Professor Dies of Coronavirus During Zoom Lecture

Paola Di Simone, an Argentinian professor, reported on August 28 that she had tested positive for the coronavirus and had been showing symptoms for four weeks. This week, she collapsed in the middle of a live virtual lecture. Her employer, the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE), has not yet explained why Paola was working while ill. 

Trotskyist Legislators in Argentina Under Attack for Their Opposition to Zionism

After an initial mistaken vote, the three legislators from the Workers Left Front — Unity (FIT-U) in the city parliament of Buenos Aires came out strongly against a resolution that implicitly equated anti-Zionism with antisemitism. They are now under attack by Zionist organizations.

Raúl Godoy: “An Ambitious and Thrilling Historical Responsibility”

In the closing speech of the international May Day rally of the Trotskyist Fraction, Raúl Godoy --- a ceramics worker and leader of the Party of Socialist Workers (PTS) in Argentina --- speaks about the need for workers to form their own independent, internationalist organizations to fight against capitalism.

May Day Statement of the Workers Left Front — Unity (FIT-U) in Argentina

This statement was written by the four socialist organizations that make up the Left Front in Argentina.

Argentina’s Quarantine Order Empowers State Violence

Police repression has become the means of enforcing the quarantine in Argentina. This model is already being copied in many other areas of the world. These draconian measures target working and oppressed people, worsening the effects of an already catastrophic pandemic.

Workers’ Control Against the Pandemic

Argentina has a long tradition of workers occupying their factories and producing under workers’ control. In the crisis, workers who once had to sew police uniforms have taken control of their workplace and are now making surgical masks. A U.S. hotel worker currently in Argentina reports.

Workers in Argentina are Leading the Fight Against the Coronavirus

In Argentina, the workers are providing an exemplary response to the Coronavirus pandemic. In some recovered factories, basic supplies are being produced to address the health crisis. The government declared a virtual curfew, but workers can provide a much more effective and organized response.

A Brief History of the Workers Left Front

The revolutionary socialist left in Argentina has gotten up to 1.2 million votes. How did the Trotskyists gain so much influence?

Victory in Argentina against Imperialist Mining

After massive mobilizations in Mendoza, Argentina, the government was forced to back off from polluting open-pit mining.