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Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power

This week, “Speaking Truth to Power” was really about individuals groups speaking up against government powers. These people had to find new ways to protest and resist in a time of great violence. We see that especially through the work of the Madres, who campaigned for their missing children that were taken during the militaryContinue reading “Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power”

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Week 12: Speaking Truth To Power

The readings this week gave me a sense of the evolution of the people or el Pueblo. As the chapter displayed, the people of tyrannical states started to take action as seen with Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, and with Chile starting and maintaining a string the “No” campaign  against the continuation of […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with globalization, madres, mentorship, No, solidarity, technology

Week 12 – Speaking Truth to Power

For this week, several sources caught my attention. The first of these: “Revolutionary Womens’ Law”, reminded me of the Political Program of the Partido Independiente de Color’s declaration. Both are documents which lay out precise reforms for disenfranchised groups. However, a distinction between the two is that whilst “Revolutionary Womens’ Law” reaffirms that anyone, regardless […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with escobar, feminism, jackson, macho, madres, revolution, technology, thriller

Week 12: Protests; Attention vs. Change

Reading about the multitude of protests and activist movements that began to appear rapidly in 1970’s Latin America this week, I couldn’t help but draw connections between the protests of the past and the present. The protests that I found myself comparing were the Madres movements of Argentina in 1977, and the Climate Action movementsContinue reading “Week 12: Protests; Attention vs. Change”

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with activism, climate action, madres, protests

Week 12: Speaking Truth To Power

This week’s reading was incredibly powerful to read. I have learned about the Madre’s before; their white bonnets seem to have become a symbol of resistance. The concept of the disappeared within Latin American politics is an interesting positionality. In the eyes of the state, individuals are reduced to bodies where no rights are guaranteed. Its such a devastating position as there is no sense of justice; the feeling is alien to me as I have always lived somewhere with a certain extent of due process. The Madres were successful because of their position as older women; the government could not kill mothers and grandmothers in the public sphere without large reproductions. This could be attributed to significant gender roles. As women were seen as fragile, homemakers, and child-bearers, there was an element of weakness associated with their murder. However, I believe this was true for the Madres because they had already gained global attention. The Argentinian government had no qualm with killing women, however, they didn’t want their foreign reputation to be dismal. Countries like the United States hold to the idea that certain people are off-limits from violence, such as women and children. Had they been young men protesting in the square, the government would have likely disposed of them immediately rather than allowing them to gather.
As I watched the Madres video, I was immediately hit by the overwhelming grief. The desperation of the people at this time for justice is quite evident. The disposal of thousands of people is quite destabilizing especially within small communities that experience massacres. The premeditated aspect of state-sponsored violence also showed the lengths of corruption. It was interesting as well to see the coverup methods that were used. Often the state tried to frame the disappeared or murdered as the destabilizing forces, ones that were a threat to the public because of their ideology. It was disheartening to learn about how the United States often supported these false narratives in order to continue support for regimes. These attempts extended violence from murder to also the death of credibility of dissident individuals. People existed in a liminal space where if they were to speak up they could either face death, discredit, or most likely both.
It’s also interesting to think about how many of these disappearances have never been acknowledged properly. There are still many families who have yet to find out what happened to their children, leaving them in permanent distrust of the state and each new leader who fails to give answers. 

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, madres, Mexico

Week 12: Speaking Truth To Power

This week’s reading was incredibly powerful to read. I have learned about the Madre’s before; their white bonnets seem to have become a symbol of resistance. The concept of the disappeared within Latin American politics is an interesting positionality….

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, madres, Mexico

Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power

“Those who challenge authoritarian but purportedly nationalist regimes invariably open themselves up to charges of treason, especially in weak states.” This quote is part of Dawson’s introduction to the chapter, and it reminded me of the infamous motto of the Brazilian dictatorship: “Brasil, ame-o ou deixe-o” (Brazil, love it or leave it). If there isContinue reading “Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power”

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Brazil, madres, Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, Sem categoria

Week 12

While I enjoyed all of this weeks lecture video, my favorite part was the potent reminder of how fortunate we are as Canadians to have the power to elect politicians. When we aren’t happy with who’s in power, we have a chance to act to change it- peacefully! Lucky us. I continue to be horrified […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Argentina, Luck, madres, Peace, violence

Week Twelve

I found the story of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo to be very touching and compelling. I think that…

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with activism, Argentina, foreign intervention, international aid, madres, Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, models of success, Resistence, week12

Week 12 – Speaking Truth to Power

This week’s lecture is also the main subject my groups video project, so there have been several main aspects that we’ve looked at together that I found to be particularly interesting. The first one which I found to be really compelling was history of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. The story […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with American Intervention, Argentina, Chile, Corruption, Drug Wars, madres, Mexico, profit, violence

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