Organization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus explained

Country:Greece
Colorcode:red
Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας - Σπάρτακος
Organosi Kommouniston Diethniston Kommouniston Elladas - Spartakos
Organization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus
Foundation:1985
Headquarters:71 E. Benaki, 10681, Athens
Youth Wing:Youth of the Organization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus
Newspaper:Spartakos
Ideology:Communism
Socialism
Trotskyism
Split:Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece
Position:Far-left
National:Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow
International:Fourth International[1]
Colours:Red
Website:http://www.okde.org/

The Organization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus ((ΟΚΔΕ-Σπάρτακος)) is a Trotskyist group in Greece. It is the Greek section of the Fourth International, and takes the name Spartacus (Σπάρτακος) from its magazine, which has been in various the name of the Fourth Internationalist journal in Greece.

Elections

In the 2007 Greek legislative election it was a central component in the United Anti-Capitalist Left electoral coalition. From 2009 it is a member of Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left (ANTARSYA) coalition.

In the Greek legislative election, 2012 it broke with the Executive Bureau of the Fourth International which decided to switch support from Antarsya to Syriza. According to the section's Central Committee: "Unfortunately we realize with anguish that the Fourth International is not capable of playing the role it should play in this historical period and we wonder where we are going…" [2] The Greek section has since helped to form the "Revolutionary Marxists" faction in the Fourth International.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Organizations Fourth International. Fourth International. 28 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Exchange between the FI Bureau and OKDE-Spartakos (Greek section) - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine. FI Bureau, OKDE-Spartakos. internationalviewpoint.org. 9 June 2012. 25 January 2015. 24 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224094625/http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article2643. live.
  3. Web site: 4th INTERNATIONAL Revolutionary Marxists. 4thinternational.blogspot.co.uk. 2013-12-23. 2014-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140516195938/http://4thinternational.blogspot.co.uk/. live.