{"id":2428,"date":"2026-09-19T14:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iscidenetimi.net\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2026-09-19T14:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:10:38","slug":"los-companeros-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iscidenetimi.net\/?p=2428&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Los compa\u00f1eros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alejandro Schneider, <em>Los compa\u00f1eros. Trabajadores, izquierda y peronismo, 1955-1973<\/em>, Buenos Aires: Imago Mundi, 2005, 432 pp. ISBN: 950-793-045-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Los compa\u00f1eros<\/em> is a comprehensive historical study of the struggles of the Argentine working class between 1955 and 1973, focusing particularly on <strong>rank-and-file organization in factories and workers\u2019 power relations within the sphere of production<\/strong>. Schneider examines the period from the overthrow of Per\u00f3n in 1955 to the intense workers\u2019 struggles of the early 1970s without limiting his account to the history of trade union leaderships; instead, he places workplace delegates, delegate bodies (<em>cuerpos de delegados<\/em>), internal commissions (<em>comisiones internas<\/em>), and the everyday struggles of rank-and-file workers at the centre of his analysis. From this perspective, the factory emerges as a key arena of continuous struggle between labour and capital over wages and working conditions, as well as the pace of production, labour discipline, and the organization of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book shows that, after 1955, attempts by successive governments and employers to rationalize production and increase labour productivity also required <strong>limiting the power of workers\u2019 organizations within the factory<\/strong>. In response, workers developed various forms of struggle, ranging from strikes and sabotage to slowdowns and factory occupations, while internal commissions and delegate bodies remained an important organizational force in the workplace. For Schneider, these organizations were not simply structures mediating between trade union leaderships and workers; at certain moments, they were rank-and-file organizations capable of acting with relative autonomy from employers, the state, and even the upper leaderships of their own unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One of the most striking episodes in the study from the perspective of workers\u2019 control is the wave of mass factory occupations in 1964.<\/strong> As part of the CGT\u2019s Plan of Struggle, 11,000 workplaces were occupied in May and June, with the participation of approximately four million workers. Schneider attributes the success of these actions not only to centralized trade union organization but also to the experience accumulated by workplace delegates and internal commissions through previous struggles. The occupations disrupted the normal disciplinary relations within the factories, while continuous meetings and the collective distribution of tasks created a \u201cstate of assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some occupations, <strong>workers\u2019 attempts to keep production running by operating the machinery<\/strong> make these experiences particularly significant for the history of workers\u2019 control. According to Schneider, this practice did more than reverse the customary relationship of authority between employer and worker; it also raised the question of private property and of who had the authority to put enterprises into production. In the occupied factories, the organization of guards, self-defence, the procurement and distribution of food, solidarity, and decision-making through continuous meetings gave rise, however temporarily, to forms of organization based on direct workers\u2019 democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schneider also connects this accumulated experience to the Cordobazo of 1969 and the subsequent rise of <strong>clasismo<\/strong>. Particularly in experiences such as SITRAC-SITRAM, rank-and-file worker organization moved beyond demands concerning wages and working conditions to question the technical organization of production and management\u2019s authority over the production process. Workers\u2019 assemblies, internal commissions, and delegate bodies could thus move beyond their defensive functions and become vehicles for more radical and alternative forms of workers\u2019 organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although <em>Los compa\u00f1eros<\/em> is therefore not a study directly concerned with workers\u2019 self-management, it is <strong>an important source for understanding the historical roots of workers\u2019 control and factory-based workers\u2019 power in Argentina<\/strong>. Schneider\u2019s study demonstrates that, long before the spread of the <em>empresas recuperadas<\/em> after 2001, the Argentine working class had accumulated a powerful repertoire of struggle involving factory occupations, rank-and-file democracy, challenges to managerial authority, and, in some cases, the continuation of production by workers themselves. This historical perspective makes it possible to situate later factory occupations and experiences of workers\u2019 self-management within a much longer history of working-class struggle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alejandro Schneider, Los compa\u00f1eros. 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