The Socialist Alternative Movement (, MAS), formerly known as the Left Revolutionary Front () is a

Trotskyist Trotskyism (, ) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an ...

organization in

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. It was the Portuguese section of the International Workers' League (Fourth International) until they split in 2017. It ran on a joint list with the Madeira-based Labour Party in the 2015 parliamentary elections. The party was founded as the Left Revolutionary Front (FER) in 1983. This was dissolved in 2005 and merged with the

student activist Student activism or campus activism is work by students to cause political, environmental, economic, or social change. In addition to education, student groups often play central roles in democratization and winning civil rights. Modern stu ...

movement Ruptura (which was part of the Left Bloc) to form Ruptura/FER. The party says in its constitution that "the fight against capitalist exploitation and all forms of oppression of human beings by a socialist democratic regime, for workers' power, to ensure the transition to

socialism Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

and

communism Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a ...

. We understand by socialism a society in which power is exercised democratically by the workers and Communism a society without classes and without the state. This implies the rejection of the "experiences" of capitalism management spearheaded by the social democrats (PS governments) or of totalitarian regimes dominated by a single

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party". The party was renamed to MAS and registered as a party in August 2013 (a first attempt at registration in March 2013 was rejected, since its statute violated the assumptions required by the

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Election results

Assembly of the Republic

European Parliament

Presidential elections

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Frente da Esquerda Revolucionária (Ruptura/FER)
(Portuguese)
International Workers' League (Fourth International)
International Workers League – Fourth International Trotskyist organisations in Portugal Political parties established in 1983 Political parties disestablished in 2005 1983 establishments in Portugal 2005 disestablishments in Portugal Communist parties in Portugal Left-wing parties {{Portugal-poli-stub