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| Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores | |
|---|---|
| Name | Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
| Ideology | Trotskyism, Marxism |
| Position | Far-left |
| International | Fourth International |
| Country | Argentina |
Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores is an Argentine far-left electoral coalition formed to unify Trotskyist and socialist currents for national and provincial contests. The coalition emerged amid debates involving Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Mauricio Macri, Néstor Kirchner, Sergio Massa, Alberto Fernández, and other prominent figures in Argentine politics and labor history. It has contested elections against alliances like Frente para la Victoria, Cambiemos, Unión por la Patria, and Juntos por el Cambio while interacting with unions such as Confederación General del Trabajo and movements like Vía Campesina.
The coalition traces origins to earlier Trotskyist efforts influenced by international debates around the Fourth International, Leon Trotsky, and Argentine revolutionary traditions linked to activists associated with Partido Obrero (Argentina), Izquierda Socialista, and Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores. Its formal emergence in 2011 followed electoral coordination in the wake of disputes during the administrations of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and reactions to austerity policies associated with periods of Default of Argentina (2001) aftermath and provincial fiscal crises like those in Buenos Aires Province and Santa Cruz Province. Key electoral milestones intersected with national contests in which figures like Daniel Scioli and Mauricio Macri were contenders; the coalition also responded to protests such as those connected to Cacerolazo episodes and demonstrations influenced by global events like the 2008 financial crisis and the European debt crisis.
The coalition self-identifies with Trotskyist and Marxist traditions, drawing on debates from the Fourth International and theoretical legacies of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Leon Trotsky. Its platform emphasizes workers' control and socialization proposals debated in contexts involving International Labour Organization norms and struggles recorded in episodes like the Patagonia rebelde and the Cordobazo. Policy positions have contrasted with neoliberal reforms associated with Washington Consensus advocates and have aimed at reversing privatizations linked to actors such as YPF privatization campaigns and energy policies affecting provinces like Neuquén Province and Chubut Province. The coalition's program addresses labor rights relevant to unions like Unión Tranviarios Automotor and sectors represented in events such as Paro nacional (Argentina), while proposing alternatives to austerity measures criticized by International Monetary Fund engagements with Argentina.
The coalition has been composed of multiple Trotskyist organizations including Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas, Partido Obrero (Argentina), and Izquierda Socialista, and has at times included smaller groups linked to networks associated with the Fourth International (post-reunification) and Latin American formations aligned with PSOL (Brazil) sympathies. Member parties have their own histories of participation in events like the Piqueteros movement and alliances with social actors such as Movimiento de Trabajadores Excluidos and neighborhood organizations in La Matanza Partido and Villa 31. Internal debates mirrored fractures that appeared in other international left coalitions like those involving Syriza and Podemos (Spanish party).
Electoral results include municipal and provincial representation alongside national deputy and senate candidacies contested in elections where prominent competitors were figures like Mauricio Macri, Daniel Scioli, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The coalition secured legislative seats in contexts comparable to leftist breakthroughs in countries represented by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Die Linke coalition experiences. Performance varied across provinces such as Buenos Aires Province, Córdoba Province, Santa Fe Province, and Neuquén Province, reflecting local labor disputes and campaigns tied to incidents like factory closures resembling episodes in Zanon Ceramic Factory (FaSinPat) precedent. Electoral campaigns often centered on demands resonant with mobilizations during the 2001 Argentine crisis and were contested within the legal framework overseen by institutions like the National Electoral Chamber (Argentina).
The coalition operates through coordinating committees that resemble federal party structures used by Argentine parties including Radical Civic Union and Justicialist Party caucuses, with national congresses and provincial assemblies analogous to organizational practices in groups like Movimiento Evita and Partido Solidario. Local branches organize around workplace assemblies, student groups linked to Federación Universitaria de Buenos Aires activism, and union cells within federations such as Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina precursor organizations. Leadership has rotated among figures from member parties without creating a single dominant personality as seen in personality-driven machines like those surrounding Juan Perón or Carlos Menem.
The coalition has engaged with social movements including homeless movements echoing Movimiento de Trabajadores Desocupados, piquetero organizations such as those linked to Movimiento Piquetero, feminist protests in the tradition of demonstrations comparable to Ni Una Menos, and environmental campaigns affecting regions like Iguazú National Park and extraction conflicts in Vaca Muerta. It has formed tactical alliances with student federations, indigenous rights groups such as organizations in Formosa Province, and international solidarity networks connected to La Via Campesina and Latin American left governments debates involving Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales.
Critics from Justicialist Party supporters, center-left currents like Frente Renovador, and neoliberal commentators have accused the coalition of electoral fragmentation similar to disputes within Socialist Party (Argentina) politics and of sectarianism paralleling criticisms of Trotskyist formations globally. Internal controversies include disputes over candidate lists, tactical withdrawals echoing dilemmas in Syriza negotiations, and debates on affinity with international bodies such as the Fourth International that have provoked splits reminiscent of fractures in left organizations tied to the history of Socialist International realignments. Confrontations with police forces during protests have occurred in cities like Buenos Aires and Rosario, and legal challenges over ballot access mirrored broader Argentine jurisprudence involving institutions like the Supreme Court of Argentina.
Category:Political parties in Argentina Category:Far-left politics in Argentina