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May 03, 2005

Graffiti 2

As I mentioned in my previous entry about Graffiti, most of the stuff around town is political in nature - ranging from Anarchist stuff (they use a lot of stenciling, which isnīt that popular here), to a lot of Anti-Bush stuff (and some general Anti-American stuff), to Graffiti on behalf of the main political party, the Partido Justicialist
(JP), or Peronist Party. The JP is less an ideological party, and more a political machine with a vague sense of being the "peopleīs" party. Roughly translated, the last picture would be like someone in the US writing "Democrats! Elanor Roosavelt!" Also, Ponele La Firma appears everywhere. That basically means "sign it!" but I have no idea whoīs supposed to sign what. Iīm guessing a new labor contract or something.


As you can probably see, public statues are a main Graffiti target. Every once in a while, the graffiti actually is relevent to the statue, as in this
graffiti on a statue of Julio Argentino Roca , a former President of Argentina who is also largely responsible for exterminating the native population (hence the Graffiti is the lower right hand corner).

Also represented are extremist groups both Muslim and (unfortunately) Neo-Nazi - you know, itīs not as bad as Europe (probably because thereīs some Jews here), and I donīt think thereīs really any significant neo-nazism here, but letīs put it this way: I saw a little swastika drawn with a marker in the subway - of all the hundreds of people that passed it I was the only one who could be bothered to take 10 seconds to wipe it clean. Back home, I donīt think any self-respecting person of any political alignment would just let neo-nazi graffiti slide like they do here and in Europe.

As for me, Iīm doing OK - went to Uraguay which is basically just good for another 4 stamps on the passport. Iīm probably going to go to Iguazu Falls this weekend, then back for another week in the BA (where I hope to write at least 3 or 4 more entries on stuff), then who knows?

Posted by Moses on May 3, 2005 10:56 AM
Category: Buenos Aires
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Neither God nor love? What kind of anarchist is against love?

Posted by: Judy on May 3, 2005 10:55 PM

Hi Mose- for some reason the pictures on graffiti #2 won't come up. However, I remember the graffiti in BA and it was really quite artisitic. I noticed that it was all political as it is in most places. Only here does it seem to be gang related. You sound as if you are having a ball. As for Uruguay, it reminded me of Santa Monica. Have a great time.

Posted by: Ethel on May 6, 2005 11:55 AM
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