Tragic Week (Argentina) Explained

Tragic Week (es|'''Semana Trágica'''), also known as Bloody Week,^{[1] [2]} was a series of riots and massacres that took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from January 7 to 14, 1919. An uprising led by anarchists and communists was eventually crushed by the Argentine Federal Police, the military, and the Argentine Patriotic League. Estimates of the death toll vary but are usually in the hundreds, mostly of workers at the hands of the government forces.

See also

• Patagonia rebelde
• Argentine Regional Workers' Federation
• List of cases of police brutality in Argentina

Further reading

• Book: Baer . James A. . Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina . 2015-03-30 . en . 978-0-252-09697-6 . University of Illinois Press . mdy-all .
• Godio, Julio (1985). La Semana Trágica de enero de 1919 . Buenos Aires, Argentina: Hyspamérica.
• Book: Horowitz . Joel . Argentina's Radical Party and Popular Mobilization, 1916–1930 . 2015-09-10 . en . 978-0-271-07429-0 . Penn State Press . mdy-all .
• Pigna, Felipe (2006). Los mitos de la historia argentina: De la ley Sáenz Peña a los albores del peronismo. Buenos Aires: Editorial Planeta.
• Schiller, Herman (2005). Momentos de luchas populares. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Instituto Movilizador de Fondos Cooperativos.
• Book: Galasso, Norberto. Perón: Formación, ascenso y caída (1893-1955). Norberto Galasso. 2006. Colihue. Buenos Aires. 950-581-399-6. es.
• The Tragic Week of January, 1919, in Buenos Aires: Background, Events, Aftermath. Hébert. John Raymond. 1972. Georgetown University. Washington, D.C.. en. Ph.D.. 123178801.

Notes and References

1. Book: The International Working-class Movement: Problems of History and Theory . 3 . 1980 . en . Progress Publishers . 405 .
2. Book: Crook . Wilfrid Harris . The General Strike: A Study of Labor's Tragic Weapon in Theory and Practice . 1931 . en . University of North Carolina Press . 565 .