This Saturday, January 4, on the grounds of the former ESMA, a festival is held in support of the workers of the Human Rights Secretariat and the Haroldo Conti Cultural Center who face thousands of layoffs and the emptying of the Sites of Memory in a attempt by the denialist government of Milei and Villarruel to attack the historic fight for human rights.
Without workers there is no Memory: massive festival against layoffs in the Human Rights Secretariat and the closure of Conti pic.twitter.com/Z22V5PJfuD
— La Izquierda Diario (@izquierdadiario) January 4, 2025
Without workers there is no memory. From 6 in the afternoon, members of neighborhood assemblies from Almagro and Caballito, Barracas, Morón, workers from other sectors in struggle such as GPS and Aerolíneas Argentinas and the Assembly of Workers in Struggle of the Bonaparte Hospital, human rights organizations such as Madres began to arrive. of Plaza de Mayo or CePRODH, social, unions such as SIPREBA, the Brown Group and different internal ATE and political boards, representatives of student centers such as Architecture and Design and Urban Planning, legislators and deputies, among many. Defending the jobs of the thousands of workers and those spaces is maintaining the fight for the 30,000.
The forces are there to prevent layoffs, closures and looting of memory sites. Because the workers are not alone, we are all those who fight for Memory, Truth and Justice who say “They will not pass.” It’s 30 thousand. We are millions. pic.twitter.com/NAZ4BKfaub
— Andrea D’Atri (@andreadatri) January 4, 2025
The Government seeks to advance in the dismantling of essential places for the preservation of collective memory, attacking their workers and announcing closures of the Haroldo Conti Cultural Center or leaving the “Virrey Cevallos” Memory Space without workers. These are attacks that add to the almost total closure of the CAJ (Access to Justice Centers) that operated throughout the country.
Massive festival at ESMA in defense of jobs and our decades-long fight for MEMORY TRUTH AND JUSTICE. they will not pass pic.twitter.com/6PGHJKoLGV
— Alejandrina Barry (@Barry__Ale) January 4, 2025
Since Thursday the 26th, dismissal telegrams had begun to arrive, thus confirming the threats made by executives of the portfolio led by Cuneo Libarona. On Friday the 27th, the Secretariat workers quickly stood up and hugged the same premises that had a wide range of organizations that responded to the war cry. With the beginning of the year came the news of the Government’s intentions to close the Conti by emptying the renowned space.
It is impressive and exciting how many people there are at ESMA right now. And people don’t stop coming. On January 4th.
Impressive festival in defense of memory sites, the Conti cultural center and its workers. Resistance is strengthened. pic.twitter.com/bbc8CjlVkC
— Luca Bonfante (@LucaBonfante98) January 4, 2025
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
