Revolutionary Socialist Alternative ( es, Alternativa Socialista Revolucionaria) was a
Trotskyist
Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotsky self-identified as an orthodox Marxist, a rev ...
political party in
Bolivia
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. It was affiliated to the
Committee for a Workers' International
The Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) was an international association of Trotskyist political parties. Today, two groups claim to be the continuation of the CWI.
History Founding
The origins of the CWI can be traced to a group of ...
(CWI). It produced the newspaper La Voz Obrera (Workers' Voice).
It was based in
Cochabamba
Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa; qu, Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 63 ...
, providing an information board in the central plaza and had organised the People’s Plaza Defense Committee to defend social movements in the city against attacks by right-wing thugs. Members have also played a role in supporting the hunger strike of the Sindicato Mixto de Trabajadores Petroleros Gualberto Villarroel union leaders demanding back their jobs.
On April 12 2015 the members of the ASR decided to break with the CIT and to leave the ASR.
References
{{Bolivian political parties
Committee for a Workers' International
Communist parties in Bolivia
Far-left politics in Bolivia
Political parties with year of establishment missing
Trotskyist organisations in Bolivia