E116.1: [TEASER] Argentina uprising 2001, bonus – the state and political violence
Working Class History
Working Class History
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
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| 1:32.2 | As we come marching, marching in the beauty of the day, a million darkened in kitchens, a thousand |
| 1:41.2 | mill-off's gray are brightened by theies, sun and sun discloses. |
| 1:47.0 | And the people here are seeing bread and roses, bread and roses. |
| 1:54.0 | The context in which the military dictatorship begins in Argentina, the official story, so speak, was it was an |
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