The Workers' Revolutionary Party (, PRT) is a left-wing Nicaraguan political party with
Marxist
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and
Trotskyist
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tendencies founded 1971 by students including
Bonifacio Miranda
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Places
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.
Originally a broad Marxist group named Towards a Popular Revolution, the party joined the Trotskyist
United Secretariat of the Fourth International
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Following a ten-year schism, in 1963 the majorities of the two public factions of the Fourth International, the International Secretariat of the Fourth Internationa ...
in 1975 and renamed itself the Marxist Revolutionary League. It fought alongside the
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front (, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto César Sandino, who led the Nicaraguan resistan ...
, but after their victory, remained illegal and its leaders were jailed for criticising the new government.
The group renamed itself to PRT in 1984, and received legal status after 1984 elections.
References
*Charles D. Ameringer, ''Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s''
1971 establishments in Nicaragua
Communist parties in Nicaragua
Formerly banned communist parties
Organizations of the Nicaraguan Revolution
Political parties established in 1971
Political parties in Nicaragua
Trotskyist organizations in North America
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