Greek radical left
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Greece is a country where the left wing and communist parties are entrenched.
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[edit] History of Greek Leftist politics
The Greek Civil War began after the country was liberated from German occupation. Communist guerillas fought against Greek centrist and right-wing governments, who eventually won the war in 1949. Many Greek communists emigrated to the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Albania, and other communist states.
Some Greek regions have traditionally had a large number of communist voters, like Pireas, Nikaia, Koridalos, Renti, Nea Ionia, and nearby regions[citation needed]. Also some of the Greek islands have significant leftist populations, Crete and Ikaria for example[citation needed].
[edit] List of Parties
- Alternative Ecologists (Oikologoi Enallaktikoi), ecological
- Anti-Capitalist Coalition, radical revolutionist communist
- Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology (SYN), popular radical leftist ecological anti-libertarian modern coalition, gains 3% of the Greek voters
- Communist Party of Greece (KKE), communist sovietist party, gains 6% of the Greek voters
- Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) (KKE (M-L)), traditional communist Marxist-Leninist
- Communist Renewal (ΚΑ)
- Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI), popular mainstream leftist patriotic ecological non-radical, gained 2% of the Greek voters, now disbanded
- Internationalist Workers' Left (DΕΑ)
- Left Renewal (AA)
- Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE), Marxist-Leninist traditional communist party of the Greek interior
- Militant Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE), radical center-left pary
- Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)
- Radical Left Front (MERA)
- Renewing Communist Ecological Left (AKOA)
- Socialist Workers' Party (SKE)
- Communist Organization of Greece (KOE)
[edit] Greek People who are involved in Greek Left-Wing Politics
- Mikis Theodorakis, composer with strong influence over the Greek society, supporting Synaspismos, offered to become President of Greece. His songs have lyrics like 'you the poor people, don't forget the fascism and the darkness'
- Manolis Glezos, the WW II who tore down the Nazi flag flying from the Acropolis, a prominent politician and grassroots democracy activist.
- Aleka Papariga, bilingual communist speaking Greek and Russian, general secretariat of KKE
- Alekos Alavanos, president of Synaspismos
- Nikos Konstantopoulos, former President of Synaspismos, major leftist politician
- Dimitris Tsovolas former PASOK politician, founder of DIKKI. He disbanded DIKKI in 2004.
