The Communist Party of Greece is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Greece. Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece, it is the oldest political party in modern Greek politics. The party played a significant role in the Greek resistance and its membership peaked in the mid-1940s. It was the instigator of the Greek Civil War, but ended on the losing side and was banned until 1974.
The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology, commonly known as Synaspismos and abbreviated to SYN (ΣΥΝ), was a Greek political party of the radical New Left. It was founded in 1991 and was known as the Coalition of the Left and Progress until 2003. In 2004 SYN was a founding member of the Party of the European Left.
Alexandra "Aleka" Papariga is a communist Greek politician who served the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) as its General Secretary from 1991 to 2013. She is the first woman who has taken on the office of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of KKE, and thus becoming the first woman to head a major political party in Greece.
The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece, mostly known by its acronym OAKKE, is a minor Greek political party known for its strong anti-Russian positions.
The Communist Youth of Greece is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
The Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece, better known by its acronym M-L KKE, is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist and Maoist, communist far left political party in Greece.
Nikos Zachariadis was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) from 1931 to 1956, and one of the most important personalities in the Greek Civil War.
The Communist Organization of Greece is a Greek political party. The KOE's ideology is revolutionary Marxism, supporting Marxist ideology with all the historical experience of the communist movement.
The Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist), is a Maoist communist political party in Greece.
Charilaos Florakis was a leader of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). He is best known for establishing the dominance of the KKE over other left-wing elements, and for his flexibility and forming alliances with the conservatives.
The Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918–55, is a minor Greek political party. It is better known as Anasintaxi (Reorganization).
The New Left Current was formed in late 1989, mainly by former Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) members.
The National Liberation Front, also known as the People's Liberation Front, was a communist political and military organization created by the Slavic Macedonian minority in Greece. The organization operated from 1945–1949, most prominently in the Greek Civil War. As far as its ruling cadres were concerned its participation in the Greek Civil War was nationalist rather than communist, with the goal of secession from Greece.
The Organization for the Protection of the People's Struggle was a special division of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during the Axis Occupation of Greece in World War II. Officially, ιt was semi-autonomous part of the broader National Liberation Front (EAM). In actual fact, it was not controlled by EAM, but directly by the Politburo of the KKE. It can be described as a paramilitary security force. It operated in the cities, and its purpose was the "self-defense" of the members of the National Liberation Front and its affiliated organizations from the German occupation authorities and the collaborationist government and its organs, the Police, the Gendarmerie and the Security Battalions. It proved to be very successful in assassinating commanders of the Security Battalions and other armed governmental forces. However, it also became involved in political assassinations of political opponents of the then-Stalinist KKE on both ends of the political spectrum, such as Trotskyites and Archeio-Marxists. As a result, the activities of the OPLA are a subject of heated debate even today.
Greek Left was a Greek political party.
The Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left is a coalition of radical left political organisations in Greece. The Greek word ανταρσία antarsia means "mutiny". ANTARSYA describes itself as "Front of the anticapitalist, revolutionary, communist left and radical ecology".
The Communist Party, originally named Communists – Popular Left and Communists – Popular Left – Communist Party since 2012, is an Italian political party of Marxist–Leninist inspiration, founded in 2009. It defines itself as "the revolutionary political vanguard organization of the working class in Italy".
Τhe Greek Civil War was fought in Greece from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek government army — backed by the United Kingdom and the United States — and the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) — the military branch of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) — backed by Yugoslavia and Albania as well as by Bulgaria. It is often considered the first proxy war of the Cold War, although the Soviet Union avoided sending aid. The fighting resulted in the defeat of the DSE by the Hellenic Army. Founded by the Communist Party of Greece and supported by neighboring and newly founded Socialist States such as Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria, the Democratic Army of Greece included many personnel who had fought as partisans against German, Italian and Bulgarian occupation forces during the Second World War of 1939–1945.
Andreas Tzimas, known also under his World War II-era nom de guerre of Vasilis Samariniotis, was a leading Greek Communist politician, best known as one of the leading triumvirate of the Greek People's Liberation Army during the Axis occupation of Greece. After the war, he fell into disfavour and died in obscurity in exile in Prague.
