Nov 19: The Day Socialists Filled A Soccer Stadium

Saturday November 19 was a historic day for the Argentine left. It marks the day of the largest left rally in the past 30 years. Called by the Left and Workers Front (Frente Izquierda de los Trabajadores-FIT in Spanish), the mobilization brought together more than 20,000 people including factory workers, university students, teachers, nurses and families.

Trotskyists to Pack Stadium of 20,000

The Argentine Left and Workers' Front has called a national rally for this Saturday, November 19. The event will be held at a 20,000-person capacity soccer stadium in Buenos Aires.

#NotWithThem: Students, workers and legislators from Argentina join the campaign

Militants of the Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (Workers’ Socialist Party - PTS) in the Left and Workers’ Front, sent us their pictures with the reasons why they do not support Hillary or Trump.

Public Education in Capitalism: A Marxist Perspective

What do Marx and Marxism have to say about education? How can teachers use Marxism to help frame the way we think about our role in the classroom and in society, and how can we fight against neoliberal attacks as well as for the education system teachers and students deserve?

Left News Portal Breaks Barriers

Fernando Rosso, director of La Izquierda Diario, on the challenges of a leftist news portal. It’s been 25 years since a left party in Argentina last attempted to introduce a general-interest newspaper with big aspirations, but it seems the Socialist Workers’ Party (PTS) is giving it another shot.

Five Key Proposals from the PTS Congress

During three days of debate, approximately 300 delegates of the Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (Socialist Workers Party, PTS) voted on key definitions and proposals, including the following 5 resolutions.

The Collective Organizer of a Mass Party

At the PTS National Congress that took place in July, discussions centered on the party’s overall progress, how the Left can increase influence within the working class, women, and youth, and the central role of La Izquierda Diario online media network.

VIDEO: Panel on the Left Front in Argentina

At the Left Forum this year, Left Voice organized three panels that raised key strategic questions for the left. This is the video of the panel, “Elections and Revolutionaries: The Experience of the Left Front in Argentina."

Argentine Left Rejects Institutional Coup in Brazil

The two primary left-wing parties in Argentina have spoken out against the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and called for the independent mobilization of workers against the “institutional coup,” the cuts and austerity measures of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT – Workers’ Party).