dedicated to pursuing on the streets and social media anyone who 
criticizes and is willing to fight to uphold the historic demands of the 
working class and who, from now on, could be arrested without a court order.

A clear example of this is the arrest and judicial persecution of the 
five teachers and public employees in the province of Santa Fe, the 
hundreds of people arrested on Wednesdays during the retirees' march in 
Buenos Aires, the two environmentalists arrested in Mendoza, the two 
students recently arrested in Rosario, the seven radical activists 
arrested in Buenos Aires, and the recent arrest of Jones Huala, all 
victims of this reactionary advance in which those of us at the bottom 
are the main target for discipline and subjugation.

Given this situation, we know that some comrades we meet in the daily 
struggle still have a remote hope for a solution through elections. 
However, our working hypothesis tells us that no solution to the 
problems of those at the bottom will come from this.

In this context, we urgently need to unite around all our 
organizations-social, union, and grassroots-to continue advancing the 
struggle and resistance in clear and solid defense of the gains and 
freedoms we have won. Against the loss of jobs in the maritime and port 
sector, the result of the deregulation of trade and navigation; against 
the depletion and wave of layoffs in the metalworking and automotive 
sectors (as has happened in Tierra del Fuego, Córdoba, Rosario, Villa 
Constitución, and Buenos Aires); against the depletion, defunding, and 
layoffs in public hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the 
country, affecting access to healthcare for the most vulnerable sectors, 
whose epicenter is the struggle of Garrahan and PAMI. The defense of the 
collective bargaining agreements without a ceiling is vital, as they are 
unable to cover their basic needs. In this calamitous reality, the 
demand for medication coverage for the elderly or the fight for food 
supplies to reach the soup kitchens represents the difference between 
life and a slow death. The articulation of the struggle is imperative to 
resist such a scythe blow to the interests of those at the bottom.

Beyond this urgent agenda, we anarchists are clear about one thing in 
this scenario of capitalist barbarism. It is that the management of 
society, industries, services, the public sector, and other strategic 
and vital sectors of society have failed at the hands of current 
politicians and businessmen, leaving a trail of impoverished people and 
an unprecedented economic and social deficit for those at the bottom. 
This is why we strive and do not cease the struggle for a new world, for 
a social revolution that will lead to a society managed by the popular 
sectors themselves.

Anarchist Organization of Santa Cruz (OASC)
Anarchist Resistance Organization of Buenos Aires (ORA)
Anarchist Federation of Rosario (FAR)
Anarchist Organization of Tucumán (OAT)
Anarchist Organization of Córdoba (OAC)

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