Communist Workers Organisation (in Dutch

Dutch language

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: Kommunistische Arbeidersorganisatie (marxistisch-leninistisch), abbreviated KAO(ml)) was a communist group in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. It was founded in March 1978, through the merger of the League of Dutch Marxist-Leninists

League of Dutch Marxist-Leninists

League of Dutch Marxist-Leninists was a communist organisation in the Netherlands.By the time of the 21st party congress of the Communist Party of the Netherlands in 1964 two pro-China fractions existed inside the party. One was the Marxist-Leninist Centre in Rotterdam...

 (BNML), the Communist Workers Organisation

Communist Workers Organisation (Netherlands)

The Communist Workers Organisation was a communist group in the Netherlands...

 (KAO) and the Communist Circle of Breda (marxist-leninist)

Communist Circle of Breda (marxist-leninist)

Communist Circle of Breda was a communist group in Breda, the Netherlands...

 (KKB(ml)). All of these had their origins in the pro-Chinese

China

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 fraction of the Communist Party of the Netherlands

Communist Party of the Netherlands

The Communist Party of the Netherlands was a Dutch communist political party. The CPN is one of the predecessors of the GreenLeft.- Foundation :...

.

The main organ of KAO(ml) was Rode Vlag (Red Flag).

KAO(ml) was active during the Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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 port strike of 1979.

KAO(ml) upheld the Three Worlds Theory

Three Worlds Theory

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 promoted by the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

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. This eventually led to a split, with one section breaking away and forming the Workers Party of the Netherlands (build-up organisation)

Workers Party of the Netherlands (build-up organisation)

Workers Party of the Netherlands was a communist party in the Netherlands. APN was founded in 1980, following a split from the Communist Workers Organisation . It upheld the line of the Albanian Party of Labour after the Sino-Albanian split...

(Arbeiderspartij van Nederland (opbouworganisatie)) in 1980.

KAO(ml) dissolved around 1990.