Abstract

BENCLOWICZ, José Daniel  and  CHIGUAY, Violeta. "Messages from all zones" avoiding censorship in Argentina: The anarchist magazine Nervio at the beginning of the 1930s. Cuad. CILHA [online]. 2019, vol.20, n.2, pp.75-90. ISSN 1852-9615.

This paper examines the emergence and development of the first stage of the anarchist magazine Nervio, under the dictatorship of Félix Uriburu and the beginning of the Agustín P. Justo regime. At that time, intense repression against the Left was developed, and hundreds of activists were targeted by the state persecution. As expected, radicalized leftist publications were censored and banned. Within the libertarian camp, the influential newspaper La Protesta barely survived the coup d'etat of September 1930, and the same happened with most of the anarchist publications. Even so, a year later Nervio made his way and managed to publish several editions per year: eight issues in 1931 and 12 in 1932. What were the characteristics of the magazine? What kind of subjects did it develop and how? Is it possible to relate the subjects and their treatment with the persistence of the magazine in such an adverse scenario? These questions are addressed by examining the content of the journal and its evolution throughout the first 24 issues, taking into account the changes in the political scene, especially the withdrawal of the dictatorship in 1932.

Keywords : Nervio magazine; Anarchism; Repression and censorship; Argentina around 1930.

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