Socialist Left ( es, Izquierda Socialista; IS), officially registered as the Left for a Socialist Option (''Izquierda por una Opción Socialista''), is a
Trotskyist political party in
Argentina. It was founded in 2006 as a split from the
Socialist Workers' Movement. It is the Argentine section of
International Workers' Unity – Fourth International
International Workers' Unity – Fourth International ( es, Unidad Internacional de los Trabajadores – Cuarta Internacional) is a Trotskyist international organisation. It has members in Latin America, Western Europe and the CIS, including Izqu ...
. It is one of three parties that make up the
Workers' Left Front
The Workers' Left Front – Unity ( es, Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores – Unidad, FIT-U) is an alliance of initially three Trotskyist parties in Argentina formed to fight a number of elections in 2011, announced at a press conferenc ...
.
Members include
Liliana Olivero, a former deputy in the provincial legislature in
Córdoba Province, Argentina
Córdoba () is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Its neighboring provinces are (clockwise from the north) Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja, and Catamarca. Together with Sant ...
,
Angélica Lagunas, a provincial deputy in
Neuquén Province
Neuquén () is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west. It also meets La Pampa Province a ...
,
Mercedes de Mendieta, a deputy in the Autonomous City of
Buenos Aires, and
Graciela Calderón, a deputy in
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Communist parties in Argentina
International Workers' Unity – Fourth International
Trotskyist organisations in Argentina
{{Argentina-party-stub