Workers' Left Front
Trotskyist political coalition in Argentina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Workers' Left Front – Unity (Spanish: Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores – Unidad, FIT-U) is an alliance of initially three Trotskyist parties in Argentina formed to participate in elections in 2011, announced at a press conference in April that year. They were the Workers' Party (PO), the Socialist Workers' Party (PTS), and Socialist Left (IS). In 2019, the Workers' Socialist Movement (MST) joined the alliance.[6]
Workers' Left Front – Unity Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores – Unidad | |
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Abbreviation | FIT-U |
Leader | Nicolás del Caño |
Founded | April 14, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04-14) |
Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
Ideology | Trotskyism[1][2] |
Political position | Far-left[3][4][5] |
Colours | Pink |
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 5 / 257 |
Seats in the Senate | 0 / 72 |
After the 2023 Argentine general election the FIT-U has five national deputies in the National Congress of Argentina: Nicolás del Caño (PTS),[7] Christian Castillo (PTS),[8] Myriam Bregman (PTS),[9] Alejandro Vilca (PTS),[10] and Romina Del Plá (PO).
The predecessor of FIT-U was the Frente de Izquierda y los Trabajadores, Anticapitalista y Socialista, which consisted of the PTS, IS and New Movement for Socialism (Argentina) (NMAS). It stood in the 2009 legislative elections.[11] Attempts to include the PO in this front broke down because the PO insisted on filling the first three positions on the lists with its own members.[11]