Over 200 Socialist, Communist, Green, & Anarchist Organisations Opposed Saturday's Airstrikes In Syria (FULL LIST)
The parties come from a wide swath of the ideological spectrum, from the most reformist to the most revolutionary, and from all continents bar Antarctica. Although they obviously have wide differences in policy- nobody can say the Chinese Communist Party has the same perspective as the Green Party of England and Wales, or the Popular Front for The Liberation of Palestine, the commitment of so many left-wing political organisations to anti-imperialist principles or at the least basic international law is a sign that left unity is not only possible, but necessary on the issue of opposing a potential Third World War.
On the eve of the First World War, most members of the Socialist International, as well as some scattered, albeit notable, anarchists, including Peter Kropotkin, supported the capitalist carve-up. Today, although it may not look like it from the fratricidal sectarianism of the left- particularly the war between anarchists and Marxist-Leninists, most left-wing organizations back Syria or at least regret the intervention of Donald Trump, Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron, who are now, according the Charter of the United Nations as well as their own constitutions (written or unwritten) international criminals of the first order.
While many of the parties listed below did not release individual statements on the Syrian strikes, their parent organisations made sure to speak out.
In addition to the parties listed below, the International League of People's Struggles, founded by 218 organizations opposing imperialism from 40 countries, slammed the attacks on their website. Major anarchist media outlets and collectives such as Indymedia, Enough is Enough!, Crimethinc, and It's Going Down, whatever their previous stances, also spoke against the war.
All major Palestinian factions, including Fatah, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Hamas (not listed below), wrote statements in condemnation of the aggression of the three western colonial powers.
The international political organisation founded by Yanis Varoufakis, DiEM25, strongly condemned the action as "cowardly, ineffectual, and militaristic." DiEM has branches in every EU member state, and has also recently called on the government of Ecuador to restore the internet connection of Julian Assange.
The Party of European Socialists, with 58 member organisations, stressed its commitment to peace and the UN-led effort to end the alleged use of chemical weapons in the region, although it did not speak against Saturday's attacks.
A by no means complete list of political parties opposing the Syrian intervention can be found below. If you know of any organization or party not listed, you can comment below or DM @CivicCritic at Twitter.
Green Party of Albania
Greens of Andorra
The Greens- The Green Alternative (Austria)
Groen (Belgium)
Ecolo (Belgium)
Green Party of Bulgaria
The Greens (Bulgaria)
Ecological and Environmental Movement (Cyprus)
Green Party (Czech Republic)
Socialist People’s Party (Denmark)
Estonian Greens
Green League (Finland)
Europe Ecology- The Greens (France)
Alliance 90/The Greens (Germany)
Ecologist Greens (Greece)
Politics Can Be Different (Hungary)
Green Party (Ireland)
Federation of the Greens (Italy)
Greens (South Tyrol)
Latvian Green Party
The Greens (Luxembourg)
Democratic Alternative (Malta)
Ecologist Green Party (Moldova)
The Greens (Netherlands)
GreenLeft (Netherlands)
Environmental Party The Greens (Norway)
The Greens (Poland)
Ecologist Party "The Greens" (Portugal)
Green Party (Romania)
Green Party (Slovakia)
Youth Party-European Greens (Slovenia)
EQUO (Spain)
Initiative for Catalonia Greens
Environmental Party The Greens (Sweden)
Green Party Of Switzerland
Part of Greens of Ukraine
Green Party of England and Wales
Green Party in Northern Ireland
Scottish Green Party
Communist Party of Austria
Belarusian Left Party "A Just World"
Communist Party (Belgium)
Bulgarian Left
Party of Democratic Socialism (Czech Republic)
Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)
Estonian United Left Party
Communist Party of Finland
Left Alliance (Finland)
French Communist Party
Left Party (France)
The Left (Germany)
SYRIZA (Greece)
Worker’s Party of Hungary 2006 (Hungary)
Communist Refoundation Party (Italy)
The Left (Luxembourg)
Left Bloc (Portugal)
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
Socialist Party of Romania
United Left (Slovenia)
Communist Party of Spain
United and Alternative Left (Spain)
Swiss Party of Labour
Freedom and Solidarity Party (Turkey)
Progressive Party of Working People (Cyprus)
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Italian Left
New Cyprus Party
United Cyprus Party
Communist Party of Slovakia
Left Unity (UK)
Ensemble (France)
Left Party (Hungary)
EH Bildu (Spain)
Popular Unity (Greece)
Party for the Animals (Netherlands)
Socialist Party (Netherlands)
Sinn Fien
Left Party (Sweden)
Podemos (Spain)
Portuguese Communist Party
Red Party (Norway)
Communist Party of Australia
Party of Labour of Austria
Communist Party of Azerbaijan
Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism
Communist Party of Argentina
Communist Party of Armenia
Communist Party of Bangladesh
Workers’ Party of Bangladesh
Democratic Progressive Tribune (Bahrain)
Communist Party of Belarus
Communist Party of Wallonia-Brussels
Party of the Bulgarian Communists
Brazilian Communist Party
Communist Party of Brazil
Communist Party of Britain
Communist Party of Venezuela
Communist Party of Vietnam
Hungarian Workers’ Party
German Communist Party
Communist Party of Greece
Unified Communist Party of Georgia
Communist Party in Denmark
Communist Party of Denmark
Communist Party of Egypt
Communist Party of Israel
Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Iraqi Communist Party
Communist Party of Kurdistan-IRAQ
Tudeh Party of Iran
Communist Party of Ireland
The Worker’ Party of Ireland
Jordanian Communist Party
Communist Party of the People of Spain
Communists of Catalonia
Italian Communist Party
Communist Party of Canada
Communist Party of Kazakhstan
Communist Party of China
Party of the Communists of Kyrgyzstan
Workers’ Party of Korea
Columbia’s Communist Party
FARC-EP
People’s Vanguard Party (Costa Rica)
Communist Party of Cuba
Socialist Party of Latvia
Laos People’s Revolutionary Party
Lebanese Communist Party
Socialist People’s Front (Lithuania)
Part of the Congress for the Independence of Madagascar
Communist Party of Macedonia
Communist Party of Mexico
Popular Socialist Party of Mexico
Communist Party of Nepal (UML)
Communist Party of Norway
Communist Party of Pakistan
Palestinian Communist Party
Palestine People’s Party
Party of the People (Panama)
Paraguayan Communist Party
Communist Party of Peru
Persian Communist Party
Communist Party of Poland
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Communist Party of Soviet Union
Russian Communist Worker’s Party-Communist Party of Soviet Union
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Communists of Serbia
Syrian Communist Party
Syrian Communist Party (Unified)
Socialist Alliance Party (Romania)
Sudanese Communist Party
Communist Party USA
Communist Party of Tajikistan
Communist Party of Turkey
Communist Party of Ukraine
Union of Communists of Ukraine
Communist Party of Uruguay
Philippine Communist Party
Socialist Worker’ Party of Croatia
Communist Party of Chile
Communist Party of Sweden
Communist Party of Siri Lanka
Communist Party of Ecuador
Communist Party of Estonia
South African Communist Party
Socialist Equality Party (United States)
Socialist Equality Party (Canada)
Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Germany)
Socialist Equality Party (Siri Lanka)
Parti de l’Egalite Socialiste (France)
Communist League (Australia)
Communist League (Britain)
Communist League (Iceland)
Communist League (New Zealand) Communist League (Sweden)
Socialist Workers Party (United States)
Militant (Cote d’Ivoire)
Democratic Socialist Movement (Nigeria)
Workers and Socialist Party (South Africa)
Socialist Alternative (Sudan)
Alternative Socialiste (Tunisia)
Liberdade Socialismo e Revolução
Socialist Alternative (Canada)
Socialismo Revolucionario (Chile)
Izquierda Revolucionaria (Mexico)
Alternative Socialiste (Quebec)
Socialist Alternative (US)
Socialismo Revolucionario (Venezuela)
Izquierda Revolucionaria (Venezuela)
Socialist Struggle Movement (Israel/Palestine)
China Worker
Socialist Action (Hong Kong)
New Socialist Alternative (India)
Socialist Alternative (Malaysia)
United Socialist Party (Siri Lanka)
International Socialists Foreward (Taiwan)
Socialist Left Party (Austria)
Left Socialist Party/ Party of Socialist Workers (Belgium)
Neda (Cyprus)
Socialist Alternative (Czech Republic)
Socialist Party (England and Wales)
Revolutionary Left (France)
Socialist Alternative (Germany)
Xekinima (Greece)
Socialist Party (Ireland South)
Socialist Party (Ireland North)
International Resistance (Italy)
Socialist Alternative (Netherlands)
Revolutionary Socialists (Portugal)
Socialist Alternative (Poland)
Mâna de Lucru (Romania)
Socialist Alternative (Russia)
Socialist Party Scotland
Revolutionary Socialism (Spain)
Izquierda Revolucionaria (Spain)
Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (Sweden)
Socialist Alternative (Turkey)
Socialist Party (Australia)
International League of People’s Struggles (founded by 218 organisations from 40 countries)
Pole of Communist Revival in France
France Insoumise
Green Party USA
PFLP-GC
Labour Party (UK)
Fatah
Party of European Socialists (58 parties)
Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)
United Socialist Party of Venezuela
PRD (Mexico)
Worker's World Party (USA)
Party of Socialism and Liberation (US)
Worker's World Party (USA)
Party of Socialism and Liberation (US)