Above: Astor Piazzola and Ramon L. Falcon
By Osvaldo Bayer, for "Page 12"
last few days have served to ratify what was so wise that ethics ultimately triumphs in history. The removal of the name of Colonel atrocious Falcon School Police Cadets, and other known criminals police against basic human rights of other police institutions, is one step ahead of our democracy. All names imposed by dictatorships and slavishly accepted by governments that followed. Just remember that Colonel Ramon Falcon, the best officer of Rock in the genocide of native peoples-called Desert Campaign was the one who ordered the slaughter of Plaza Lorea May 1, Workers Day, 1909. And are his statements to the press to justify having given the order to open fire on workers who recalled the columns of the Martyrs of Chicago, those incredible fighters from the days of eight hours of work, "because the workers instead of bringing blue and white flag bearing the red flag. " What crime for Argentina colonel. What you need to know is that in those years the red flag was the flag of unionism. But for the uniformed beast that was already a crime. The most amazing thing was that his name was displayed until a few days patronymic School Police Cadets, which tells us what these cadets were such as to the ethics of life. But the colonel
murderer of workers and original inhabitants of this land still has a monument in Callao streets and freedom, of this Capital. Just where has been willing to lift the monument to the great Astor Piazzolla. Some well deserved because this musician was a genius who revolutionized the tango. We all applaud that decision because those are the models that deserve to be in bronze. The musicians, poets, scientists, teachers and all those open hand that fought for a world without hungry children and families with a roof. Y not always uniform, as usual. And the beauty of the monument to the great Astor is to be nothing less than this legend:
"I know I'm crazy, crazy, crazy
not you see the moon rolling in Callao;
What a parade of astronauts and children, with a vals,
I dance around ... Dance! Come! "Fly!"
The lyrics by Horacio Ferrer, who once sang all.
But now comes the most important. Nobody wants that next Piazzolla is the monument to the Colonel's murderer workers. It would be an insult to the memory of the musician. Just as we had the courage to remove the name civilian police training facilities, the Likewise this should be sent to a foundry for bronze with metal that is done in a rather proletarian neighborhood monument that the workers killed on May 1, 1909. Otherwise, it would stain the art so deep that great musician putting a gun near the village. We would like the guild of musicians gave several concerts in this place as a protest against the presence of Colonel bloodied beside the musician who understood so deeply the music of Buenos Aires. So yes we're going to cry there, "Long live the music, the bullets will die!". And
is emerging a popular consciousness to rewrite history and do not always accept what dictated by the owners of the economic and political power. For example this: Belén, Catamarca, yeah right there, villagers have begun to support a project to change the name of the murderer Julio Argentino Roca by local poet Luis Franco. A poet with all the flavor of these regions as blue skies and mountains that we observe.
That might say, is to love life. Catamarca
And Quilmes: there was just released the draft ordinance to rename the street October 12 by the flood Peoples. After explaining the legal, cultural and historical adds that the name of October 12 is "a tribute to a date opened the ethnic genocide and most important cultural history, and looks outdated and harmful on the native peoples. That, however, considered appropriate reparations to the nations that are our origins since joining the municipal public nomenclature. "
is a fair request because the English did not reach the new continent to bring peace, culture and freedom. Quite the contrary: the native peoples were subjected to brutal forms of slavery such as the mita, and the parcel yanaconazgo. Says Manuel Belgrano in his proclamation to the peoples in which he says: "I have come to restore the rights of liberty, property and safety that for so many generations have been deprived, serving only the plunder of the (English) that have governed. " As the European conquerors slavery was not enough of the original, brought thousands of African slaves under the yoke of the whip and the musket. It was regrettable that instead of having a hero of our independence from the Casa Rosada, we have none other than Columbus. Instead of being there a cowboy of our independence and the embrace of our two great liberators: San Martín and Bolívar. Is exactly the same when we see the best tree-lined streets of Belgrano with the name of the English viceroys, while the great libertarian hero Tupac Amaru has a side street a few blocks away.
And that is right Demián Konfino the proposition that the Americas are not to be named by Amerigo Vespucci, one of the many "discoverers" - but it should be called Tupacamaria, on behalf of the man who wanted to free the land of slavers and That was sentenced to the most horrible of deaths committed by human beings. Western and Christian.
But man does not surrender. Workers demonstrated Luz y Fuerza de Cordoba, who at the Augustine name removed from Tosco to the ring road of Cordoba by the authorities began to prepare a play-musical tribute to this unforgettable union leader in which they work 80 musicians, singers and coreutas. The lyrics of the songs were written by the secretary of the union, the music is who runs the musical workshop of the guild. This art form is perhaps the best way to remember that Tosco was a tireless fighter and the best tribute to his memory. And another win
also in the Book Fair. In these back cover Torres wrote that the minister of the province of La Pampa, had prohibited the presentation of the books Pampa Libre, Jorge Etchenique, and poetry of that great Southern poet named Edgar Morisoli in a work of Ana S. Galván. Well, the House of Santa Cruz, by Mario Metazoan announced they were willing to, at its booth to present these two books as representative of culture Pampas. That's called to say a resounding no to all censorship that we thought ended with the fall of the military dictatorship. Meanwhile, these books will be presented in the editorial about the May 6, at 17 hours, at booth 138, Hall 1, Blue Flag.
triumph of democracy. Triumphs of those who believe in freedom and solidarity. How was the party at Azul, school 503, where there was changed the name of Julio Argentino Roca genocide by the beautiful Arbolito nickname, the ranquel who avenged his brothers ranqueles. Was unforgettable, like touching the sky with his hands, a party with the spontaneous joy of the students, the nobility of their teachers, the support of the mayor and the town itself, pure people. Yes, it was as if all the persecuted in our history, I repeat, could touch the sky with your hands.
But all this would be worthless if it does not solve the problem of Qom camping on 9 de Julio and Avenida de Mayo: the names of our days of freedom. You can not ignore the situation. We're looking at the world. Those responsible have to think that if justice is not done, this will go down in our history. I repeat: always trumps ethics. You can not ignore the plight of these legitimate sons of the soil.
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