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Horizontalism (Spanish: horizontalidad) is a concept that implies the striving for nonhierarchical power structures and relationships. As a term, it arose in Argentina within the radical movements that sprouted after the economic crisis of 2001. The Argentine economic crisis was part of the situation that affected Argentinas economy during the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...

Categories: Anarchism | History of Argentina | Politics of Argentina | Anarchism stubs A piquetero is a member of a social movement originally initiated by unemployed workers in Argentina in the mid-1990s, a few years before the peak of the economic crisis that started in 1998 with a recession and erupted in 2001 causing the resignation of President Fernando de la R... Autonomism can refer to: Autonomism may refer to a bundle of left-wing movements historically bound-up with Italian Autonomist marxism. ...

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	Horizontal is an orientation relating to, or in parallel with the horizon, and thus perpendicular to the vertical.
	In Cartesian coordinates of the form (x,y) where it is frequently called abscissa, the horizontal axis is conventionally used for the x coordinate, with positive numbers extending to the right side of the vertical axis.
	In perspective drawing, a set of parallel horizontal lines extending from the same vicinity must ultimately meet at a single point on the horizon known as the vanishing point.

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