The Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left ( el, Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερή Συνεργασία για την Ανατροπή, ΑΝΤ.ΑΡ.ΣΥ.Α., translit=Antikapitalistiki Aristeri Synergasia gia tin Anatropi, ANT.AR.SY.A, literally "Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow") is a coalition of radical left political organisations in
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. The Greek word ανταρσία ''antarsia'' (which is pronounced the same as the backronym ''Antarsya'') means "mutiny". ANTARSYA describes itself as "Front of the anticapitalist, revolutionary, communist left and radical ecology".
ANTARSYA was founded on 22 March 2009 in Athens by 10 organisations and independent militants involved in the
Radical Left Front
The Radical Left Front (, ''Metopo Rizospastikis Aristeras'', MERA) was a coalition of far-left political parties in Greece.
The Radical Left Front was founded in 1999 by New Left Current (NAR), the Maoist Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greec ...
(MERA) and
United Anti-Capitalist Left
The United Anti-Capitalist Left ( el, Ενωτική Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερά (ΕΝ.ΑΝΤΙ.Α.), ''EN.ANTI.A.'') was a coalition of far-left political parties in Greece.
The United Anti-Capitalist Left was founded in ...
(ENANTIA) with the exception of the
Workers Revolutionary Party (ΕΕΚ). These organisations come from different left wing currents ranging from ex-
KKE
The Communist Party of Greece ( el, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a political party in Greece.
Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece and adopted its curren ...
and
KKE Interior members to
Maoism
Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought by the Chinese Communist Party, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed to realise a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of Chi ...
and
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotsky self-identified as an orthodox Marxist, a rev ...
.
Members
The 7 organisations which are members of ANTARSYA:
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Alternative Ecologists
The Alternative Ecologists (), officially the Federation of Ecologists and Alternative Groups, was a federation of several groups created after the good performance of an autonomous electoral platform also called Alternative Ecologists in the 198 ...
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Left Group
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, name = Left Group
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, logo =
, foundation = 2012
, split = Left Anti-capitalist Group
, national = Front of the Greek Anticap ...
(ARIS)
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New Left Current
The New Left Current ( el, Νέο Αριστερό Ρεύμα για την Κομμουνιστική Απελευθέρωση (ΝΑΡ), ''Neo Aristero Revma'', NAR) was formed in late 1989, mainly by former Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) members ...
(NAR)
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, Greek section of the
Fourth International
The Fourth International (FI) is a revolutionary socialist international organization consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky, also known as Trotskyists, whose declared goal is the overthrowing of global capitalism and the establishment of wor ...
(OKDE-Spartakos)
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Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece
The Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece or EKKE (Greek: Επαναστατικό Κομμουνιστικό Κίνημα Ελλάδας, ΕΚΚΕ) is a communist political party in Greece.
Alliances
In 1999, EKKE joined the Radical Left Fr ...
(EKKE)
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Socialist Workers' Party (SEK)
*Youth of Communist Liberation (nΚΑ)
The
Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece
The Organization of Internationalist Communists of Greece (Greek: Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας, ''Organosi Kommouniston Diethniston Elladas'') is a Greek Trotskyist political party. It is also know ...
( el, Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας , translit=Organosi Kommouniston Diethniston Elladas), although it participated in the foundation of ANTARSYA, left the coalition shortly afterwards on 18 May 2009.
ANTARSYA is based on local assemblies of militants at city or neighbourhood-level with a central coordination committee in Athens. There are also periodically national assemblies of ANTARSYA.
Left Recomposition (ARAN) and
Left Anti-capitalist Group (ARAS) were part of the coalition till August 2015.
Ideology
ANTARSYA calls for exiting the
European Union
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and dropping the
euro
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currency, defaulting on Greece's debt, and nationalization without compensation of major industries. The party also calls for a banning of lay-offs, a
minimum salary of equivalent to 1,400 euros, a reduction of weekly working time to 35 hours without reduction of wages, the disarmament of the police, full political and social rights for immigrants, and an
ecosocialist
Eco-socialism (also known as green socialism or socialist ecology) is an ideology merging aspects of socialism with that of green politics, ecology and alter-globalization or anti-globalization. Eco-socialists generally believe that the expansi ...
answer to
ecological crisis
An ecological or environmental crises occurs when changes to the environment of a species or population destabilizes its continued survival. Some of the important causes include:
* Degradation of an abiotic ecological factor (for example, incr ...
.
Popular support and electoral results
ANTARSYA participated for the first time in elections in the
European Parliament elections in June 2009. It took 21,951 votes or 0.43% of the votes. ANTARSYA also participated in the
October 4, 2009 general elections presenting lists in every constituency. The party secured 24,737 votes, or 0.36% of those cast.
It contested the
September 2015 Greek legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 20 September 2015, following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' announced resignation on 20 August. At stake were all 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament. This was a snap election, the sixth since ...
in a joint campaign with the
Workers Revolutionary Party (EEK).
Regional elections
Hellenic Parliament
:
1 Participated in coalition with the Left Front Coalition (MARS)
:
2 Participated in coalition with the
Workers Revolutionary Party (EEK)
European Parliament
See also
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Politics of Greece
Greece is a parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the President of Greece is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Greece is the head of government within a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in both the gov ...
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List of political parties in Greece
Prior to the 2012 elections the characteristic Greek political system was a two-party system. The historically dominant parties have been New Democracy and the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). Under the electoral system a party needs to s ...
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List of communist parties
There are a number of communist parties active in various countries across the world and a number that used to be active. They differ not only in method, but also in strict ideology and interpretation, although they are generally within the tradi ...
Notes
External links
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Greece
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Left-wing politics in Greece
Socialist parties in Greece
Trotskyist organizations in Greece