Party of Socialist Workers (PTS), Argentina
Revolutionaries in Parliament
Following the U.S. Midterm elections, a contest which provided no principled choice for working class voters, Left Voice interviewed Myriam Bregman and Nicolás Del Caño, two representatives of the PTS (Socialist Workers Party) for their views on how revolutionaries can use electoral politics to advance class struggle. Bregman is currently a city legislator in Buenos Aires and Del Caño serves in Argentina’s national congress.
Left Voice
November 22, 2018Trotskyist 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.
Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (PTS)
October 20, 2018From 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.
Nicolás Daneri
October 14, 2018Argentina: 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.
Matías Maiello
October 12, 2018Argentine 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.
Marisela Trevin
September 27, 2018Argentina: 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)
Juan Cruz Ferre
September 25, 2018Argentina 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[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.
Left Voice
August 1, 2018One Day General Strike Paralyzes Argentina
A one day strike leaves Argentine streets empty and airports closed. The primary demand is for a salary increase.
Robert Belano
June 25, 2018This 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.
Nathaniel Flakin
April 1, 2018