He was inspired by the vision of a better\, more just nation\, and disillusioned by decades of ad ministrations that failed to deliver for the nation’s workers. Over the pa st three decades\, he’s worked with multiple worker’s movements and helped organize in one of the poorest regions of Buenos Aires – La Matanza. His work there has been with the Piquetero cause\, a large movement of unemployed citizens who took the streets during the country’s 2001 economic collapse.
\nKane will speak at Medicine for Nightmares Boo kstore at 3036 24th St. between Treat Avenue and Harrison Street at 7 p.m. on Saturday. — He is currently both a legislator at the regional parliame nt representing Buenos Aires and a professor of history at the University of Buenos Aires. He is also a vocal critic of new Argentinian President Javier Milei\, a militant libertarian bent on curbing public spending .
\nMilei has vowed to cut taxes\, eliminate the country’s nati onal bank and slash as many as half of the country’s agencies. The new lea der has drawn comparisons to former U.S President Donald Trump. On multipl e occasions\, Milei has declared his admiration for Trump as well as Brazi lian former president Jair Bolsonaro.
\n\n“He’s definitely promoting himself as the best s tudent of U.S imperialism\,” said Kane. “In Argentina\, you could say our project 2025 started in 2024 wi th mass layoffs and wages being liquidated through inflation. He’s offered himself as the United States’ political tool in the region.”
\n\nThe South American legislator is visiting San Francisco as part of Laborfest 2024\, a month-long festi val featuring events promoting workers’ rights. This year\, organizers are celebrating the 90th anniversary of the San Francisco general strike and the West Coast maritime strike in 1934.
\nKane will also promote his new book “La Crisis Del Imperi o Norteamericano de Trump a Biden” (The Crisis of Trump and Biden’s Americ an Empire) in a conversation where he will draw similarities between Milei \, Trump and current President Joe Biden. “We’re trying to discuss some o f the key strategic questions for a revolutionary regroupment in the Unite d States\, and this book is an attempt to to open up a debate with militan ts and activists in the United States\,” said Kane.
\nMedicine f or Nightmares bookstore is located at 3036 24th Street between Treat Avenu e and Harrison Street. Guillermo Kane’s talk will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m .
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