European Anti-Capitalist Left

European Anti-Capitalist Left
President Collective leadership
Founded March 2000 (2000-03)
Headquarters Brussels
Ideology Anti-capitalism,
Socialism
Political position Left-wing to Far-left
International affiliation None
European Parliament group European United Left-Nordic Green Left
Colours Red, Black, White, Pink

The European Anti-Capitalist Left (EACL) is an informal network for left-wing and anti-capitalist parties in Europe. EACL met for the first time in Lisbon in March 2000, with representation from the Scottish Socialist Party, the Portuguese Left Bloc, the Danish Red-Green Alliance, the French LCR, and the Turkish ÖDP. Since its initial meeting, the EACL meets every six months. The EACL took part in the Europe against Austerity Conference in 2011 and 2012.[1][2]

Ideology

Parties participating in the EACL are united in opposition to neo-liberalism and capitalism. The criteria for participation in its conferences are:

Despite the last criterion, many organisations involved in the EACL, with the exception of the founding parties, are rather marginal groups which exert strong activities in social movements, but have little or no representation on an electoral level. The EACL does emphasise, however, a need to carry out a great deal of extra-parliamentary activism.[3]

Members

Country Party National MPs European MPs
 Belgium Revolutionary Communist League (Socialistische Arbeiderspartij)[4][5] 0 0
 Belgium Revolutionary Communist League (Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire)[4][5] 0 0
 Croatia Workers' Struggle (Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske) 0 0
 Denmark Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)
12 / 179
0
 France New Anticapitalist Party (Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste) 0 0
 Germany German Communist Party (Deutsche Kommunistische Partei) 0 0
 Greece Anticapitalist Political Group (Αντικαπιταλιστική Πολιτική Ομάδα) 0 0
 Greece Socialist Workers' Party (Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα) 0 0
 Ireland People Before Profit Alliance
3 / 158
0
 Ireland Socialist Party
3 / 158
0
 Ireland Socialist Workers Party 0 0
 Italy Critical Left (Sinistra Critica) 0 0
 Luxembourg The Left (Déi Lénk)
2 / 60
0
 Netherlands International Socialists (Internationale Socialisten) 0 0
 Netherlands Socialist Alternative (Socialistisch Alternatief) 0 0
 Poland Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy) 0 0
 Portugal Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda)
19 / 230
1 / 22
 Spain Anticapitalist Left 0
1 / 54
 Spain In Struggle (En Lucha) 0 0
 Spain Revolutionary Workers' Party
1 / 135
(Catalan Parliament)
0
 Spain United Alternative Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Unida i Alternativa)
1 / 350

3 / 135
(Catalan Parliament)
0
 Spain Standing (Zutik) 0 0
 Sweden Socialist Party[4][5] 0 0
  Switzerland Solidarity (SolidaritéS) 0
 Turkey Freedom and Solidarity Party 0
 United Kingdom ( England and  Wales) Socialist Party[4][5] 0 0
 United Kingdom ( Scotland) Scottish Socialist Party 0 0
 United Kingdom Counterfire[4][5] 0 0
 United Kingdom Respect Party 0 0
 United Kingdom Socialist Resistance[4][5] 0 0
 United Kingdom Socialist Workers Party[4][5] 0 0

Observers

 Greece Synaspismós, main party in the Coalition of the Radical Left

See also

References

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