Anticapitalist Left (Belgium)

The Anticapitalist Left (French: Gauche anticapitaliste, GA), also known as Current for an Anticapitalist Project (Dutch: Stroming voor een Anticapitalistisch Project, SAP), is a Belgian Trotskyist political party. It is the Belgian section of the Fourth International. In the 2010 election, Front des gauches (CP, LCR, PSL and PH) received 1.15% of votes for the Senat.

The party was long led by Ernest Mandel. It publishes La Gauche and Rood.

History

In May 1971, former members of the Confédération socialiste des travailleurs[a] founded the Ligue révolutionnaire des travailleurs (LRT) (Dutch: Revolutionnaire arbeidersliga (RAL)) as the Belgian section of the Fourth International.[1]

In February 1984, at its seventh congress, the LRT changed its name to Parti ouvrier socialiste (POS) (Dutch: Socialistische arbeiderspartij (SAP)). At the end of 2005, the POS decided to change its French name to the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire (LCR).

On 9 October 2017, the LCR decided to partially change its name in French to the Gauche anticapitaliste, while its Dutch name became Stroming voor een Antikapitalistisch Project (SAP).[2]

Electoral results

Federal Parliament

Chamber of Representatives

Election year # of overall votes % of overall vote % of language
group vote 		# of overall seats won # of language
group seats won 		+/- Notes
1987 31,446 0.5
0 / 212
1991 5,243 0.1
0 / 212
 0

Senate

Election year # of overall votes % of overall vote % of language
group vote 		# of overall seats won # of language
group seats won 		+/- Notes
1987 32,187 0.5
0 / 70
1991 6,485 0.1
0 / 70
 0

Notes

  1. ^ Created from the merger of the Parti wallon des travailleurs and the Union de la gauche socialiste

References

  1. ^ Abramowicz, Manuel [in French] (2004). La gauche radicale en Belgique francophone (1963-2004) – Impact électoral, politique et social (in French). FOPES-UCLouvain (Faculté ouverte en politique économique et sociale).
  2. ^ "Ga mee voor een antikapitalistisch project". SAP antikapitalisten (in Flemish). 2017-10-08.
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