Franja Morada

Argentine university political group

PurpleMother partyRadical Civic UnionInternational affiliationInternational Union of Socialist YouthWebsitewww.franjamorada.org.ar

Franja Morada ("Purple Strip") is the student wing of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), a major political party in Argentina. Founded in 1967, it has led the Argentine University Federation (FUA) since the end of the military dictatorship in 1983.^[4]

The organization takes its name from the 1918 University Reform. During the storming of the National University of Córdoba, student protestors ripped off the curtains of the Aula Magna and waved them as flags – the curtains were purple, the same color as the stoles of the Catholic clerics who ran the university. Purple thus became the identifying color of supporters of the reform, which sought to democratize universities and end the Church's involvement in public higher education.^[5]

Franja Morada's "mesa nacional" counts with a secretary general and three adjunct secretaries. Elections to national authorities take place every two years. Since 2018, the secretary general has been Juan Pablo Cebrelli, of the National University of Cuyo. Despite being affiliated to the UCR, it is institutionally autonomous.^[2]

Internationally, Franja Morada is affiliated to the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY).^[6]

References

^ Del Corro, Fernando (26 August 2017). "Se cumplen 50 años de la fundación de Franja Morada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Franja Morada, 45 años de identidad universitaria". Diario Democracia de Junín (in Spanish). 17 November 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ "Franja Morada celebró 50 años, reivindicando la educación laica". Télam (in Spanish). 11 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ Liaudat, Santiago; Liaudat, María Dolores; Pis Diez, Nayla (2012). En las aulas y en las calles: Antecedentes, continuidades y rupturas de una década del movimiento estudiantil universitario argentino (2002-2011) (PDF) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones Herramienta. p. 69. ISBN 978-987-1505-27-2.
^ Beltrán, Mónica (2013). La Franja. De la experiencia universitaria al desafío del poder (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Aguilar. ISBN 9870429432.
^ Abrevaya, Sebastián (24 February 2019). "Quisieron volver y no pudieron". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2022.