Latin America
Fighting the Far Right with a General Strike: A Discussion with Revolutionary Socialists in Argentina
Left Voice spoke to leaders of Argentina's Party of Socialist Workers (PTS) about the January 24 general strike against far-right president Javier Milei, and the tasks for the Left.
Left Voice
January 24, 2024All Eyes Are on Argentina Ahead of Its January 24 National Strike
Since the night of his acceptance speech in November, far-right President Javier Milei has mounted an all-out attack on the rights and living conditions of working people in Argentina. Thousands of people across the country — organized in unions and workers’ organizations, the feminist movement, the student movement, and neighborhood organizations — are preparing to fight back. They are mounting a national strike to defeat austerity and authoritarianism.
Madeleine Freeman
January 23, 2024Join Us: Left Voice Organizes Event and Mobilization as Part of the Global Solidarity with General Strike in Argentina
Javier Milei’s ultra-right, anti-worker and Zionist government in Argentina is advancing with its offensive but a general strike on January 24 is being organized to fight back. Left Voice along with other organizations of the Trotskyist Fraction around the world is organizing activities as part of the global solidarity with the struggle in Argentina.
Left Voice
January 20, 2024Argentina: The Revolutionary Left in the Struggle against Milei
Just weeks into his administration, Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, has unleashed a draconian program of austerity, layoffs, and attacks on democratic rights. In this context, new possibilities are opening up for building a revolutionary workers’ party, an effort to which the Party of Socialist Workers (PTS) has concentrated its work.
Laura Liff
January 12, 2024Argentina: Building the General Strike Against the Right-Wing Milei Government
Defeating the Milei government’s reactionary agenda will require independent working-class organization in Argentina.
Fredy Lizarrague
January 8, 2024Milei and the Extreme Right’s Handbook in a Period of Global Crisis
In his inauguration speech, Milei compared the current historical juncture to the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the situation could not be more different.
Claudia Cinatti
December 29, 2023Milei’s Shock Therapy and the Workers’ Response
Milei’s right-wing government has launched an all-out attack on workers’ rights and an economic program tailored to business’ interests. A tumultuous period of class struggle lies ahead, for which the outcome is still open.
Juan Cruz Ferre
December 26, 2023Tens of Thousands of Argentinians Protest Milei’s Pro-IMF Austerity Plan and Authoritarian Policies
Despite threats of violence and heavy repression, thousands of working people in Argentina have taken to the streets to protest far-right President Javier Milei’s full-frontal austerity policies.
Maryam Alaniz
December 22, 2023Solidarity with Myriam Bregman, Socialist Congresswoman in Argentina, Under Attack for Her Defense of Palestine
Myriam Bregman, the candidate of the Workers Left Front, received almost 3 percent of votes in Argentina’s presidential election. She has been subject to false accusations of antisemitism due to her consistent defense of Palestinians. Hundreds of activists and politicians from around the world expressed their solidarity with this open letter.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
November 15, 2023In Argentina, a Surprise Finish for the Establishment While the Trotskyists Add to Their Congressional Seats
The far-right Javier Milei suffered a setback in Sunday’s elections. But voting the lesser evil won’t deal a definitive blow to the Right. That’s only achieved through building a socialist alternative for the working class.
Robert Belano
October 25, 2023