Indigenous Sanitation Worker Takes Seat in Argentinian Legislature

Alejandro Vilca is an indigenous socialist who recently won a seat in the state legislature in Argentina. What politics does he propose?

Anti-Capitalist Left Shows Strength in Argentina’s Elections

On Sunday, Argentinians went to the polls for the second and final round of midterm elections. While the mainstream media celebrated the success of President Mauricio Macri's right-wing Cambiemos coalition, a growing political polarization has strengthened the far left as well. Amid continued economic crisis, the anti-capitalist proposals of the Left and Workers’ Front have resonated strongly with increasing numbers of workers and youth.

From Argentina with Communism: Five Lessons an American Learned in Buenos Aires

An American Left Voice writer learns from the PTS, a Trotskyist Party in Argentina. These are his reflections on internationalism, party building, the union bureaucracy and the fight against oppression.

The question mobilising Argentina: ‘Where is Santiago Maldonado?’

September 1 marks one month since the last time he was seen. Santiago Maldonado, a 28-year-old artisan, was protesting on August 1 in solidarity with the struggle of the Mapuche people from the Lof Cushamen community in Chubut province, in Argentina’s Patagonia region.

Argentina’s Elections: The Radical Left Presents the Only Alternative to Capitalist Crisis

The results of the first round in Argentina’s midterm elections point to a growing polarization in the country. The right-wing coalition of president Mauricio Macri consolidated its position, defeating the Peronists in virtually every province. Meanwhile, the Left has appealed to an increasing number of working class voters who have abandoned Peronism with a radical program based on the reduction of the workday and wages tied to the cost of living.

A US Socialist’s Account of a Working Class Electoral Campaign in Argentina

On Sunday night, the Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores (Left and Workers’ Front, FIT) achieved impressive results in the first round of country’s midterm elections.

Solidarity with PepsiCo Workers!

Six hundred PepsiCo workers in Argentina have been fired and their factory was closed. They are currently occupying the factory, despite lack of support from the union.

Argentina: The Left Front Presents United Ballot

After intense negotiations, the forces in the Left and Workers’ Front reached an agreement to present a unified ticket throughout the country.

The Rise of the Revolutionary Left in Argentina

In the global context of the advance of the right wing and proliferation of neoreformism, a new revolutionary left is growing in Argentina.