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After two years of Memory, Truth and Justice from a distance, with handkerchiefs on every balcony and Never Again taking root in new corners with the same force as always, the streets once once more welcome society on March 24, which will also be reunion. “These years of the pandemic made those of us who feel that the best projects are always developed on the street, confirm it,” he said in dialogue with Page 12 Victoria Donda, head of INADI and recovered granddaughter No. 79.
–What are your expectations for this March 24 once more on the streets?
–I hope it will be a march with many people and that the weather also helps in that. The March 24, for those of us who believe that justice and truth are a form of historical and political construction of a different and transforming social subject, are like adding that fuel that the engine needs to move forward. This 24 we can reoccupy the public space with our voices and our bodies, and that is very important. My wish is that this March 24 finds us united in the streets, but above all that we know where we are going. Because it is worth being united if we know that the future is going to be a social justice for society.
Q: How are Memory, Truth and Justice lived today, in this particular political and social context that the country is going through?
–This 24 is extremely particular for several reasons, not only because of internal issues that have to do with politics and the different fronts, but also because of a more macro issue that has to do with the globalization of the hater right. The 24th is a good date to confront them, because hate speech always preceded a genocide, in Argentina and in the world, whose victims were those social subjects and protagonists of change. It is very important to reflect on this because there are many generations that did not experience the dictatorship, but only its effects that seem to be diluted.
–And how do you see the advance of hate or denial speeches in Argentina, especially at the hands of figures within politics?
–If we don’t stop this type of stories and social constructions that there are others who are enemies, we can end up living a much more violent society than we consider. And it is no coincidence that hate speech quickly finds an echo in the younger sectors, those who did not experience the effects of the dictatorship. That is why these discourses must be unmasked: for example, Milei is not a libertarian, he is a hater who admires authoritarian regimes, and nothing is further from freedom than authoritarianism. Freedom must be a good enjoyed by all, with a present State that guarantees the tools so that all people can exercise that freedom.
Q: How is what happened during the dictatorship transmitted to the new generations, so that it doesn’t happen once more?
–My daughter is 7 years old and she always came to the marches. This time I asked her if she wanted to come with me and she asked me what we were going for. I told him that we were going not only so that the people who committed the crimes would listen, but also all those who might think that there is a part of society that is left over and that it must be eliminated. The scarves become flags not only of my generation, but of others. The challenge is that girls and boys understand that if there was a beautiful time we have to rebuild it, but that it is hand in hand with everyone.
Q: How are the cases for crimes once morest humanity progressing?
Q: They are advancing slowly, but that is a reflection of the Judicial Power that we have, which, with few honorable exceptions, is complacent with part of the imaginary of that dictatorship. The dictatorship was the result or the crystallization of that dominant elite that had a dream of a vertical country and wealth for a few that it might not make a reality in our country because there are organized popular sectors. Of course there are members of that Judicial Power who have been absolutely exceptional and have participated in the Justice process. But before we had two fundamental things: an organized society demanding justice in the street, and a political power that was determined to move forward with the trials.
–And as for the search for the grandchildren who have not yet recovered their identity? How does the campaign continue more than two years following the appearance of the last grandson?
–Our place is to make the cases known because we must continue looking for those already adults who are missing in the construction of identity as a people; but as long as there is a Grandmother, they are the ones who rule. Although they know that there are many grandsons and granddaughters who are willing to continue that fight and that the handkerchiefs become a flag. In my case, I decided that at the time without knowing that she was one of the granddaughters they were looking for. They are also very aware that we need to redouble our efforts to find the men and women who are missing from the tables. Because until we have the truth, as a people it will be very difficult to be happy.
Report: Sofia Moure
