From Revolutionary Peronism to agroecological activism: militant reconversions in the itinerary of Jorge Rulli

Abstract

This paper focuses on the militant career of Jorge Rulli, a member of the “Peronist Resistance” and the Revolutionary Peronism. After political imprisonment and exile, Rulli became a reference of agroecological activism in Argentina. Three stages of his trajectory are reconstructed. We observe how discourses, knowledge and practices changed in accordance with the activism of the time: the years of militancy in the Revolutionary Peronism, the time of exile and the gestation of the Rural Reflection Group. This group was a pioneer in the struggle against the massive use of toxic pesticides and transgenics in the country. Methodologically, we used written sources and oral interviews.