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From the assembly to the party, and back. The Network Party in Argentina, five years on

In 2012, a group of “crazy people” in Buenos Aires founded the Network Party. Five years on, one of its founding members reflects on activism, power, leadership and participation. Português Español

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Intervention at the Social Forum of the Resistances, Porto Alegre, January 2017.

Never in my life have I lacked a roof over my head, food, or work. When, at the age of 15, I approached a committee of the Radical Civic Union (a historical party in Argentina), my sole aim was to honour my father by following in his footsteps. I think that at that age - let us be honest - one approaches politics for only two possible reasons: to be loyal to one's parents or to rebel against them.