Mapping the Argentine New Left: Social Liberation, National Liberation, and Revolutionary Violence, 1969–1977. (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Copello, David
• Other Names: Munck Ronaldo guest-editor.; Sankey Kyla guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Latin American perspectives. Volume 47:Number 5(2020:Sep.)
• Page Start: 179
• Page End: 198
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: New left -- Argentina -- Revolutionary Peronism -- Revolutionary left -- Guerrilla warfare; Latin America -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 320.98
• DOI: 10.1177/0094582X20939101
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0094-582X

Abstract

In recent years, investigation on 1960s/1970s revolutionary activism in Argentina has led to the publication of multiple case studies. Building on this literature, a more general view of what is often called the "new left" indicates that it is characterized by the importance assigned to three issues: social liberation, national liberation, and revolutionary violence. Two differentiating lines within this political space are an ideological divide (Marxism vs. Peronism) and an instrumental division over the strategic status of violence (insurrection vs. protracted people's war vs. political-military action). En los últimos años, las investigaciones sobre el activismo revolucionario de la década de 1960–1970 en Argentina han dado lugar a la publicación de múltiples estudios de caso. En base a este material, se propone una visión más general de la a menudo denominada "nueva izquierda", y cómo esta se caracteriza a partir de la importancia asignada a tres factores: la liberación social, la liberación nacional y la violencia revolucionaria. Hay dos dimensiones dentro de este espacio político: una división ideológica (marxismo vs. peronismo) y una división instrumental en torno al papel estratégico de la violencia (insurrección vs. guerra popular prolongada vs. acción político-militar).