A Clandestine Expression of the 99%

I can’t help but think about the similarities between what Rodolfo Walsh writes, and what is occurring in much of the world today.  I think of the Occupy movements, and the structural violence that is driving much of their protest.  It seems that Walsh speaks of similar disparity being consciously orchestrated in Argentina during the military junta of the 70s.  Essential this violence could be equated with a violation of so many basic rights.  Not only were people being deprived of a right to life, liberty and property, but they were being told they should not have a voice, should not bother to vote or organize, or even have faith in their government at all.  They were living in fear.  People should be entitled to a right to NOT live in fear.  Aside from these violations of human and civil rights in Argentina, I was struck by Walsh’s claim that although the international community was stirred by what they heard about torture and disappearances, they could be said to have participated in the structural violence in Argentina, as much of the national industry was privatized.   The CIA had certain military leaders on its payroll during this period, and Walsh explains that there were many international corporations operating in Argentina under questionable auspices as well.  Something I’d never thought of before was the way in which an exodus of doctors, trained medical personnel, or others with the means would have been brought about by a coup where a military junta was instated.  The intellectual and professional capital that left the country would have also been terribly detrimental to the social fabric.  I imagine that those who were able to secure exit of the country would have done so, leaving the country without many of the services it would have most needed.     I recently watched the movie, The End of Poverty, where I heard that the richest individuals and corporations in the world hold over 300 trillion dollars in offshore accounts, far away from the reaches of taxation in their respective countries.  Policies by the IMF, the World Bank, (read: Washington) and even the United Nations (champion of human rights?) are all responsible for the current disparity in wealth in the world. Could much of the international community be held accountable for some of the atrocities and structural violence that occurred in Argentina in the 1970s?