The Workers' Revolutionary Organisation (in

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: ''Organización Revolucionaria de los Trabajadores'') was a

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organisation in

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. The newspaper of the organization was ''En Lucha''.

History

ORT was founded in 1969, emerging out of the

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Workers' Trade Union Action (''Acción Sindical de Trabajadores''). The youth wing of ORT was the Maoist Youth Union (''Unión de Juventudes Maoístas'') and the

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wing was the Unitary Trade Union (''Sindicato Unitario''). ORT published ''En Lucha''. In the 1977 elections, ORT launched the Workers' Electoral Grouping (''Agrupación Electoral de los Trabajadores''). In 1979, ORT merged with the

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and formed the Workers' Party (PT).

References

* MOLINA BLÁZQUEZ, José. Apuntes para: orígenes y evolución de la Organización Revolucionaria de Trabajadores. 2009.

External links

Page in memory of the ORT
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