Revolutionary Socialist Alternative (Bolivia)

Revolutionary Socialist Alternative
Alternativa Socialista Revolucionaria
Headquarters Cochabamba, Bolivia
Newspaper La Voz Obrera
(Workers' Voice)
Ideology Trotskyism
Socialism
Marxism
Political position Far-left
International affiliation Committee for a Workers' International
Colours Red
Website
alternativasocialistarevolucionaria.blogspot.com

Revolutionary Socialist Alternative (Spanish: Alternativa Socialista Revolucionaria) was a Trotskyist political party in Bolivia. It was affiliated to the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI). It produced the newspaper La Voz Obrera (Workers' Voice).

It was based in Cochabamba, 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.[1] 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.[2]

On April 12 2015 the members of the ASR dicided to break with the CIT and to leave the ASR.[3]

References

  1. ↑ As class tensions rise in Bolivia, so does the possibility of civil war - Retrieved 20 August 2007
  2. ↑ Sacked trade unionists appeal for your international support - Retrieved 20 August 2007
  3. ↑ "Documento de ruptura de la sección boliviana (ASR) con el Comité por una Internacional de los Trabajadores (CIT)". Retrieved 4 July 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.