Argentina: the MST Congress ended, organizing the fight against Milei and with proposals for the FITU

Sunday afternoon 31 of March, with the vote by show of hands of delegates from all over the country, The last day of the XIII Congress of the MST ended in the Frente de Izquierda Unidad, organization that is part of the International Socialist League (LIS) https://lis-isl.org/.

The Congress had been preceded by several months of profound debate and collective exchange among the entire militancy., regarding the documents put up for debate by the management on the international situation, national situation and the balance and orientation of the party for the coming period, along with the contributions that the militancy made from different cities and provinces, both in writing and in different plenary sessions held.

The Congress had started last Thursday 28 March with an important Opening Ceremony in Plaza Congreso, where thousands of militants and sympathizers contributed their songs and enthusiasm to the presence and words of emblematic struggles such as the INCAA, Web, Nation Bank, state representatives and MST representatives Teresa Vive. They received the presence of international guests at the event and greetings through videos and texts from other LIS organizations and friendly organizations from different countries around the world.. In that initial act, They spoke for the MST leadershipCele Fierro YAlejandro Bodart who was in charge of the closing.

It may interest you: Video of international greetings to the Congress.https://periodismodeizquierda.com/xiii-congreso-del-mst-video-de-saludos-internacionales/

About this important initial act, Page 12 highlighted the main proposals developed. He summarized that Cele Fierro said the following: the consent for the strike must be granted by half of the labor collective and only economic demands can be presentedThe first months of the Milei government showed, on the one hand, a far-right project that attacks social and democratic rights and plunges the popular majorities into misery., while we are already in a recession that will bring thousands of new layoffs and much less consumption. They want to put the country at the service of a few and advance to an authoritarian regime of DNU and repressive protocols. But these months also showed that there is a social force willing to confront it and that its hand can be stopped., like the massive marches of 8M and 24M. We must follow that path, With millions in the streets, let us make all our demands for decent salaries and retirements felt., For work, public health and education. A mobilized people who say Enough of Milei, your adjustment, repression and denialism. That is why from this act we tell the CGT not to take a nap anymore, to call for a great national strike and a plan of struggle to defeat this government”

And that Alejandro Bodart in closing proposed the following: the consent for the strike must be granted by half of the labor collective and only economic demands can be presentedWe call for this grand opening ceremony of our Congress to tell thousands of workers and young people about the proposals we have as members of the Left Unity Front.. Because we have to finish the Milei project, and there is no more going back with variants of Peronism, because precisely that allowed this character to rise to power. We have to build something new, and that is why we call on all those disappointed with these projects to build a better alternative from the left. Because there is no way out in this system, that never allows nor will it allow solving problems, but it generates them. For this we propose that our front call upon thousands who are fighting in the streets today., to worker references, social, neighborhood assembly members, of culture, to intellectuals, integrate them and transform it into a great political movement of the workers and the left to turn everything around and start a completely different direction. For all this, we are going to propose to the other forces of our front that we call a great Open Congress of the FIT-U to debate and resolve all these issues., along with thousands of workers and young people who are fighting in the streets today”

After the Opening Ceremony on Thursday, The Congress sessions took place over the next three days, addressing different topics., about which in the next few days we will socialize in depth to understand the militancy, of thousands of left-wing sympathizers and the readers of Periodismo de Izquierda. Now, briefly, We tell you some questions about this XIII Congress.

For the coordination of the LIS and for the MSTAlejandro Bodartpresented the point on the international situation, in a very profound debate that included the participation of all the international guests present from countries like France, Portugal, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Lebanon and the video intervention from Pakistan. Which enriched the debate held with each and every delegate present.. who agreed with the analysis and policy presented on the global capitalist crisis, the policy of revolutionaries in the face of inter-imperialist disputes from an independent position, the strong tendencies towards greater social and political polarization and the need to intervene deeply in the processes of class struggle in the world, the priority of remaining firm in unconditional support for the Palestinian people and frontal denunciation of the genocidal State of Israel. Also the importance of unity of action against all far-right phenomena in the world, In that sense, among other initiatives, participation in an anti-fascist forum in May in Porto Alegre was announced. And finally, there was a very important call to continue strengthening the construction of the LIS, which has been making important progress..

The point on the national situation was in charge ofSergio Garcia by the leadership of the MST and Left Journalism. There, the profound changes that are developing in the country under the far-right government of Milei were analyzed., the brutal attack against the social and democratic rights of the population and the strong responses on the streets from working class sectors, Popular, of culture and neighborhood assemblies among others. The strong polarization that we experience in the country was highlighted, the trends towards greater confrontations in the coming months. The need to demand a new active national strike and a true plan of struggle to say Enough of Milei, its adjustment and repression was deepened.. Strengthening the coordination of the entire left and the sectors in struggle as has been happening since the past 20 from December. And enormous importance was given to the need for the Left Front to improve and change, stop being just an electoral front and rise to the occasion. That is why it was decided to bring to the other forces of the FIT-U the proposal to hold an Open Congress of our front and debate there how to organize thousands and thousands so that the left takes a leap as an option for power in the country..

Finally, the Congress addressed the balance of the last period and the tasks that lie ahead witha presentation made byMariano Rosa by the MST leadership. There, the important advances that the MST has been making in recent years were confirmed., both in the incorporation of new and new militants throughout the country, its advancement as a clear voice of the FIT-U with permanent proposals and new legislative positions achieved. Also the development in important labor sectors such as Health, state teachers, now in the INCAA fight, within Unidxs por la Cultura and in the neighborhood assemblies where the MST has a strong intervention and drive. Also in the working-class neighborhoods with the MST Teresa Vive that combatively resists a strong attack from the government. In this point, logically like any revolutionary and serious organization, progress was noted and also things to improve, to correct, to go deeper. It was proposed to maintain as a priority to continue making important efforts to support the construction of the LIS, as a militant and internationalist organization should do. We were encouraged to take new leaps in the dissemination of our ideas and proposals., in consolidation more advances in our communication over large swaths using all the digital and printed tools we have at our disposal. Deepen intervention in the struggles of the working class, of the youth that will be added to the promotion and many other tasks that the delegates supported in the debate.

The Congress ended with the vote on all the documents presented, with the voting of a significant number of political and organizational resolutions. Yfinally with democratic voting, by all the delegates, of the MST leadership until the next Congress and the Moral Commission. Late Sunday afternoon 31 of March, the international resonated with strength and combativeness, along with the raised fist of all those presentwho sang their international anthem of the workers, ending the Congress and ready now, far better, for the enormous challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.