Andrew T

And the efforts to keep up the fight were constantly undermined by the PCU, which still insisted on negotiating instead of taking real action. Meanwhile, the people were suffering. According to Sharkey, between 1971 and 1976, there was a 35% fall in real wages, and by 1979, inflation was running at 80%, with wages limping behind at 45%.

And the efforts to keep up the fight were constantly undermined by the PCU, which still insisted on negotiating instead of taking real action. Meanwhile, the people were suffering. According to Sharkey, between 1971 and 1976, there was a 35% fall in real wages, and by 1979, inflation was running at 80%, with wages limping behind at 45%.

So until 1976, the FAU continued to work between Argentina and Uruguay. But after Argentina's coup, that was it. To quote Dzenko directly, During the U.S. 's Operation Condor, dictatorships across Latin America continued, coordinated to kidnap, torture, and murder leftists. Across the continent, between 60,000 and 80,000 leftists were killed and more than 400,000 were placed in political prisons.

So until 1976, the FAU continued to work between Argentina and Uruguay. But after Argentina's coup, that was it. To quote Dzenko directly, During the U.S. 's Operation Condor, dictatorships across Latin America continued, coordinated to kidnap, torture, and murder leftists. Across the continent, between 60,000 and 80,000 leftists were killed and more than 400,000 were placed in political prisons.

So until 1976, the FAU continued to work between Argentina and Uruguay. But after Argentina's coup, that was it. To quote Dzenko directly, During the U.S. 's Operation Condor, dictatorships across Latin America continued, coordinated to kidnap, torture, and murder leftists. Across the continent, between 60,000 and 80,000 leftists were killed and more than 400,000 were placed in political prisons.

End quote. Jesus. And I think we need to sit with those numbers because it's very easy to hear numbers like that and just think, you know, that's just a statistic, pretty much. We hear big numbers, our mind kind of goes statistic. But to like think about the impact that would have for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people to be just taken out, whether killed or imprisoned.

End quote. Jesus. And I think we need to sit with those numbers because it's very easy to hear numbers like that and just think, you know, that's just a statistic, pretty much. We hear big numbers, our mind kind of goes statistic. But to like think about the impact that would have for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people to be just taken out, whether killed or imprisoned.

End quote. Jesus. And I think we need to sit with those numbers because it's very easy to hear numbers like that and just think, you know, that's just a statistic, pretty much. We hear big numbers, our mind kind of goes statistic. But to like think about the impact that would have for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people to be just taken out, whether killed or imprisoned.

Leaving like a gaping hole of knowledge, of experience, of education, of radicalism.

Leaving like a gaping hole of knowledge, of experience, of education, of radicalism.

Leaving like a gaping hole of knowledge, of experience, of education, of radicalism.

A country may take decades to recover from something like that. It's a cultural death in a sense. You know, this is a political movement. But it's kind of similar to how during colonialism, elders would be wiped out. And with them, all of their knowledge, all of their oral histories, all of their languages, just wiped out in an instant. This is different, of course.

A country may take decades to recover from something like that. It's a cultural death in a sense. You know, this is a political movement. But it's kind of similar to how during colonialism, elders would be wiped out. And with them, all of their knowledge, all of their oral histories, all of their languages, just wiped out in an instant. This is different, of course.

A country may take decades to recover from something like that. It's a cultural death in a sense. You know, this is a political movement. But it's kind of similar to how during colonialism, elders would be wiped out. And with them, all of their knowledge, all of their oral histories, all of their languages, just wiped out in an instant. This is different, of course.

This is a political ideology as opposed to an entire culture and ethnicity. But it's still just a massive loss of all that history, all that experience, all that radicalism and information just gone.

This is a political ideology as opposed to an entire culture and ethnicity. But it's still just a massive loss of all that history, all that experience, all that radicalism and information just gone.

This is a political ideology as opposed to an entire culture and ethnicity. But it's still just a massive loss of all that history, all that experience, all that radicalism and information just gone.

Well, I would say it's more than a decapitation because it's not just like notable figures that were taken out or particularly influential thought leaders or anything. It's almost everybody.

Well, I would say it's more than a decapitation because it's not just like notable figures that were taken out or particularly influential thought leaders or anything. It's almost everybody.

Well, I would say it's more than a decapitation because it's not just like notable figures that were taken out or particularly influential thought leaders or anything. It's almost everybody.