The Communist League of Austria (de

German language

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: Kommunistischer Bund Österreichs) was a pro-China

China

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 communist group in Austria

Austria

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. The KBÖ was founded on August 6, 1976 in Vienna

Vienna

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The first congress of KBÖ was held in January 1978 . 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

Soviet Union

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, 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.