European Communist Action

European Communist Action
Leader	Collective leadership
Founded	18 November 2023
Preceded by	INITIATIVE
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-capitalism Euroscepticism Anti-imperialism
Political position	Far-left
European Parliament group	Non-Inscrits
Colours	Red
Website
http://www.eurcomact.org
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The European Communist Action (ECA) is a Marxist–Leninist association of European communist parties. It was established on 18 November 2023 after its predecessor organization Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties was dissolved, following ideological and political differences between the association's members over the topic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The European Communist Action is a coalition of communist and workers' parties in Europe. It was established with the aim of promoting scientific socialism, opposing the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and challenging capitalist exploitation and imperialism. The ECA regards the EU as an imperialist bloc and is dedicated to the principles of class struggle and the rights of workers, advocating for socialism as an alternative to the current capitalist system in Europe.

History

The ECA has its origin in a split within the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (ECI or Initiative). The Initiative was founded in 2013, with similar goals and membership as the ECA. However the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, caused significant disagreements between Initiative member parties. Several member parties, such as the Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, were openly supportive of the invasion, whereas other parties condemned the invasion as an imperialist act. These disagreements came to a high point after several ECI member parties attended the World Anti-Imperialist Platform (WAP).

The WAP is also an anti-imperialist international organisation, though it sharply differed in viewpoint from the Initiative in the sense that it doesn't view China or Russia as imperialist states. Among the signatories of WAP's founding declaration are also non-communist parties, such as the PSUV and the Spanish Vanguard. Other disagreements between member parties also arose, with some parties being more critical towards migration to the European Union. Eventually these disagreements made the Initiative disfunctional and the main sponsor, the Greek KKE, therefore decided to withdraw support and dissolve the ECI.

Two months after the dissolution of the ECI, 12 Communist and Workers' Parties, most of them members of the ECI before its dissolution, established the ECA in Athens.

Membership

The founding meeting was attended by delegations from 12 parties in Europe.

Member parties

See also

• Communist International
• International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties