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Primaries in Argentina: Right Loses in a Landslide, Revolutionary Socialist Left Wins 700,000 Votes

The primary elections in Argentina on Sunday were a stunning defeat for right-wing president Mauricio Macri. The center-left opposition under Cristina Kirchner won almost 50% of the votes. Despite strong polarization, the Workers' Left Front, a coalition of revolutionary socialist groups, won almost 700,000 votes.

Nathaniel Flakin

August 12, 2019

On Yellow Vests, Unions, and Intellectuals

The gilets jaunes (Yellow Vests) are breathing new life into an international scene brimming with “organic crises” but lacking hegemony. Similarities and differences are noted between Macri and Macron according to Argentine literary and cultural critic Beatriz Sarlo, and a comparison is made between Brazil in 2013 and France today with regard to the institutionalist “essentialism” of Brazilian philosophy professor Marilena Chaui.

Matías Maiello

December 17, 2018

Argentina on the Brink

The peso plummets 30% in two days, President Mauricio Macri announces new austerity measures and popular resistance grows.

Juan Cruz Ferre

September 6, 2018

Massive Mobilizations in Defense of Public Education in Argentina

After four weeks, the fight waged by university professors for a better salary and working conditions has turned into a serious political crisis for the government.

Nicolás Daneri

September 3, 2018

Argentina: Peso in Free Fall as Thousands Mobilize Against Macri and the IMF

In the past few hours, the Argentine peso has been devalued from 35 pesos to the dollar to 40 pesos to the dollar. What is going on?

Leo Zino

August 30, 2018

Argentine Socialists Fight for Abortion Rights in Congress and in the Streets

Left Voice interviews three socialists fighting for abortion rights in Argentina: a member of the National Congress, a member of Buenos Aires' city council and the founder of Argentina's largest socialist feminist group, Pan y Rosas.

Andrea D'Atri

July 4, 2018

Hundreds of Thousands of Workers Protest Layoffs in Argentina

On Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of workers participated in a massive labor march called for by the major Argentine unions.

A New Wave of Workers’ Struggles in Argentina

The resistance movement sparked by President Macri's pension reform continues through new workers' struggles against layoffs. The Left and Workers' Front calls for the coordination of all popular struggles and for a plan for a general strike.

Nicolás Daneri

February 20, 2018

Argentina’s New Austerity

Recent pension cuts backed by Argentine President Mauricio Macri have elicited vigorous popular protest.

Juan Cruz Ferre

January 10, 2018