.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (October 2011) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Spanish article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 5,201 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at [[:es:Izquierda Socialista (Argentina)]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ((Translated|es|Izquierda Socialista (Argentina))) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.
Socialist Left
Izquierda Socialista
AbbreviationIS
Founded21 September 2006; 17 years ago (2006-09-21)[1]
Split fromMST[1]
HeadquartersBuenos Aires, Argentina
NewspaperEl Socialista
Youth wingJuventud de Izquierda Socialista
Women's wingIsadora
Membership (2017)Increase 30,523[2][3]
IdeologyTrotskyism[4]
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationWorkers' Left Front[4]
International affiliationInternational Workers' Unity – Fourth International[5]
Colours  Red
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
0 / 257
Seats in the Senate
0 / 72
Website
izquierdasocialista.org.ar

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.

References

  1. ^ a b "Hace 10 años nacía Izquierda Socialista". Izquierda Socialista (in Spanish). 21 September 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  2. ^ "AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Estadística de Afiliados" (PDF). electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b Piscetta, Juan (30 May 2021). "Sin sorpresas en candidaturas, la izquierda prepara una campaña dirigida al descontento social". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. ^ "UIT-CI". uit-ci.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.