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Most of the Partido Laborista leaders had socialist and anarcho-syndicalist backgrounds, and the party's rank and file was influenced by the membership of defecting socialists, communists, Trotskyists and progressive UCR members (Del Campo 2012, 330–332; Murmis and Portantiero 2004, 160). These ideological influences found their expression in the progressive character of the Partido Laborista's declaration of principles and its electoral platform for 1946 (Partido Laborista 1945, 1946).
In Argentina, since the founding of the left-populist Worker's Party (Partido Laborista) by Juan Perón in 1946, its representatives have served as presidents for more than half of the post-war period and achieved results in the range of 30-60% of the vote in the presidential elections.
During the first Peronist government (1946–1955) the creation of the Partido Peronista involved the absorption of the left-leaning Partido Laborista as its strongest organizational pillar. As most Partido Laborista leaders and members had socialist, anarcho-syndicalist, or communist backgrounds, this meant the constitution of a significant left wing within the Partido Peronista.
Most of the Partido Laborista leaders had socialist and anarcho-syndicalist backgrounds, and the party's rank and file was influenced by the membership of defecting socialists, communists, Trotskyists and progressive UCR members (Del Campo 2012, 330–332; Murmis and Portantiero 2004, 160). These ideological influences found their expression in the progressive character of the Partido Laborista's declaration of principles and its electoral platform for 1946 (Partido Laborista 1945, 1946).
During the first Peronist government (1946–1955) the creation of the Partido Peronista involved the absorption of the left-leaning Partido Laborista as its strongest organizational pillar. As most Partido Laborista leaders and members had socialist, anarcho-syndicalist, or communist backgrounds, this meant the constitution of a significant left wing within the Partido Peronista.
The union leaders who formed the Partido Laborista were well aware of the recently victorious British Labour Party and its links with the trade unions. Their project was a broadly similar one of institutionalising the political power of the working class, with the added element of a strong left-nationalist orientation as befitted Argentina's dependent position in the world economy.