European Anti-Capitalist Left
Europäische Antikapitalistische Linke
Gauche anticapitaliste européenne
Sinistra Anticapitalista Europea
Izquierda Anticapitalista Europea
Avrupa Antikapitalist Solu
PresidentCollective leadership
FoundedMarch 2000 (2000-03)
HeadquartersBrussels
IdeologyAnti-capitalism
Socialism
Soft Euroscepticism
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
European Parliament groupGUE/NGL
ColoursRed, Black, White, Pink

The European Anti-Capitalist Left (EACL) is an informal network for left-wing and anti-capitalist parties in Europe.

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:

  • A clear foundation in anti-capitalism, with the goal of achieving socialism.
  • Recognition of the pluralist nature of the left, with no claim of a monopoly for their own organisation or viewpoint.
  • Pursuit of common action of the left in general coalitions.
  • Some degree of representation (in local, regional, or national legislatures) and anchoring in social movements.

Despite the last criterion, many organisations involved in the EACL, with the exception of the founding parties, are somewhat marginal groups, often of Trotskyist or Anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist persuasion which organize most vigorously through social movements and trade unions, rather than through electoral processes. The EACL emphasises an organizational need to carry out a great deal of extra-parliamentary activism.[3]

Participants

The following table is a list of participants in each meeting.

Country Party 12th11th10th9th8th7th6th5th4th3rd
2009[4]2008[5] 2007[6]2006[7] 2005[8]2005[9] 2004[10]2004[11] 2003[12]2003[13][14] 2002[15]2002[16] 2001[17]
StrasbourgParisAlmadaSaint-DenisLondonEdinburghAmsterdamBrusselsParisAthensCopenhagenMadridBrussels
 BelgiumRevolutionary Communist League ParticipantParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Left Socialist Party ParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
 DenmarkRed-Green Alliance NoNoParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
 GermanyGerman Communist Party NoNoNoParticipantParticipantNoNoNoNoObserverUn­knownObserverUn­known
International Socialist Left ParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Revolutionary Socialist League ParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
 GreeceSynaspismós ParticipantParticipantObserverNoNoNoNoNoParticipantObserverUn­knownNoUn­known
 FranceRevolutionary Communist League NoParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
New Anticapitalist Party ParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
 IrelandSocialist Party NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoParticipantObserverUn­knownNoUn­known
People Before Profit NoParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
 ItalyParty of Communist Refoundation NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
 LuxembourgThe Left NoNoNoNoNoNoParticipantParticipantParticipantNoUn­knownParticipantUn­known
 PolandPolish Labour Party ParticipantParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
 PortugalLeft Bloc ParticipantNoParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
 SwedenSocialist Party ParticipantParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
  SwitzerlandSolidarity ParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantNoParticipantParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
Movement for Socialism ParticipantParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Alternative Left ParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
 SpainAlternative Space NoNoNoParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
Zutik NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoParticipantNoUn­knownParticipantUn­known
Red Current NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoUn­knownObserverUn­known
United Left NoNoNoNoNoNoParticipantNoNoNoUn­knownObserverUn­known
United Alternative Left of Catalonia NoNoNoParticipantParticipantParticipantNoParticipantParticipantObserverUn­knownObserverUn­known
Anticapitalist Left ParticipantParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
 TurkeyFreedom and Solidarity Party NoNoNoParticipantNoNoParticipantNoParticipantParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
 United KingdomScottish Socialist Party ParticipantNoNoParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
Socialist Alliance NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoParticipantParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
Socialist Workers Party ParticipantParticipantParticipantNoParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantUn­knownParticipantUn­known
Socialist Party ParticipantParticipantNoNoParticipantParticipantParticipantNoParticipantObserverUn­knownNoUn­known
Respect Party NoNoNoParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantNoNoNoNoNo
Socialist Resistance ParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
International Socialist Group ParticipantNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

See also

References

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  2. "Europe against Austerity Action Conference Statement and Report". Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
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  12. "Europe". Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  13. "6th Conference of the European Anti-Capitalist Left". 13 June 2003.
  14. "6th Conference of the European Anticapitalist Left". Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
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  16. "International Viewpoint – online socialist magazine". internationalviewpoint.org.
  17. "Conference of the European Anti". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
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