International organizations of the radical left towards the European Union. Analysis of selected examples in the context of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Abstract

The subject of the article is the analysis of program documents and journalism of three radical leftist movements and currents, which were represented by such international organizations as: the Initiative of Communist and Workers’ Parties in order to study and elaborate European issues and to coordinate their activity (CWPE), the International Socialist Alternative (ISA) and the International Socialist Tendency (IST). Polish parties and political groups were also active in each of the aforementioned organizations. The aim of the article is to define the reasons and content of the criticism of the European Union by the aforementioned organizations, to indicate the similarities and differences between them, as well as to define the differences between the criticism of European integration made by the radical left, anarchist and radically nationalist movements. The analysis was conducted taking into account the criticism of the actions of the European Union elites and European governments in combating the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.