Trotskyist Party in Argentina Calls for a Unified Revolutionary Socialist Party

Below we reproduce a letter from the National Leadership of the Argentinian Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (PTS—Socialist Workers Party) to the leaderships of Partido Obrero (PO—Workers’ Party) and Izquierda Socialista (IS—Socialist Left) to the organizations of the working class and socialist left, to working-class fighters and militants, to the student and women’s movements, for moving forward in both discussion and common action toward a united party.

From the Worker’s and Left Front to a Unified Party of the Workers and the Left

Argentina is on the brink. The vicious austerity plan that President Macri’s government is trying to implement (and succeeding, to some degree) has increased Argentina’s poverty rate to 27 percent and its unemployment to close to 10 percent.

Argentina: The National Crisis and the Proposal for a Constituent Assembly

As Argentina’s economic crisis deepens, agreements have been signed behind the backs of working people that ensure the country’s continued plunder. Meanwhile, debate on the left has centered on the call for a Constituent Assembly and the role that this could play in the struggle for a workers’ government.

Argentine Workers Stage Nationwide Strike Against IMF and Government Austerity Measures

On Tuesday, Argentine workers went on a general strike, bringing the country to a halt.

Argentina: Left Front Congressman Nicolas del Caño Receives Death Threats

“Hello disgusting lefty. I’m leaving you this [drawing of military dictator Rafael] Videla so that you think better what you do.” On Monday, Argentine congressman Nicolás del Caño received death threats on his mobile phone. Del Caño is a former presidential candidate and a national representative for the Frente de Izquierda (Workers’ Left Front)

Argentina on the Brink

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

[VIDEO] Fighting for Abortion Rights in the Streets of Argentina

We will be skyping with two socialist feminists from Argentina about how they have engaged in the struggle. Nathalia González Seligra is a member of Congress for the Left and Workers Front and a part of the Partido de Trabajadores Socialistas (Party of Socialist Workers). Andrea D'Atri is the founder of Pan y Rosas (Bread and Roses) the largest socialist feminist organization in Argentina, as well as a member of the PTS.

One Day General Strike Paralyzes Argentina

A one day strike leaves Argentine streets empty and airports closed. The primary demand is for a salary increase.

This Trash Worker Was Elected to Provincial Congress on a Socialist Ticket

Left Voice interviewed Alejandro Vilca, a garbage collector, socialist and legislator in the province of Jujuy, Argentina. In last year’s elections, Vilca received an astonishing 18 percent of the vote, the highest total ever for the far left in the province. After more than a decade of working on a garbage truck, Vilca now speaks for the working class and indigenous community in the provincial congress.