Nahuel Moreno
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Nahuel Moreno (real name Hugo Miguel Bressano Capacete) was a Trotskyist
leader from Argentina
. Moreno was active in the Trotskyist movement from before World War II
until his death.
During the 1953-1963 split in the Fourth International
he backed the International Committee
faction led by the Socialist Workers Party (USA). For much of this time he published a journal called Palabra Obrera, and organised a group which sought to act as the left wing of the Peronist movement.
Prior to the reunification of the two factions in 1963, the International Secretariat's best-known leader in Latin America
, J. Posadas
, left to form his own Fourth International (Posadist). After Posadas' departure, Moreno became the central leader of the International's Latin American Bureau. When the Fourth International
was reunified in 1963, his current helped to found the Revolutionary Workers Party in Argentina.
In the 1970s, when divisions surfaced over guerrilla warfare inside the International, Moreno lead the pro-SWP faction of the PRT which eventually established a public faction, the PRT-La Verdad. This group oriented around fighting for union rights and mass based party building. In 1973, it fused with the pro-Trotskyist Socialist Party of Argentina to found the Socialist Workers Party (PST) of Argentina. The PST sided with the SWP as Moreno had sided with them for several years. As factional differences within the International peaked, the American SWP formed the Leninist Trotskyist Faction, of which Moreno's PST was a part.
After the LTF was dissolved, The PST helped to form the Bolshevik Faction which left the International late in 1979, partly in opposition to nature of the USFI's support for the FSLN's strategy and tactics in the revolution of Nicaragua.
Moreno formed a new international grouping with Pierre Lambert
's supporters, but this lasted only until 1981. Moreno and his supporters then formed their own international grouping, the International Workers' League (IWL), mostly, but not exclusively, based in Latin America. In 1983 they built the Argentine Movement for Socialism
(MAS) and shortly there after the Brazilian Socialist Convergence, based in the Metal Workers Confederation and an initial organizer of the Workers Party (PT). In response to the undemocratic process and pro-capitalist orientation of the PT, they left and formed the United Socialist Workers' Party
(PSTU) but were also part of the IWL disintegration after Moreno's death.
At one point in the mid-1980s, the MAS grew to be the second largest left organization in Argentina and was the largest Trotskyist organization in the world with over 13,000 members.
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
leader from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. Moreno was active in the Trotskyist movement from before World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
until his death.
During the 1953-1963 split in the Fourth International
Fourth International
The Fourth International is the communist international organisation consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky , with the declared dedicated goal of helping the working class bring about socialism...
he backed the International Committee
International Committee of the Fourth International
The International Committee of the Fourth International is the name of two Trotskyist internationals; one with sections named Socialist Equality Party which publishes the World Socialist Web Site and another linked to the Workers Revolutionary Party in Britain.-Foundation:The International...
faction led by the Socialist Workers Party (USA). For much of this time he published a journal called Palabra Obrera, and organised a group which sought to act as the left wing of the Peronist movement.
Prior to the reunification of the two factions in 1963, the International Secretariat's best-known leader in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, J. Posadas
J. Posadas
J. Posadas , was the pseudonym of Homero Rómulo Cristalli Frasnelli, an Argentine Trotskyist whose personal vision is usually described as Posadism.-Early life:...
, left to form his own Fourth International (Posadist). After Posadas' departure, Moreno became the central leader of the International's Latin American Bureau. When the Fourth International
Fourth International
The Fourth International is the communist international organisation consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky , with the declared dedicated goal of helping the working class bring about socialism...
was reunified in 1963, his current helped to found the Revolutionary Workers Party in Argentina.
In the 1970s, when divisions surfaced over guerrilla warfare inside the International, Moreno lead the pro-SWP faction of the PRT which eventually established a public faction, the PRT-La Verdad. This group oriented around fighting for union rights and mass based party building. In 1973, it fused with the pro-Trotskyist Socialist Party of Argentina to found the Socialist Workers Party (PST) of Argentina. The PST sided with the SWP as Moreno had sided with them for several years. As factional differences within the International peaked, the American SWP formed the Leninist Trotskyist Faction, of which Moreno's PST was a part.
After the LTF was dissolved, The PST helped to form the Bolshevik Faction which left the International late in 1979, partly in opposition to nature of the USFI's support for the FSLN's strategy and tactics in the revolution of Nicaragua.
Moreno formed a new international grouping with Pierre Lambert
Pierre Lambert
Pierre Lambert was a French Trotskyist leader, who, for many years acted as the central leader of the French Courant Communiste Internationaliste which founded the Parti des Travailleurs.He was born in Paris to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants...
's supporters, but this lasted only until 1981. Moreno and his supporters then formed their own international grouping, the International Workers' League (IWL), mostly, but not exclusively, based in Latin America. In 1983 they built the Argentine Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism (Argentina)
The Movement for Socialism is a Trotskyist political party in Argentina. It was founded in 1982 and led by Nahuel Moreno until his death, in 1987. From 1988 on, within the next 4 years, the MAS would split into more than 20 groups...
(MAS) and shortly there after the Brazilian Socialist Convergence, based in the Metal Workers Confederation and an initial organizer of the Workers Party (PT). In response to the undemocratic process and pro-capitalist orientation of the PT, they left and formed the United Socialist Workers' Party
United Socialist Workers' Party
The Unified Socialist Workers' Party is a Trotskyist organisation in Brazil. It is the largest section of the International Workers' League , an international body of groups in the Morenoist tradition....
(PSTU) but were also part of the IWL disintegration after Moreno's death.
At one point in the mid-1980s, the MAS grew to be the second largest left organization in Argentina and was the largest Trotskyist organization in the world with over 13,000 members.