Socialist_Front_(Puerto_Rico)
Socialist Front (Puerto Rico)
Coalition of far-left and pro-independence political organizations in Puerto Rico
The Socialist Front (Spanish: Frente Socialista, FS) is a coalition of far-left and pro-independence political organizations in Puerto Rico. The Socialist Front also includes non-partisan activists.
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The FS was launched on November 4, 1990, as an initiative of the Socialist Workers' Movement (MST) joining with the Political Formation Workshop and the Puerto Rican Workers Party-Macheteros.[1][2] In 2005 the MST officially disaffiliated with the Frente Socialista, and Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party, and the Political Education Workshop did the same in 2008, but the Frente has continued on. The Frente's principal spokespersons were Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl and Jorge Farinacci.
Affiliated group:
- Communist Refoundation - a segment of the old Puerto Rican Communist Party
The FS participates in the São Paulo Forum and the World Social Forum. Its supporters in New York City are organized in the Working Group on Puerto Rico.
In 2006, the leader Jorge Farinacci García died of cancer,[3] prompting a message of condolences from the Party for Socialism and Liberation.[4]