Socialist Workers' Party (Argentina)

Socialist Workers' Party
Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas
AbbreviationPTS
LeaderNicolás del Caño
PresidentJosé Montes
Founded1988
Split fromMovement for Socialism
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
NewspaperLa Verdad Obrera (1992–2015)
La Izquierda Diario (2015–)
Think tankKarl Marx Institute of Socialist Thought (IPS Karl Marx)
León Trotsky Study, Research and Publishing Center (CEIP León Trotsky)
Student wingEn Clave Roja (Universities)
No Pasarán (High schools)
Youth wingJuventud del PTS
Women's wingPan y Rosas
Union wingMovimiento de Agrupaciones Clasistas
IdeologyTrotskyism
Marxist feminism
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationWorkers' Left Front
International affiliationTrotskyist Fraction – Fourth International
ColoursRed
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
4 / 257
Seats in the Senate
0 / 72
Seats in the Buenos Aires City Legislature
2 / 60
Website
pts.ar

The Socialist Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas, PTS), previously known as the Workers Party for Socialism (Partido de Trabajadores por el Socialismo), is a Trotskyist political party in Argentina. It was founded in 1988 by expelled members of the Movement for Socialism (MAS). MAS was a Trotskyist party led by Nahuel Moreno until his death.

After the 2023 Argentine general election the PTS has four national deputies in the National Congress of Argentina: Nicolás del Caño,[1] Christian Castillo,[2] Myriam Bregman,[3] and Alejandro Vilca.[4]

Located on the far left side of the political spectrum and member of the Workers' Left Front,[5] the PTS aims to establish a working-class government that breaks with capitalism, putting forth a material hegemonic force grounded in the main combats and organization processes of the working class—such as the student and women's movement—, seeking to develop revolutionary factions within them.[6]

By establishing this electoral coalition, the PTS managed to enter the Argentine Congress for the first time after the legislative elections of 2013.[7] As part of the Front, it obtained representation in the Buenos Aires Legislature,[8] as well as the provincial legislatures of Buenos Aires, Córdoba,[9] Jujuy,[10] Mendoza[11] and Neuquén[12] and in the city councils of Godoy Cruz, Las Heras, Maipú and Mendoza[13] in Mendoza and the city councils of Libertador General San Martín, Palpalá and San Salvador in Jujuy.[10] It has four national deputies, including Nicolás del Caño; current or recent provincial deputies include Christian Castillo, Raúl Godoy, Myriam Bregman, Laura Vilches and Laura Cano.

The PTS has presence in the majority of provinces and in Buenos Aires City; its members have seats in the Buenos Aires Underground union (AGTSyP),[14] the Neuquén ceramics workers union (SOECN),[15] the Western Soapmakers Workers Union (SOJO),[16] as well as occupying secretaries in the United Argentinian Tire Workers Trade Union (SUTNA), the United Trade Union of Education Workers (SUTE, Mendoza) and several sections of the Buenos Aires Education Workers Trade Union (SUTEBA) etc. Its youth branch conducts the student unions in highschools,[17] and the universities of Buenos Aires (UBA),[18] La Plata (UNLP), General Sarmiento (UNGS), Quilmes (UNQ)[19] and Comahue (UNCo).[20] The PTS also publishes the digital newspaper La Izquierda Diario (the daily left), located among the top 100 most visited websites in the country.[21]

  1. ^ "Nicolás del Caño". Sitio web del PTS.
  2. ^ "Christian Castillo". Sitio web del PTS.
  3. ^ "Myriam Bregman". Sitio web del PTS.
  4. ^ "Alejandro Vilca". Sitio web del PTS.
  5. ^ "Se formó el Frente de Izquierda y los trabajadores". Sitio web del PTS.
  6. ^ Albamonte, Emilio; Maiello, Matías (2017). "Prólogo". Estrategia Socialista y arte militar. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Ediciones Instituto del Pensamiento Socialista. p. 37. ISBN 978-987-3958-19-9.
  7. ^ "Diputados de izquierda y de los trabajadores". Sitio web del PTS.
  8. ^ "Asume Patricio del Corro en la Legislatura porteña". La Izquierda Diario.
  9. ^ "Hoy asumió Laura Vilches la banca del Frente de Izquierda en Córdoba". Sitio web del PTS.
  10. ^ a b "Elección histórica del FIT en Jujuy: por primera vez ingresan diputados de los trabajadores". La Izquierda Diario. 23 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Mendoza: Juraron Cecilia Soria (PTS), Martín Dalmau y Héctor Fresina (PO) como diputados provinciales del FIT". Sitio web del PTS.
  12. ^ "Asume Raúl Godoy como diputado provincial en Neuquén". La Izquierda Diario.
  13. ^ "Terminaron de asumir todos los concejales del FIT en Mendoza". Sitio web del PTS.
  14. ^ "Elecciones en el Subte: crece la izquierda y por primera vez entra al Secretariado Ejecutivo". Sitio web del PTS.
  15. ^ "Abrumador triunfo de la Agrupación Marrón con más del 71% sobre la Lista Gris". Sitio web del PTS.
  16. ^ "Sindicato jabonero: La Bordó ganó en las principales fábricas y obtuvo la minoría". 16 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  17. ^ "Por centros de estudiantes en todos los colegios". Sitio web del PTS. 13 September 2012.
  18. ^ "Balance y perspectivas de la UBA". Sitio web del PTS.
  19. ^ "La izquierda se impuso en la UNQ". 13 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Neuquén: el Frente de Izquierda gana el Centro de Estudiantes de Humanidades". 8 November 2018.
  21. ^ "laizquierdadiario.com Site Overview". Alexa. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2019.