The Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow (), better known domestically by the
abbreviation
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ANTARSYA
[The Greek word "ανταρσία", with the same pronunciation as ''ανταρσύα'', means "]mutiny
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", "rebellion
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". (ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ), is a
coalition
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Formation
According to ''A G ...
of
radical-left political organisations in
Greece
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.
Foundation
ANTARSYA was founded on 22 March 2009 in
Athens
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by organisations and independent
militant
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s with origins in the now-defunct coalitions of the
Radical Left Front
The Radical Left Front (, ''Metopo Rizospastikis Aristeras'', MERA) was a coalition of political organizations and parties of the anti-capitalist, communist Left in Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast ...
(MERA) and the
United Anti-Capitalist Left (ENANTIA). As a member of the latter, the
Trotskyist
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organization
Workers Revolutionary Party objected to the foundation of such a coalition and left ENANTIA.
[A few years later, ANTARSYA and the Workers Revolutionary Party formed an electoral alliance for the 2015 general elections.]
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 ...
, a Trotskyist party, participated in the foundation but left after a few weeks, on 18 May 2009,
citing objections to what it perceived as the coalition "reformist" focus on parliamentary politics and to the invocation in the foundational document of historical events on which Trotskyists have a very different view.
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Members
As of 2023, the coalition's members are the 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 ...
, the Initiative for an Anticapitalist Revolutionary ANTARSYA, the New Left Current
The New Left Current (, ΝΑΡ; ''Neo Aristero Revma'', NAR) was a communist political party in Greece, formed in 1990 mainly by former members of the youth organization of the Communist Party of Greece.
Background
In 1989, following the June a ...
(NAR), the , the Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece
The Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece or EKKE (Greek: Επαναστατικό Κομμουνιστικό Κίνημα Ελλάδας, ΕΚΚΕ) is a Greek Marxist–Leninist organisation.
History
It was founded in 1970 mainly by stud ...
(EKKE), the Socialist Workers' Party, and the Youth of Communist Liberation.
Ideology and political platform
The coalition describes itself as a "front of the anticapitalist,[ revolutionary, communist left, and of radical ecology" in Greece. Its major positions are:]
*Exit from the European Union
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and the Eurozone
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, with re-adoption of a national currency
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,
*Default on Greece's debt, and
*Nationalization without compensation of all major industries in the country.
Τhe formation of ANTARSYA is understood to have been in explicit opposition to what the radical left in Greece assessed as the "social reformism
Reformism is a political tendency advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution.
Within the socialist movement, ref ...
" of Syriza
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and its leadership, which ultimately stood in support of austerity
In economic policy, austerity is a set of Political economy, political-economic policies that aim to reduce government budget deficits through Government spending, spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination of both. There are three prim ...
policies.
The coalition also supports a comprehensive banning of layoff
A layoff or downsizing is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees (collective layoff) for business reasons, such as personnel management or downsizing an organization ...
s; a minimum salary, currently determined to the amount of 1,400 euros per month; a reduction of working time to 35 hours per week, without reduction in wages; complete disarmament of the Hellenic Police
The Hellenic Police (, ''Ellinikí Astynomía'', abbreviated ) is the national police service and one of the three security forces of Greece (the others being the Hellenic Fire Service and the Hellenic Coast Guard). It is a large agency with res ...
; the granting of full political and social rights to all immigrants
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; and an eco-socialist
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response to the ecological crisis
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* Degradation of an abiotic ecological factor (for example, incr ...
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Election results
ANTARSYA's participation in the electoral, parliamentary process commenced with the European Parliament elections in June 2009, where the coalition took in 21,951 votes or 0.43% of the total. It participated in the October 4, 2009 general elections, listing candidates in every constituency and obtaining 24,737 votes, or 0.36% of the total.
In the September 2015 Greek parliamentary election
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, it formed an alliance with the Workers Revolutionary Party.
Hellenic Parliament
European Parliament
Regional elections
See also
*Politics of Greece
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*List of political parties in Greece
From the restoration of democracy in 1974 to the May 2012 Greek legislative election, 2012 elections, the characteristic Politics of Greece, Greek political system was predominantly a two-party system. The historically dominant parties were New ...
Notes
References
External links
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Greece
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