The Communist Initiative (German

German language

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: Kommunistische Initiative) is an orthodox

Anti-Revisionist

In the Marxist–Leninist movement, anti-revisionism refers to a doctrine which upholds the line of theory and practice associated with Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, and usually either Mao Zedong or Enver Hoxha as well...

 Marxist-Leninist organisation in Austria

Austria

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. It was founded in 2004 as a faction of the Communist Party of Austria

Communist Party of Austria

The Communist Party of Austria is a communist party based in Austria. Established in 1918, it was banned between 1933 and 1945 under both the Austrofascist regime, and German control of Austria during World War II...

 (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"

Left (Austria)

The Electoral Leftist Alliance or Left is a movement of Marxist-Leninist, Maoist and Trotskyist organisations in Austria which was founded by the Communist Initiative, the Socialist Left Party, the League of the Socialist Revolution and other left-wing movements and activists in the run-up to...

. At the elections of the Chamber of Labor

Austrian Chamber of Labour

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 in Vienna it candidated in an alliance with the ATIGF (Austrian section of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist

Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist

Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist is a clandestine communist organization in Turkey currently waging a war against the Turkish Government. It was founded in 1972 with İbrahim Kaypakkaya as its first leader...

) as "KOMintern" and got 0,7% and one seat.