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Full article: http://www.leftvoice.org/What-can-we-learn-from-the-electoral-alliance-of-Argentina-s-revolutionary-left-866 Argentina is one of the countries where the revolutionary left is strongest. In the 2013 elections, the far left coalition "Left and Workers' Front" obtained 1.2 million votes... It may be useful for those interested in the last decades of activites and debates within the left in Argentina after the 2001 crisis. Saludos , Celeste --- The PTS undertook the often difficult and unseen work within the workers movement and the industrial unions, taking advantage of the objective re-strengthening of the working class. The PO, operating under the theory that the subject was now the unemployed workers (the piqueteros) clung to the unemployed movement while the party became weakened as a result of the cooptation of piquetero leaders and the economic stabilization, which allowed the unemployed to go back to work, although often in precarious conditions. With the international economic crisis that a serious blow to Argentina in 2009, the process of the development of the growing worker’s vanguard in industry, took the front page, fighting back against massive layoffs. The emblem of this struggle was the Kraft factory, which employed around 2,500 workers. The shop floor committee (comisión interna) had a minority representation of the PTS, represented by Javier “Poke” Hermosilla, current candidate for Deputy Governor on the PTS slate in the FIT primaries) As a result of this conflict, a prolonged strike, which was defeated only by repression and the eviction of the factory by the police, was broadcast live by the major television channels, a workers vanguard, and with it, the PTS made a leap forward on a never before seen scale. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
