Front of Solidarity and Overthrow ({{langx, el, Μέτωπο Αλληλεγγύης και Ανατροπής, ΜΑΑ; MAA; literally "Front of Solidarity and Overthrow") was a
political party
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in
Greece
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that split from the
Coalition of the Radical Left
The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance (), best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA ( ; ; a pun on the Greek adverb , meaning "from the roots" or "radically"), is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Greece. ...
.
MAA was formed in April 2011 by a splinter group of the
Coalition of the Radical Left
The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance (), best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA ( ; ; a pun on the Greek adverb , meaning "from the roots" or "radically"), is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Greece. ...
, that followed
Alekos Alavanos
Alexandros "Alekos" Alavanos (; born 22 May 1950) is a Greek politician, former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2008 he was president of the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, commonly ...
(former President of
Synaspismos
The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology (, ''Synaspismós tīs Aristerás tōn Kinīmátōn kai tīs Oikologías''), commonly known as Synaspismos (, ''Synaspismós'', "Coalition") and abbreviated to SYN (ΣΥΝ), was a Greek politica ...
). Four parties that participated in the
Coalition of the Radical Left
The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance (), best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA ( ; ; a pun on the Greek adverb , meaning "from the roots" or "radically"), is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Greece. ...
(
KOE,
DEA
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,
KEDA and
APO), supported
Alekos Alavanos
Alexandros "Alekos" Alavanos (; born 22 May 1950) is a Greek politician, former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2008 he was president of the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, commonly ...
in the
local elections in Attica. They later joined the MAA but they left the front due to political disputes. In the
legislative elections of 2012 MAA supported the
ANTARSYA.
Defunct communist parties in Greece
Far-left politics in Greece