The Workers' Revolutionary Party–Revolutionary Left (

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: ''Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores–Izquierda Revolucionaria''. PRT–IR) was a Spanish

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political organization, formed in the summer of 2002 as a result of the merger of the Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT) and the Revolutionary Left (IR). Organizing the struggle for

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was the main goal of the formation. It was the official section in

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of the

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(IWL).

History

In the spring of 2004, the PRT–IR left the United Left (IU) coalition, accusing IU of supporting the government of the

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(PSOE). Since then, the PRT-IR approached

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, another split of IU.

Dissolution

In 2012 PRT-IR joined

.El PRT-IR resolvió disolverse dentro de Corriente Roja, 26 de abril de 2011.
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References

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