Ambassadors of the Working Class
Argentina's International Labor Activists and Cold War Democracy in the Americas
Seiten
2017
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8223-6905-9 (ISBN)
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8223-6905-9 (ISBN)
In the story of Argentina's diplomatic worker attaches dispatched to further Peronism, organized labor became a crucial aspect in defining democracy and perceptions of social justice, freedom, and sovereignty in the Americas.
In 1946 Juan PerÓn launched a populist challenge to the United States, recruiting an army of labor activists to serve as worker attachÉs at every Argentine embassy. By 1955, over five hundred would serve, representing the largest presence of blue-collar workers in the foreign service of any country in history. A meatpacking union leader taught striking workers in Chicago about rising salaries under PerÓn. A railroad motorist joined the revolution in Bolivia. A baker showed Soviet workers the daily caloric intake of their Argentine counterparts. As Ambassadors of the Working Class shows, the attachÉs' struggle against US diplomats in Latin America turned the region into a Cold War battlefield for the hearts of the working classes. In this context, Ernesto SemÁn reveals, for example, how the attachÉs' brand of transnational populism offered Fidel Castro and Che Guevara their last chance at mass politics before their embrace of revolutionary violence. Fiercely opposed by Washington, the attachÉs’ project foundered, but not before US policymakers used their opposition to Peronism to rehearse arguments against the New Deal's legacies.
In 1946 Juan PerÓn launched a populist challenge to the United States, recruiting an army of labor activists to serve as worker attachÉs at every Argentine embassy. By 1955, over five hundred would serve, representing the largest presence of blue-collar workers in the foreign service of any country in history. A meatpacking union leader taught striking workers in Chicago about rising salaries under PerÓn. A railroad motorist joined the revolution in Bolivia. A baker showed Soviet workers the daily caloric intake of their Argentine counterparts. As Ambassadors of the Working Class shows, the attachÉs' struggle against US diplomats in Latin America turned the region into a Cold War battlefield for the hearts of the working classes. In this context, Ernesto SemÁn reveals, for example, how the attachÉs' brand of transnational populism offered Fidel Castro and Che Guevara their last chance at mass politics before their embrace of revolutionary violence. Fiercely opposed by Washington, the attachÉs’ project foundered, but not before US policymakers used their opposition to Peronism to rehearse arguments against the New Deal's legacies.
Historian Ernesto SemÁn is Assistant Professor at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond and the author of five previous books, which include novels and political essays.
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. From the Fringes of the Nation to the World 1
1. In Search of Social Reform 23
2. "The Argentine Problem" 44
3. Apostles of Social Revolution 68
4. From the Belly of the Beasts 102
5. At the Turn of the Tide 132
6. Political Declension 166
7. A Bitter Pill 193
Conclusion. Branding Mass Politics in the Americas 219
Notes 233
Bibliography 287
Index 311
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.09.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 12 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | North Carolina |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8223-6905-2 / 0822369052 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8223-6905-9 / 9780822369059 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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