Federation of Russian Workers of South America
The Federation of Russian Workers of South America (Spanish: Federación de Obreros Rusos en Sudamérica, abbreviated FORSA) was an organization of Russian immigrants in Argentina. The organization was founded in February 1918.[1] FORSA was led by Mikhail Komin-Alexandrovsky, a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party who had arrived in Argentina in 1909.[2] FORSA existed parallel to the Russian Union of Socialist Workers (UROS), which FORSA labelled as 'Menshevik'.[1][3]
FORSA published the newspaper Golos Truda ('Voice of Labour') from Buenos Aires, with Komin-Alexandrovsky as its editor.[3][2][1][4] FORSA claimed to have some 15,000 members.[1][3] The organization also had members in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.[1][3]
FORSA sent Komin-Alexandrovsky as its representative to the 2nd World Congress of the Comintern in 1920.[5][2]
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