Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece

From Phantis
Jump to navigation Jump to search

The Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece, better known by its acronym M-L KKE (Greek: Μ - Λ Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Marxistiko - Leninistiko Kommunistiko Komma Elladas), is a Maoist political party in Greece.

M-L KKE, originates in the Organisation of Marxists-Leninists of Greece that split away from the Communist Party of Greece in 1964 supporting the Mao Zedong Thought.

It publishes the "Laikos Dromos" (Greek: Λαϊκός Δρόμος), a biweekly newspaper.

Its logo is made of the letters M-L KKE over a hammer and sickle.

In the legislative elections of 2000 M-L KKE and the Communist Organization of Greece participated together gathering 5,866 votes. In the legislative elections of 2004 M-L KKE particated alone gathering 4,846 votes.

See also

External links



A portion of content for this article is credited to Wikipedia. Content under GNU Free Documentation License(GFDL)