Socialist Workers' Party (Greece)

Socialist Workers Party (Greece) Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα
Founded	as OSE in 1971
Newspaper	Workers Solidarity, Socialism from Below
Ideology	Neo-Trotskyism Revolutionary socialism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow
European affiliation	European Anti-Capitalist Left
International affiliation	International Socialist Tendency
Website
http://www.sekonline.gr/
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The Socialist Workers Party in Greece (Greek: Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα, ΣΕΚ; translit. Sosialistikó Ergatikó Kómma, SEK) is an affiliate of the International Socialist Tendency (IST). It is the second largest organisation in IST after the British Socialist Workers Party.

History[]

SEK originated among a group of exiled Greek students in London, led by Maria Styllou and Panos Garganas, and a group of Greek students during the occupations of universities against the Greek dictatorship. In the beginning they organised themselves as the (OSE). While in London they developed relations with the International Socialists led by Tony Cliff and were won to the politics of the IST.

In the early 1980s, the OSE developed closer links with the IST, grew fairly rapidly and in 1997 changed their name to the Socialist Workers Party. In 2001 a minority left to form the Internationalist Workers Left (DEA) organisation. SEK publishes a weekly newspaper, Workers Solidarity (Εργατική Αλληλεγγύη), and a bi-monthly magazine, Socialism from Below (Σοσιαλισμός από τα Κάτω).

The SEK is active in a number of organisations, including the Greek "Stop the War Coalition", "United Against Racism and the threat of Fascism".

In the 2006 Greek local elections for Athens-Piraeus Super Prefecture, the SEK supported candidates under the banner "Συμμαχία για την Υπερνομαρχία" (Symmachia gia tin Ypernomarchia = Union for the Super Prefecture) which took 1.32%.

Electoral results and tactics[]

External links[]

• Official SEK page in Greek
• ANTARSYA
• Greek Stop the War Coalition