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The Revolutionary Workers' League for the Fourth International (LOR-CI) is a Bolivian extreme left Trotskyist political organization founded in 1999.[1]

History

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Formed by militant sectors that split from the POR, the LOR-CI opposes the government of Evo Morales and criticizes his idea of building an "Andean capitalism."[2] They are critical of the possibility of reconciling the interests of the working class and the business community, which is why, for example, they called for blank votes in response to the constitutional proposal promoted by the MAS.[3] They participated in the open process in 2003, proposing the formation of a Popular Assembly and asserting that the demands for the nationalization of hydrocarbons under worker and peasant control, as well as a Revolutionary Constituent Assembly, could only be effectively realized by a provisional worker and peasant government of the organizations leading the struggle, supported by departmental and national Popular Assemblies with revocable delegates elected in the fields, mines, factories, companies, neighborhoods, and barracks.[4][5] [6] They also participated in the 2010-2011 process when Evo Morales promoted an increase in gasoline prices[7] and declared the expulsion of transnational companies necessary;[8] likewise, they were involved in the 2012 strike of healthcare workers who resisted the austerity measures imposed by the MAS government.[9]

LOR-CI procession

In 2013, LOR militants obtained leadership positions in the Huanuni mining union and the COB (Bolivian Workers' Center),[10] holding congresses to establish the Workers' Party (a political formation that old leaders advocated but never materialized)[11] and providing support to the Huanuni miners when they went on strike in May of that year.[12] After the COB elections, the LOR lost its leadership positions due to intimidation by the old bureaucracy[13][14], and some of the promoters of the Workers' Party have been harassed by the MAS government.[15] Currently, the LOR-CI is present in unions such as "Aseo Urbano" and the El Alto International Airport, as well as in the Siglo XX and San Simón Major Universities; they also promote the student organization Octubre.[16]

Currently, the LOR-CI collaborates with workers' unions and socialist feminist groups like Pan y Rosas[17][18] in various parts of Bolivia. One of its most important representatives is Violeta Tamayo,[19] who advocates a Marxist feminism opposed to the official feminism of the current government, the MAS. This has led to repercussions, as the current government has implemented mechanisms to prosecute her.[20][21]

References

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  1. ^ "Tesis de la LOR-CI sobre Bolivia. Página 1". 24 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/Revolucion-democratica-y-capitalismo-andino?lang=es
  3. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/Voto-en-blanco-nulo-o-abstencion?lang=es
  4. ^ http://www.ft.org.ar/Notascft.asp?ID=4523 "The LOR-CI, which publishes the newspaper Palabra Obrera, a member of the Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International, which has its central headquarters and main work in the working-class, peasant, and Aymara city of El Alto, has the merit of having raised the 'Soviet' strategy of the Popular Assembly since October 2003 as a way of counterposing the institutions of the bourgeoisie."
  5. ^ http://www.ft.org.ar/Notascft.asp?ID=4522
  6. ^ http://www.ft.org.ar/Notascft.asp?ID=4526 "Our young Revolutionary Workers' League for the Fourth International, a sister organization of the PTS, with whom we form the Trotskyist Fraction (Fourth International), made every effort to promote a Popular Assembly as an effective form of preparing for the development of worker and peasant organs of power in new revolutionary events and is the only political organization that has consistently advocated this approach since October 2003."
  7. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/Abajo-el-gasolinazo-de-Evo-Morales?lang=es
  8. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/Que-la-paguen-los-RICOS?lang=es
  9. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/Viva-la-unidad-de-los-estudiantes-de-medicina-y-los-trabajadores-en-salud?lang=es
  10. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/Lista-independiente-gana-elecciones-del-sindicato?lang=es
  11. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/El-PT-es-de-las-bases-obreras-y-no-de-los-conciliadores?lang=es
  12. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/El-MAS-pretende-derrotar-a-los-trabajadores-de-Huanuni?lang=es
  13. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/Bolivia-Lecciones-de-Huanuni?lang=es
  14. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/El-burocrata-Pedro-Montes-y-el-MAS-ganan-sindicato-minero-con-ayuda-de-la?lang=es
  15. ^ http://www.ft-ci.org/Basta-de-persecucion-politica-a-Javo-los-luchadores-mineros-y-la-oposicion-de?lang=es
  16. ^ https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Nace-la-Corriente-Estudiantil-Revolucionaria-Octubre
  17. ^ "Pan y Rosas Bolivia". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Pan y Rosas Bolivia". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  19. ^ La Izquierda Diario (17 February 2016). Bolivia: intervención de Violeta Tamayo de Pan y Rosas en debate sobre el Referendum. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  20. ^ Tierra Plus (7 January 2017). Bolivia: Activista Violeta Tamayo, relata el arresto de jóvenes que protestaban contra el Dakar. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  21. ^ Fides. "Arrestan a cuatro personas que salieron a manifestar en contra del Dakar". http://www.facebook.com/388603407925937 (in Spanish). ANF-Agencia de Noticias. Retrieved 6 June 2019. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
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