The Communist Initiative (german: Kommunistische Initiative) was an

orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...

Marxist-Leninist organisation in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. It was founded in 2004 as a faction of the

Communist Party of Austria The Communist Party of Austria (german: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, KPÖ) is a communist party in Austria. Established in 1918 as the Communist Party of Republic of German-Austria, German-Austria (KPDÖ), it is one of the world's oldest ...

(KPÖ). It left the party in 2005. It was a candidate in the parliamentary elections in 2008 as a part of the alliance " The Left". At the elections of the

Chamber of Labor The Chamber of Labour ( German: ''Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte'', shortform ''Arbeiterkammer'' or ''AK''), is an organisation that represents the interests of 3 million Austrian employees and consumers. Membership is compulsory for all e ...

in Vienna, it was a candidate in an alliance with the ATIGF (Austrian section of the

Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a so ...

) as "KOMintern" and got 0.7% and one seat. In 2013 the Communist Initiative disbanded and the

Party of Labour of Austria The Party of Labour of Austria (german: Partei der Arbeit Österreichs, PdA) is a communist party in Austria. PdA was founded on 12 October 2013 by the ''Communist Initiative'', a Marxist-Leninist breakaway faction of the Communist Party of Austr ...

was founded.

External links

Official Site
2004 establishments in Austria 2013 disestablishments in Austria Communist parties in Austria Defunct communist parties Defunct political parties in Austria Political parties disestablished in 2013 Political parties established in 2004 {{Austria-org-stub