Anti-imperialist Unitary Commissions

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Anti-imperialist Artiguist Unitary Commissions for National Liberation and Socialism
Comisiones Unitarias Antiimperialistas Artiguistas por la Liberación Nacional y el Socialismo
Leader Mario Rossi Garretano  [ es ]
Founded2008 (2008)
Ideology
Political position Far-left
SloganPor la unidad sin exclusiones de la Izquierda antimperialista y socialista.
Website
comuna.nuevaradio.org

Anti-imperialist Unitary Commissions (Spanish : Comisiones Unitarias Antiimperialistas, COMUNA) is a Far-left political alliance in Uruguay founded in 2008 that describes itself as revolutionary left, class-conscious, anti-imperialist and anticapitalist. [1]

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Having failed at the admission to the 2009 election, it negotiated a cooperation with the leftist Popular Unity, but abandoned the talks and finally didn't participate in the 2014 general election either.

History

Formation

The alliance with the full name Anti-imperialist Artiguist Unitary Commissions for National Liberation and Socialism (Spanish: Comisiones Unitarias Antiimperialistas Artiguistas por la Liberación Nacional y el Socialismo) was founded in 2008 when a number of member parties of the governing Broad Front alliance defected and joined forces with the Oriental Revolutionary Movement (MRO) in order to jointly contest elections. [2] Among the founding parties were the Movimiento Revolucionario Artiguista (MRA) and the Refundación Comunista (RC) including popular folk musician Yamandú Palacios  [ es ], [3] the latter party however moving on to yet another newly founded alliance, the Popular Assembly.

2009 elections

COMUNA appointed MRO president Mario Rossi Garretano  [ es ] as a single candidate for presidency. With just 266 votes in the internal election primaries the alliance however missed the 500 votes minimum and finally wasn't admitted to the October 2009 general election. Finally a recommendation was issued to vote blank, yet support the referendum aiming at abolishing the Law on the Expiration of the Punitive Claims of the State. [4]

2014 elections

Ahead of the 2014 general election, COMUNA negotiated joining forces with Popular Assembly in forming the larger Popular Unity alliance. In April 2013 it however decided to leave the coordination referring to fundamental differences. [5] With a sufficiently promising alliance out of sight, COMUNA finally decided not to participate in the election at all, again recommending to vote blank instead. It however urged electors to turn down the referendum aiming at a lowered age of criminal responsibility. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Presentación ComUnA" (in Spanish). COM.UN.A. 2008-08-22. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  2. ↑ Lansford, Tom, ed. (2013). Political Handbook of the World 2013. Thousand Oaks, California: CQ Press. p. 1579. ISBN   978-1-4522-5824-9.
  3. ↑ "Escindidos del FA crean Com.Un.A". La República (in Spanish). 2008-09-22. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Mensaje a Pueblo Oriental N.5 - Posicionamiento sobre el actual proceso electoral" (in Spanish). COM.UN.A. 2009-10-15. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Proyectos Políticos Diferentes" (in Spanish). COM.UN.A. 2013-04-15. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07.
  6. ↑ "Declaración de las organizaciones que integran COM.UN.A ante el lanzamiento de la campaña electoral hacia las elecciones del 2014" (in Spanish). COM.UN.A. 2013-12-07. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20.
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