Socialist Alliance (Mexico)
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The Socialist Alliance is an intended electoral alliance
in Mexico
created in November 2005 for the 2006 general elections
. It includes several Trotskyist
factions that split off from the old Revolutionary Workers' Party (PRT). These include:
Electoral alliance
An electoral alliance may take the form of a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc. It is an association of political parties or individuals which exists solely to stand in elections...
in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
created in November 2005 for the 2006 general elections
Mexican general election, 2006
A general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the federal level:*A new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing then Mexican President Vicente Fox .*500 members to serve for a...
. It includes several Trotskyist
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
factions that split off from the old Revolutionary Workers' Party (PRT). These include:
- Socialist ConvergenceSocialist Convergence (Mexico)Socialist Convergence is a Trotskyist organisation in Mexico.It was founded in 1996 by the group formerly known as the Revolutionary Workers' Party, or PRT. It is a sympathizing organization of the reunified Fourth International...
(Convergencia Socialista) - The new Revolutionary Workers' Party (Partido Revolucionario de los y las Trabajadores)
- Socialist Unity LeagueSocialist Unity League (Mexico)The Socialist Unity League is a small Trotskyist group in Mexico. It was formed in 1996 and is close to the US group Socialist Action and the German Revolutionary Socialist League. It is a member of the Socialist Alliance....
(Liga de Unidad Socialista) - Socialist Collective (Colectivo Socialista)
- Labor and Socialist Unity (Unidad Obrera y Socialista)