Carlos Petroni
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Carlos Petroni is an Argentinian author and political activist.
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Born, August 8, 1947 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Petroni was the leader of the so-called Morenist tendency of Latin American Trotskyism (named after its founder and main leader Nahuel Moreno) from 1973 to 1988 and was a close collaborator of the founder of this movement, Nahuel Moreno.
From 1974 to 1978, Petroni wrote a number of short stories volumes and two novels which brought him some coveted literary prizes. He also contributed to more than 30 political newspapers around the world and is the author of half a dozen books on politics, Marxist theory and political organizing. As the founder of numerous Trotskyist groups in Latin America, Europe and the United States, he is known for his polemical essays, his organizing skills and his experience in working class struggles. As a member of the leadership of graphic workers, metal workers, meatpacking and other unions, he led strikes and working class struggles for over two decades.
He was also a member and leader of the Argentinean Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores (PST)from 1973 to 1976 and its continuation, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) from 1983-1988. Petroni was a delegate and member of the Presidium of the Morenist international tendency in its different stages: Bolshevik Tendency of the Fourth International (1976-1980), Fourth International (International Committee) (1981) and International Workers League (Fourth International) -- Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores (Cuarta Internacional) from 1981 to 1988.
Petroni was responsible for the Northern American Secretariat of the Morenist tendency from 1978 to 1985, and he participated in the Nicaraguan and Salvadorean Revolutions in the late 70s, helped found the Nicaraguan section, helped develop other Central American organizations and the Mexican section of the movement. He (as well as Nahuel Moreno) was also a member of the International Committee of the LIT(CI) and its International Secretariat from 1982 until the death of Moreno in 1986. He was expelled from the LIT(CI) in 1988 for controversial reasons, two years after Nahuel Moreno's death, and he continued his political work in the American Left Party (LP). As of 2006, he is back in his native Argentina where he is editing the online and printing editions of Izquierda.info.
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- Argentina: Crisis, Revolution, Counter-revolution and the Left – Interview and dialogue with Carlos Petroni (Transcribed and edited by Sebastian Robles, Fred Sanderson and Caty Powell), on www.leftparty.org, the Left Party (Partido de Izquierda) website, retrieved 25 Sep 2006.
