Christian Castillo (politician)

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Christian Castillo
Deputy in the Province of Buenos Aires
In office 10 December 2013 – 10 June 2015
Personal details
Born	(1967-03-28) March 28, 1967 (age 54) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Socialist Workers' Party (since 1988)
Other political affiliations	Movement for Socialism (1983-1988) Workers' Left Front (since 2011)
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires
Profession	Sociologist, politician

Christian Carlos Hernan Castillo (born March 28, 1967) is an Argentinian activist, politician, sociologist and university teacher.^[1] He is a founding member of the Socialist Workers' Party (Argentina) (PTS). In the 2013 elections he was voted in as a deputy for the Buenos Aires Province for the Workers Left Front;^[2] he resigned to his seat on June 10, 2015 to leave his place to the next candidate based on the banking rotation between the different parties that make up the Front. He was pre-candidate to Governor of the Buenos Aires Province during the 2015 primary elections, losing to Néstor Pitrola.^[3]

University[]

He was principal of the Sociology school in the University of Buenos Aires.^[4] As a marxist intellectual, he heads the Karl Marx Free Cathedra, which is taught in the Buenos Aires, La Plata, Neuquén, Córdoba, Mendoza, Jujuy, La Matanza, Tucumán and Quilmes Universities.^[4]

As a university teacher, he has actively participated in struggles defending a free and public education, against plans of privatising schools, which has led him to participate both nationally and abroad.^[4][5]

In 2000, he was apprehended while he was in Mexico in the midst of the UNAM strike. He was jailed with other Mexican students for 18 days and freed on February of that year thanks to solidarity protests with the Mexican students and the hunger strike of Argentinian activists and university students in front of the Mexican embassy.^[4][5][6]

He holds the subject General Sociology in the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of the National University of La Plata, and the optional subject Sociology of revolutionary processes, in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires.

Politics[]

Between 1983 and 1988, he was leader of the Socialist Youth, youth wing of the Movement for Socialism.^[7]

In 1988, he was a founding member of the PTS along with José Montes, Raúl Godoy, and other intellectuals, workers and students.^[4]

He has been candidate for various positions, such as, National Deputy, Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires, and Head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires.^[4] In the 2007 elections he ran as candidate for national deputy by a left coalition between the PTS and other organizations called "Socialist Workers' Left Front".

In 2009, he ran as candidate for deputy for the City of Buenos Aires for the Socialist Workers' Left Front conformed by the PTS, the MAS and IS.

He was the candidate of the for vice-president in the 2011 Argentine general election, along with Jorge Altamira for president.

In 2013, he was provincial deputy in the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies for the Workers Left Front.

Publications[]

He is general coordinator of the Leon Trotsky Center of Study, Research and Publications (CEIP)^[8] and regularly collaborates in the "Estrategia Internacional" magazine, which is translated to English and French.^[9]

His works can be found in the magazines "Estrategia Internacional", "Lucha de Clases" and other books. He has published:

• Estado, poder, comunismo (1ª ed.). Imago Mundi. 2003. ISBN 978-950-793-019-5.
• Imperialismo, guerra y resistencia al comienzo del nuevo siglo (1ª ed.). Universidad de Buenos Aires. 2003. ISBN 978-950-29-0743-7. Co-authored with Eduardo Grüner y Horacio González
• Los '90 (1ª ed.). Final Abierto. 2007. ISBN 978-987-23580-1-3. Co-authored with Pablo Pozzi, Pablo Augusto Bonavena and Vicente Zito Lema.
• La izquierda frente a la argentina kirchnerista (1ª ed.). Planeta. 2011. ISBN 978-950-49-2742-6..
• Teoría social y trabajo social (1ª ed.). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. 2017. ISBN 978-950-34-1577-1. Collective work

Other activities[]

He also participates in the radio program "Pateando el tablero" ("kicking the board"), transmitted by Radio Splendid.^[10]

References[]

External links[]

• Speech by Christian Castillo about the FIT's campaign (in Spanish)
• Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas
• Interview to Christian Castillo: "the challenge of a renovated revolutionary marxism" (in Spanish)
• "A 'fourth narration' of the 1970s", article written in Página 12. (in Spanish)