Antarsya

Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow
Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερή Συνεργασία για την Ανατροπή
Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερή Συνεργασία για την Ανατροπή
Founded	22 March 2009
Merger of	Radical Left Front; United Anti-Capitalist Left
Student wing	EAAK
Ideology	Anti-capitalism; Anti-fascism; Socialism; Euroscepticism
Political position	Left-wingtofar-left
Colours	Red
Hellenic Parliament	0 / 300
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regional councillors	0 / 611
Municipal councillors	1 / 8,481
Party flag
Website
	antarsya.gr
	Politics of Greece; Political parties; Elections;

TheAnticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow(Greek:Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερή Συνεργασία για την Ανατροπή,romanized:Antikapitalistiki Aristeri Synergasia gia tin Anatropi), better known domestically by theacronymΑΝΤ.ΑΡ.ΣΥ.Α.^{[n 1]}(transliteratedto English:ANT.AR.SY.A), is acoalitionofradical-leftpolitical organisations inGreece.

Foundation

ANTARSYA was founded on 22 March 2009 inAthensby organisations and independentmilitantswith origins in the now-defunct coalitions of theRadical Left Frontand theUnited Anti-Capitalist Left.As a member of the latter, theTrotskyistand still-extantWorkers Revolutionary Partyobjected to the foundation of such a coalition and left the UAL.^[11]

TheOrganisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece(Greek:Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας,romanized:Organosi Kommouniston Diethniston Elladas), aTrotskyistparty, participated in the foundation but left after a few weeks, on 18 May 2009,^[12]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.^[12]^{[n 2]}

Members

As of 2023, the coalition's members are theRevolutionary Communist Movement of Greece(EKKE), theNew Left Current,(NAR), the Youth of Communist Liberation, theAlternative Ecologists,theOrganization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus,the Initiative for an anticapitalist revolutionary ANTARSYA, and theSocialist Workers' Party.^[13]

Ideology and political platform

The coalition describes itself as a "front of the anticapitalist,^[1]revolutionary, communist left, and ofradical ecology"in Greece. Its major positions are^[14]

Exit from theEuropean Unionand theEurozone,with re-adoption of anational currency,
Default onGreece'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 "socialreformism"ofSyrizaand its leadership, which ultimately stood in support ofausteritypolicies.^[15]

The coalition also supports a comprehensive banning oflayoffs;aminimum 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 theGreek police;the granting of full political and social rights to allimmigrants;and aneco-socialistresponse to theecological crisis.^[14]

Election results

ANTARSYA's participation in the electoral, parliamentary process commenced with theEuropean Parliament elections in June 2009,where the coalition took in 21,951 votes or 0.43% of the total. It participated in theOctober 4, 2009 general elections,listing candidates in every constituency and obtaining 24,737 votes, or 0.36% of the total.^[16]

In theSeptember 2015 Greek legislative election,it formed an alliance with theWorkers Revolutionary Party.^[17]

Hellenic Parliament

Election	Hellenic Parliament					Rank	Leader
Election	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−	Rank	Leader
2009	24,687	0.36%	New	0 / 300	New	8th	Collective leadership
May 2012	75,416	1.19%	+0.83	0 / 300	0	13th
Jun 2012	20,416	0.33%	–0.86	0 / 300	0	12th
Jan 2015^[a]	39,497	0.64%	+0.31	0 / 300	0	12th
Sep 2015^[b]	46,183	0.85%	+0.21	0 / 300	0	10th
2019	23,239	0.41%	–0.44	0 / 300	0	12th
May 2023	31,746	0.54%	+0.10	0 / 300	0	14th
Jun 2023	15,969	0.31%	–0.23	0 / 300	0	14th

^Ran in electoral alliance with the Left Front Coalition
^Ran in electoral alliance withEEK.

Regional elections

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	±
Administrative regions of Greece
2010	97,499	1.79	7 / 725
2014	128,154	2.27	9 / 703	2
2019	87,676	1.62	13 / 703	4

European Parliament

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	±
European Parliament
2009	21,951	0.43	0 / 22
2014	41,307	0.72	0 / 21	0
2019	36,361	0.64	0 / 21	0
2024	20,603	0.52	0 / 21	0

Notes

^The Greek word "ανταρσία", with the same pronunciation asανταρσύα,means "mutiny","rebellion".
^A few years later, ANTARSYA and theWorkers Revolutionary Partyformed an electoral alliance for the 2015 general elections. See: Election results.

References

^^a ^b"Teachers' union calls for rally over arrest of ANTARSYA protester".Kathimerini.9 January 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 9 January 2014.Retrieved13 August2023.
^"ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ και άλλες οργανώσεις καλούν σε αντιφασιστική συγκέντρωση στη Ρηγίλλης στις 6μμ"[ANTARSYA and other organisations call for an anti-fascist demonstration at Righillis square at 6pm].Documento News(in Greek). 21 March 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2023.Retrieved15 August2023.
^Papanikolaou, Panos (4 November 2012)."Τα επτά θανάσιμα αμαρτήματα της Αριστεράς"[The Left's seven deadly sins].ΑNTARSYA website(in Greek).Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2023.Retrieved15 August2023.We are for the socialism that has no yet existed
^"Η ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ για Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και πόλεμο"[ANTARSYA on theEuropean Unionand thewar].Kalimera Arcadia(in Greek). 17 May 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2023.Retrieved15 August2023.
^Alexander, Anila (5 April 2012)."Violent Protests Erupt In Greece After Pensioner Kills Himself Over Debt, Called For Greeks To 'Hang Traitors' At The Square [VIDEO + PHOTOS]".International Business Times.Retrieved13 June2020.Petros Constantinou, an organizer for the left wing Antarsya group that participated in Wednesday's protests, told the Washington Post that the very public nature of the act -and the fact that it was done in front of Parliament- made it political.
^"Greek retiree's suicide prompts new protest plans".Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.5 April 2012.Retrieved13 June2020.It was clearly a political act, "said Petros Constantinou, organizer for the left wing Antarsya group that participated in Wednesday's protests." The fact that a person reached the point of giving his life to change the situation shows... where the policies of austerity and poverty have brought people.
^Kouvelakis, Stathis (11 June 2019)."Syriza's Failure Has Hurt Us All".Jacobin.Retrieved13 June2020.Varoufakis's success and the relatively honorable score for Kostantopoulou only make the defeats for Popular Unity (a political front created in the summer of 2015 by Syriza's Left Platform after it left the party) and Antarsya (the far-left coalition founded in 2009) more painful, especially for the former, not least in a contest in which the pressure to vote tactically for bigger parties is much lesser than in a national-level general election.
^Baboulias, Yiannis; Seth-Smith, Niki (3 July 2015)."Letter from Athens: Greece divided over exit as anarchists and neo-Nazis wait in the wings".International Business Times.Athens.Retrieved13 June2020.In February, the far-left Antarsya group called on the wider left to "co-ordinate their forces and to invite workers, the people and youth and put up a large movement against the agreement".
^Kouvelakis, Stathis (February 2016)."Syriza's Rise and Fall".New Left Review(97): 45–70.Retrieved13 June2020.The far-left Antarsya coalition has some potentially very interesting activists and could have contributed, but they were too sectarian.
^Georgiopoulou, Tania (10 May 2017)."More than 2,500 refugees live in Athens squats".Kathimerini.Retrieved13 June2020.At the same time, the municipal council spokesman for the far-left ANTARSYA party, Petros Constantinou, said the money raised from the squat's one-year anniversary events will be used to pay the "former owner's" workers money that is owed to them.
^Anastassiadis, Tassos (31 January 2009)."On January 31, the Greek anti-capitalist left will launch the perspective of its convergence!".International Viewpoint.No. 408.Archivedfrom the original on 25 November 2010.Retrieved13 August2023.
^^a ^b"Aνακοίνωση Τυπου: Γιατί αποχωρήσαμε από την ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ"[Press Release: Why we departed from ANTARSYA] (in Greek).Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece.18 May 2009.Archivedfrom the original on 26 May 2012.Retrieved13 August2023.
^"Ποιοί είμαστε"[Who we are].ANTARSYA website(in Greek).Archivedfrom the original on 13 August 2023.Retrieved13 August2023.
^^a ^b"Το πολιτικό πλαίσιο της ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ"[The political platform of ANTARSYA].ANTARSYA website(in Greek). 22 March 2009.Archivedfrom the original on 13 August 2023.Retrieved13 August2023.
^Hardy, Simon; Cooper, Luke (2013).Beyond Capitalism?: The Future of Radical Politics.Zero Books.ISBN 978-1780998329.
^Sartzekis, Andreas (October 2009)."Greece:The Right is routed in the legislative elections".International Viewpoint.Archivedfrom the original on 17 April 2023.Retrieved13 August2023.
^"EEK and ANTARSYA join forces for snap elections in Greece".RedMed.4 September 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 23 October 2023.Retrieved15 August2023.

External links

Official website

[20] Ran in electoral alliance with the Left Front Coalition

[21] Ran in electoral alliance withEEK.

[11] The Greek word "ανταρσία", with the same pronunciation asανταρσύα,means "mutiny","rebellion".

[14] A few years later, ANTARSYA and theWorkers Revolutionary Partyformed an electoral alliance for the 2015 general elections. See: Election results.

[anticap-1] "Teachers' union calls for rally over arrest of ANTARSYA protester".Kathimerini.9 January 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 9 January 2014.Retrieved13 August2023.

[antifa-2] "ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ και άλλες οργανώσεις καλούν σε αντιφασιστική συγκέντρωση στη Ρηγίλλης στις 6μμ"[ANTARSYA and other organisations call for an anti-fascist demonstration at Righillis square at 6pm].Documento News(in Greek). 21 March 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2023.Retrieved15 August2023.

[sins-3] Papanikolaou, Panos (4 November 2012)."Τα επτά θανάσιμα αμαρτήματα της Αριστεράς"[The Left's seven deadly sins].ΑNTARSYA website(in Greek).Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2023.Retrieved15 August2023.We are for the socialism that has no yet existed

[euro-4] "Η ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ για Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και πόλεμο"[ANTARSYA on theEuropean Unionand thewar].Kalimera Arcadia(in Greek). 17 May 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2023.Retrieved15 August2023.

[5] Alexander, Anila (5 April 2012)."Violent Protests Erupt In Greece After Pensioner Kills Himself Over Debt, Called For Greeks To 'Hang Traitors' At The Square [VIDEO + PHOTOS]".International Business Times.Retrieved13 June2020.Petros Constantinou, an organizer for the left wing Antarsya group that participated in Wednesday's protests, told the Washington Post that the very public nature of the act -and the fact that it was done in front of Parliament- made it political.

[6] "Greek retiree's suicide prompts new protest plans".Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.5 April 2012.Retrieved13 June2020.It was clearly a political act, "said Petros Constantinou, organizer for the left wing Antarsya group that participated in Wednesday's protests." The fact that a person reached the point of giving his life to change the situation shows... where the policies of austerity and poverty have brought people.

[7] Kouvelakis, Stathis (11 June 2019)."Syriza's Failure Has Hurt Us All".Jacobin.Retrieved13 June2020.Varoufakis's success and the relatively honorable score for Kostantopoulou only make the defeats for Popular Unity (a political front created in the summer of 2015 by Syriza's Left Platform after it left the party) and Antarsya (the far-left coalition founded in 2009) more painful, especially for the former, not least in a contest in which the pressure to vote tactically for bigger parties is much lesser than in a national-level general election.

[8] Baboulias, Yiannis; Seth-Smith, Niki (3 July 2015)."Letter from Athens: Greece divided over exit as anarchists and neo-Nazis wait in the wings".International Business Times.Athens.Retrieved13 June2020.In February, the far-left Antarsya group called on the wider left to "co-ordinate their forces and to invite workers, the people and youth and put up a large movement against the agreement".

[9] Kouvelakis, Stathis (February 2016)."Syriza's Rise and Fall".New Left Review(97): 45–70.Retrieved13 June2020.The far-left Antarsya coalition has some potentially very interesting activists and could have contributed, but they were too sectarian.

[10] Georgiopoulou, Tania (10 May 2017)."More than 2,500 refugees live in Athens squats".Kathimerini.Retrieved13 June2020.At the same time, the municipal council spokesman for the far-left ANTARSYA party, Petros Constantinou, said the money raised from the squat's one-year anniversary events will be used to pay the "former owner's" workers money that is owed to them.

[12] Anastassiadis, Tassos (31 January 2009)."On January 31, the Greek anti-capitalist left will launch the perspective of its convergence!".International Viewpoint.No. 408.Archivedfrom the original on 25 November 2010.Retrieved13 August2023.

[whywe-13] "Aνακοίνωση Τυπου: Γιατί αποχωρήσαμε από την ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ"[Press Release: Why we departed from ANTARSYA] (in Greek).Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece.18 May 2009.Archivedfrom the original on 26 May 2012.Retrieved13 August2023.

[whonow-15] "Ποιοί είμαστε"[Who we are].ANTARSYA website(in Greek).Archivedfrom the original on 13 August 2023.Retrieved13 August2023.

[platform-16] "Το πολιτικό πλαίσιο της ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ"[The political platform of ANTARSYA].ANTARSYA website(in Greek). 22 March 2009.Archivedfrom the original on 13 August 2023.Retrieved13 August2023.

[beyond-17] Hardy, Simon; Cooper, Luke (2013).Beyond Capitalism?: The Future of Radical Politics.Zero Books.ISBN 978-1780998329.

[18] Sartzekis, Andreas (October 2009)."Greece:The Right is routed in the legislative elections".International Viewpoint.Archivedfrom the original on 17 April 2023.Retrieved13 August2023.

[19] "EEK and ANTARSYA join forces for snap elections in Greece".RedMed.4 September 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 23 October 2023.Retrieved15 August2023.

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