Antarsya

The Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow (Greek: Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερή Συνεργασία για την Ανατροπή, romanized: Antikapitalistiki Aristeri Synergasia gia tin Anatropi), better known domestically by the abbreviation ANTARSYA^{[n 1]} (ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ), is a coalition of radical-left political organisations in Greece.

Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερή Συνεργασία για την Ανατροπή
Abbreviation	ANTARSYA ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ
Founded	22 March 2009
Merger of	Radical Left Front United Anti-Capitalist Left
Student wing	Attack
Ideology	Anti-capitalism[1] Anti-fascism[2] Socialism[3] Euroscepticism[4]
Political position	Left-wing[5][6] to far-left[7][8][9][10]
Colours	Red
Hellenic Parliament	0 / 300
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regional councillors	0 / 611
Party flag
Website
antarsya.gr
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Foundation

ANTARSYA was founded on 22 March 2009 in Athens by organisations and independent militants with origins in the now-defunct coalitions of the Radical Left Front (MERA) and the United Anti-Capitalist Left (ENANTIA). As a member of the latter, the Trotskyist organization Workers Revolutionary Party objected to the foundation of such a coalition and left ENANTIA.^{[11][n 2]}

The Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece, a Trotskyist party, 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]

Members

As of 2023, the coalition's members are the Alternative Ecologists, the Initiative for an Anticapitalist Revolutionary ANTARSYA, the New Left Current (NAR), the Organization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus, the Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE), the Socialist Workers' Party, and the Youth of Communist Liberation.^[13]

Ideology and political platform

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

• Exit from the European Union and the Eurozone, with re-adoption of a national currency,
• 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" of Syriza and its leadership, which ultimately stood in support of austerity policies.^[15]

The coalition also supports a comprehensive banning of layoffs; 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 granting of full political and social rights to all immigrants; and an eco-socialist response to the ecological crisis.^[14]

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.^[16]

In the September 2015 Greek parliamentary election, it formed an alliance with the Workers Revolutionary Party.^[17]

Hellenic Parliament

Election	Hellenic Parliament					Rank	Leader
	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−
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

1. Ran in electoral alliance with the Left Front Coalition
2. Ran in electoral alliance with EEK.

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−	Rank	Leader	EP Group
2009	21,951	0.43%	New	0 / 22	New	13th	Collective leadership	−
2014	41,307	0.72%	0.29	0 / 21	0	18th
2019	36,361	0.64%	0.08	0 / 21	0	20th
2024	20,603	0.52%	0.12	0 / 21	0	18th

Regional elections

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

See also

• Politics of Greece
• List of political parties in Greece

Notes

1. The Greek word "ανταρσία", with the same pronunciation as ανταρσύα, means "mutiny", "rebellion".
2. A few years later, ANTARSYA and the Workers Revolutionary Party formed an electoral alliance for the 2015 general elections.