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On this day in 1969, the Cordobazo Uprising began in the city of Córdoba, Argentina as a general strike, with workers seizing the city, burning the corporate headquarters of Citroën and Xerox, and clashing with the army.

The rebellion took place under the military dictatorship of General Juan Carlos Onganía, who had seized power in a coup in 1966. Onganía's government had suspended the right to strike, froze workers' wages, suppressed communist movements, and extended the age of retirement.

In the wake of widespread violent state repression against protesters, the labor union "CGT de los Argentinos", led by Agustín Tosco, called for national strike on May 30th, 1969. In Cordoba, the general strike and protests began one day earlier.

On the first day of the protests, police opened fire on thousands of protesters, killing a worker named Maximo Mena, causing the strike to escalate into a citywide revolt, leading to widespread destruction of property and seizing of city spaces. Onganía crushed the rebellion with the military, and Agustín Tosco was arrested for his role in the rebellion.

Working class protest, popular revolt and urban insurrection in Argentina: the 1969 Cordobazo - James P. Brennan

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[-] Leon_Frotsky@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

Everytime someone shoplifts one of the chocolate bars from the oxfam when im on shift i just do the NL bit about imagining them dying in a car crash later that day because they were too distracted eating their chocolate bar

[-] Leon_Frotsky@hexbear.net 18 points 6 days ago

Inb4 "actually shoplifting is always cool and based", they're literally shoplifting from a gaza famine relief fund. There's a real corporation's shop right across the road that sells the same chocolate bars and also has zero security they could shoplift from instead.

[-] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

You should put up a sign that says that.

If it was me I would tell them that. Like, stealing is fine but they should be doing it from a corporate joint.

[-] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

glad you put this second comment here cuz i was gonna say that lol

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

No the new one is you imagine them burning in hell for eternity

But shoplifting is cool so you'd actually imagine them getting their johnson processed space station style along with the guy who invented the egg McMuffin.

edit: nvm just read the other comment

they're burning in extra hell forever

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