Workers Left Front (FIT)
Argentine left alliance holds mass rally in show of strength
Since being elected in November last year, Argentina’s right-wing President Mauricio Macri has pushed harsh neoliberal measures, including mass lay-offs. This provoked big protests and strikes, and the growing influence of the radical Left and Workers Front (FIT) reflects the push back by popular sectors against the right-wing offensive.
Left Voice
November 30, 2016Our Flag is a Workers’ Government and an End to Capitalism
The following was the closing speech of former Presidential candidate for the Left and Workers Front, Nicolás del Caño in a stadium filled with 20,000 people for a rally called by the Left and Workers Front.
Nicolás del Caño
November 29, 20165 Takeaways from the Huge Socialist Rally in Argentina
A soccer stadium in Buenos Aires, brimming with people: nothing to call home about. An arena packed with over 20,000 Trotskyists—combative rank-and-file unionists, LGBT activists, women organizing against femicide and for abortion rights, university students and youth resisting austerity: a different matter altogether.
Tre Kwon
November 28, 2016Nov 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.
Left Voice
November 20, 2016#SocialistsFillStadium: Follow it on Left Voice!
TODAY, Trotskyists will fill a stadium of 20,000 seats in Buenos Aires. Live updates on Left Voice!
Left Voice
November 19, 2016Trotskyists 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.
Luigi Morris
November 17, 2016#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.
Gloria Grinberg
November 8, 2016Congressmember Myriam Bregman receives death threats
Earlier this week, renowned human rights lawyer and Congressmember Myriam Bregman (PTS) received threats to her life, after denouncing the bureaucratic leadership of the National Oil Workers’ Union and challenging labor reforms.
Left Voice
September 9, 2016Five 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.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
July 25, 2016Legislator in Buenos Aires Repudiates Racist Police Killings in the U.S.
Patricio del Corro (FIT representative) presented a bill at the Buenos Aires legislature to repudiate the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
Left Voice
July 17, 2016