Revolutionary Anticapitalist Left

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Revolutionary Anticapitalist Left
Izquierda Anticapitalista Revolucionaria
Founded2015
Split from Anticapitalistas
NewspaperRevista IZAR [1]
Ideology Trotskyism
Revolutionary socialism
Internationalism
Political position Far-left
National affiliationNo Hay Tiempo Que Perder Iniciative [2]
Website
https://izarrevolucion.com/

Revolutionary Anticapitalist Left (Spanish : Izquierda Anticapitalista Revolucionaria, IZAR) is a Trotskyist political party in Spain.

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History

IZAR was founded by a split of Anticapitalistas, after some members of that organization were expelled for being critical with Podemos. [3] in the 2016 general elections IZAR won 854 votes in the three districts were they run: 143 in Almería (0.05%), 456 in Málaga (0.06%) and 255 in Granada (0.05%). The party had a city councilor in Burgos (elected within the Imagina Burgos list) between 2015 and 2019. [4]

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References

  1. Revista IZAR
  2. Colectivos
  3. Olga Granado: Los críticos de Podemos logran presentar candidaturas en tres provincias andaluzas para el 26J. eldiario.es, 08/06/2016.
  4. Antea Izquierdo sustituirá a Javier Gil tras su dimisión en el Ayuntamiento. La Vanguardia, 09/05/2017.