Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement

Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement
Movimiento Obrero Independiente y Revolucionario
General SecretaryGustavo Triana
FounderFrancisco Mosquera
FoundedSeptember 1969[1]
HeadquartersCalle 39 Nº 21-30 Bogotá, Colombia
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Maoism
New Democracy
Francisco Mosquera thought
ColoursRed
Website
www.moir.org.co

The Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement (Movimiento Obrero Independiente y Revolucionario), or MOIR, is a left-wing party in Colombia that was founded in September 1969.[1] Francisco Mosquera was the founder and ideological leader of MOIR. In August 1994 he died, after which Hector Valencia became the Secretary General of the party. In 2008 Valencia died and the union leader Gustavo Triana, vice president of the country's largest union (Central Unitaria de Trabajadores - CUT), was elected Secretary General.

The MOIR describes itself as "a political party of the working class. Its primary mission is to lead the proletarian class struggle in Colombia for its ultimate emancipation, establishment of socialism in Colombia and realize communism. Defend the people's interests and the Colombian nation and its immediate objective is the New Democratic Revolution".[2]

  1. ^ a b COLOMBIA: TRES VIAS A LA REVOLUCION. ENTREVISTA A FRANCISCO MOSQUERA, 1972.
  2. ^ "MOIR - MOIR - Movimiento Obrero Independiente Revolucionario". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07.