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^[1] 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.^[2]

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).^[3]

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

↑ Created from the merger of the Parti wallon des travailleurs and the Union de la gauche socialiste

References

↑ Escalona, Fabien; Keith, Daniel; March, Luke (2023-04-17). The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe. Springer Nature. p. 99. ISBN 1137562641. Retrieved 2025-08-14. There have always been small Trotskyist movements whose names have evolved over time, such as the Revolutionary Communist League, Socialist Workers' Party, Socialist Party of Struggle, etc.
↑ 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).
↑ "Ga mee voor een antikapitalistisch project". SAP antikapitalisten (in Flemish). 2017-10-08.

External links

Official website Socialistische Arbeiderspartij (in Dutch)
Official website Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (in French)

[2] Created from the merger of the Parti wallon des travailleurs and the Union de la gauche socialiste

[1] Escalona, Fabien; Keith, Daniel; March, Luke (2023-04-17). The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe. Springer Nature. p. 99. ISBN 1137562641. Retrieved 2025-08-14. There have always been small Trotskyist movements whose names have evolved over time, such as the Revolutionary Communist League, Socialist Workers' Party, Socialist Party of Struggle, etc.

[3] 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).

[4] "Ga mee voor een antikapitalistisch project". SAP antikapitalisten (in Flemish). 2017-10-08.

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