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The Workers' Front was established on October 14, 2018, at the [[Ateneo de Madrid]] as a [[front organization]] of the PML (RC).<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 2018 |title=Presentación del comité pro-Frente Obrero España |pages=6 |work=UNION |url=https://frenteobrero.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/union1.pdf}}</ref> |
The Workers' Front was established on October 14, 2018, at the [[Ateneo de Madrid]] as a [[front organization]] of the PML (RC).<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 2018 |title=Presentación del comité pro-Frente Obrero España |pages=6 |work=UNION |url=https://frenteobrero.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/union1.pdf}}</ref> |
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Subsequently, the Workers' Front expanded to several cities in Spain, such as [[A Coruña|La Coruña]], [[León, Spain|León]], [[Ponferrada]], [[Zaragoza]], and [[Cádiz]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 2018 |title=LA MARCHA DEL FRENTE OBRERO |pages=10 |work=UNION |url=https://frenteobrero.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/union2.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |
Subsequently, the Workers' Front expanded to several cities in Spain, such as [[A Coruña|La Coruña]], [[León, Spain|León]], [[Ponferrada]], [[Zaragoza]], and [[Cádiz]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 2018 |title=LA MARCHA DEL FRENTE OBRERO |pages=10 |work=UNION |url=https://frenteobrero.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/union2.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:14, 26 July 2023
Workers' Front Frente Obrero | |
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| File:Frente Obrero Logo.jpg | |
| Abbreviation | FO |
| Leader | Roberto Vaquero |
| Founded | 13 March 2019 |
| Headquarters | Calle Gascó Oliag 6, PTA 42. 46010 Valencia |
| Newspaper | UNIÓN |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Syncretic |
| Party flag | |
| File:Frente Obrero bandera.png | |
| Website | |
| https://frenteobrero.es/ | |
Workers' Front (Spanish: Frente Obrero, FO) is a Spanish political party. The party was founded as a mass organization by the anti-revisionist PML(RC) in October 2018 and registered as a separate political party in March 2019.
History
The Workers' Front was established on October 14, 2018, at the Ateneo de Madrid as a front organization of the PML (RC).[1] Subsequently, the Workers' Front expanded to several cities in Spain, such as La Coruña, León, Ponferrada, Zaragoza, and Cádiz.[2]
On June 12, 2022, their first congress was held. During the congress the decision to become a political party was approved by the members. Representatives from other organizations, such as the Polisario Front, spoke during the congress.[3]
Ideology
Despite being strongly connected with the PML (RC), the FO is not explicitly communist. Their political ideology is a syncretic combination of left-wing economic positions and usually right-wing social viewpoints.[4]
In their program A Spain for the Workers, they defend national sovereignty, Hispanic identity, free university education, the nationalization of strategic economic sectors, energy sovereignty, nuclear energy, increasing the minimum wage, supporting the rural sector, promoting birth rates, creating more public housing, introducing rent control and limiting immigration.[5]
They oppose the European Union, NATO, deindustrialization, Queer theory, positive discrimination, feminism, islamization, Trans Law, cosmopolitanism and political correctness.[5]
Criticisms
The party has been criticized by other organizations as transphobic, reactionary and racist, as well as compared (negatively) to the radical right-wing party Vox.[6][7] It has also been accused of giving credit to the Great Replacement theory.[8]
In 2023 FO was accused of having received money from the Algerian government by Euromagreb. This was later denied by the party.[9]
Elections
The FO participated in elections for the first time in 2023. The party participated in the municipal elections in four municipalities, namely Villalba de los Arcos, Santa Margalida, Mislata, and Mandayona, winning one seat in Mandayona. The FO contested the 2023 general election, fielding candidates in 50 of the 52 constituencies.[10]
Election results
| Municipality | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villalba de los Arcos | 27 | 7.6% | 0 |
| Santa Margalida | 100 | 1.8% | 0 |
| Mislata | 255 | 1.1% | 0 |
| Mandayona | 42 | 21.6% | 1 |
The FO received 0.19% of the vote in Congress of Deputies, and no seats, in the 2023 Spanish general election.
See also
- Workers Party of Britain, a minor British political party also backed by an anti-revisionist communist party (CPGB-ML)
External links
References
- ^ "Presentación del comité pro-Frente Obrero España" (PDF). UNION. October 2018. p. 6.
- ^ "LA MARCHA DEL FRENTE OBRERO" (PDF). UNION. January 2018. p. 10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ I CONGRESO DEL FRENTE OBRERO, retrieved 2023-07-09
- ^ "Return of the Old Left: A Look at the Spanish Worker's Front". europeanconservative.com. 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ a b "PROGRAMA". Frente Obrero España (in Spanish). 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ "Frente Obrero, un discurso político homofóbico y racista que promueve la división de la clase trabajadora". La Izquierda Diario - Red internacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ "El partido de los escraches a Sánchez y Podemos se presenta a las elecciones por primera vez en Castilla y León". El Español (in Spanish). 2023-06-21. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ https://aldescubierto.org/2023/02/03/desmontando-las-mentiras-de-roberto-vaquero-y-la-ultraderecha-sobre-la-inmigracion/
- ^ https://www.atalayar.com/en/articulo/politics/frente-obrero-denies-being-in-the-service-of-algeria-and-having-received-money-from-the-north-african-country/20230720104111188485.html
- ^ "BOLETÍN OFICIAL DEL ESTADO" (PDF). JUNTAS ELECTORALES PROVINCIALES. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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