Communist League of Austria

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Template:Redirect Template:Infobox political party The Communist League of Austria (Template:Langx)<ref>Robert J. Alexander, Maoism in the developed world, Westport, Conn. (Praeger) 2001 (pp. 56-7 The Communist League of Austria)</ref> was a pro-China communist group in Austria. The KBÖ was founded on 6 August 1976 in Vienna.<ref>Communist League of Austria Founded, in: Peking Review, No. 35, August 27, 1976, p. 22</ref>

The first congress of KBÖ was held in January 1978.<ref>Communist League of Austria: First National Congress, in: Peking review, No. 6, February 10, 1978, p. 28</ref> Walter Lindner was reelected as the Central Committee Secretary.

KBÖ published the Klassenkampf (biweekly, 1978 weekly) and the theoretical journal Kommunist (monthly).

KBÖ strongly opposed the Soviet Union, denouncing it as "social-imperialist". The KBÖ organized rallies outside the Soviet embassy in Vienna.

In 1980 KBÖ split into two factions, which both continued to use the name KBÖ.

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