Socialist Left (Argentina)
Socialist Left Izquierda Socialista | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | IS |
| Founded | 21 September 2006 |
| Split from | MST |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Newspaper | El Socialista |
| Youth wing | Juventud de Izquierda Socialista |
| Women's wing | Isadora |
| Membership (2017) | 30,523 |
| Ideology | Trotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Workers' Left Front |
| International affiliation | International Workers' Unity – Fourth International |
| Colours | Red |
| Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 257 |
| Seats in the Senate | 0 / 72 |
| Website | |
| izquierdasocialista.org.ar | |
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Socialist Left (Spanish: 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. It is one of three parties that make up the Workers' Left Front.
Members include Liliana Olivero, a former deputy in the provincial legislature in Córdoba Province, Argentina, Angélica Lagunas, a provincial deputy in Neuquén Province, Mercedes de Mendieta, a deputy in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and Graciela Calderón, a deputy in Buenos Aires Province.