European Anti-Capitalist Left

The European Anti-Capitalist Left (EACL) was a left-wing European political alliance.

European Anti-Capitalist Left
President	Collective leadership
Founded	March 2000 (2000-03)
Dissolved	2012 (2012)
Headquarters	Brussels
Ideology	Anti-capitalism Socialism Soft Euroscepticism
Political position	Left-wing
European Parliament group	The Left in the European Parliament
Colours	Red, Black, White, Pink
Politics of the European Union Political parties Elections

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 Marxist–Leninist anti-revisionist 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	–	–	–	12th	11th	10th	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd
		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]
		Strasbourg	Paris	Almada	Saint-Denis	London	Edinburgh	Amsterdam	Brussels	Paris	Athens	Copenhagen	Madrid	Brussels
Belgium	Revolutionary Communist League	Participant	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Left Socialist Party	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Denmark	Red-Green Alliance	No	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
Germany	German Communist Party	No	No	No	Participant	Participant	No	No	No	No	Observer	Un­known	Observer	Un­known
	International Socialist Left	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Revolutionary Socialist League	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Greece	Synaspismós	Participant	Participant	Observer	No	No	No	No	No	Participant	Observer	Un­known	No	Un­known
France	Revolutionary Communist League	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
	New Anticapitalist Party	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ireland	Socialist Party	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Participant	Observer	Un­known	No	Un­known
	People Before Profit	No	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Italy	Party of Communist Refoundation	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
Luxembourg	The Left	No	No	No	No	No	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	No	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
Poland	Polish Labour Party	Participant	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Portugal	Left Bloc	Participant	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
Sweden	Socialist Party	Participant	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Switzerland	Solidarity	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	No	Participant	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
	Movement for Socialism	Participant	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Alternative Left	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Spain	Alternative Space	No	No	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
	Zutik	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Participant	No	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
	Red Current	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Un­known	Observer	Un­known
	United Left	No	No	No	No	No	No	Participant	No	No	No	Un­known	Observer	Un­known
	United Alternative Left of Catalonia	No	No	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	No	Participant	Participant	Observer	Un­known	Observer	Un­known
	Anticapitalist Left	Participant	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Turkey	Freedom and Solidarity Party	No	No	No	Participant	No	No	Participant	No	Participant	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
United Kingdom	Scottish Socialist Party	Participant	No	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
	Socialist Alliance	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Participant	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
	Socialist Workers Party	Participant	Participant	Participant	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Un­known	Participant	Un­known
	Socialist Party	Participant	Participant	No	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	No	Participant	Observer	Un­known	No	Un­known
	Respect Party	No	No	No	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	Participant	No	No	No	No	No
	Socialist Resistance	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	International Socialist Group	Participant	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

See also

• Criticism of capitalism
• Post-capitalism