The Skinhead International: Argentina
A racist Skinhead scene emerged in Argentina in the mid-1980's.
Since then, its numbers have fluctuated and appear to have peaked in
1991 when they claimed approximately 100 Skinheads in Buenos Aires
alone.
Many Argentine Skins harbor xenophobic views, blaiming immigrants -
some singling out Bolivians and Koreans - for the country's
problems. Skinheads have also sparked violent confrontations in
Buenos Aires clubs and discos, usually with other young toughs,
particularly punk rockers. Nazi medals and tattoos are popular among
Skins, and Nazi and racist graffiti attributed to them has appeared,
occasionally written in English. Argentine Skins mix their cult of
violence and hate with an enthusiasm for soccer and beer. As in
Europe, it is often difficult to distringuish between Skinheads and
soccer hooligans, and the two groups are known to overlap.
A neo-Nazi influence has pervaded the Argentine Skinhead movement
from the start. Some Skins have been linked with Movimiento Nacional
Socialista, a neo-Nazi organization.
The Argentine Skinhead movement has followed the fortunes of the
Skin band Comando Suicida. Started in 1984, the band has folded and
reformed several times. Its lyrics (and interviews) express
hostility toward immigrants, homosexuals, Catholics and Jews. The
band has connections with Skinheads in Germany, and has been
interviewewd in English and Brazilian zines. One of the band's
members - formerly associated with Movimiento Nacional Socialista -
offered the following commentary on contemporary Europe:
Since World War II ended there's been a plot to destroy
Europe, a racial destruction, I mean.... They filled
Germany with Turks, France with Algerians, England with
Pakistanis... That's a way of filling Europe with shit, to
mix, to mix them to spoil the good that is left in European
blood. (Anti-Defamation League, 10)
Anti-Defamation League. The Skinhead International: A Worldwide
Survey of Neo-Nazi Skinheads. New York: Anti-Defamation League,
1995. Anti-Defamation League, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY
10017.
Disclaimer: not all skinheads are neo-nazis or white
supremacists. There are many skinheads who are non- or anti-racist, and
who come from a variety of different religious and cultural backgrounds.
Nizkor recognizes their achievements in anti-racism: they are part of
the traditional, non-racist skinhead subculture and are not the
perpetrators of the hate crimes discussed here.
Unless otherwise specified, the word "skinhead" within these pages
refers only to neo-Nazi and white supremacist skinheads, the
perpetrators of hate crimes and participants in racist organizations.
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