Communist Platform (Germany) Explained

Communist Platform
Abbreviation:	KPF
Colorcode:	FF0000
Membership Year:	2008
Membership:	961
Ideology:	Communism Marxism
Position:	Far-left
National:	The Left German Communist Party (external cooperation)
Country:	Germany

The Communist Platform (German: Kommunistische Plattform, KPF) is an association within the German Left Party. Among the main goals of the KPF are the preservation and advancement of Marxist thought, improving the situation of the poor, and fighting racism and anticommunism. They believe that change in society should be aimed at building a socialist society.^[1] Its most prominent member was Sahra Wagenknecht, who was a member of the European Parliament^[2] and is now a member of the Bundestag.^[3] As of May 2008 the Platform had around 961 members.^[4]

In 2001 the association objected to a declaration made by the PDS, distancing itself from the building of the Berlin Wall.^[5]

Beside the activities within the party, the KPF cooperates with the German Communist Party (DKP).^[6]

References

1. Web site: DIE LINKE: Für Solidarität und soziale Gerechtigkeit!. 2020-12-27. DIE LINKE. en.
2. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?language=EN&id=28250 Sahra Wagenknecht
3. Web site: Fraktion DIE LINKE. Im Bundestag - MDB Sahra Wagenknecht . 2009-11-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091103102931/http://www.linksfraktion.de/mdb_wagenknecht.php . 2009-11-03 .
4. Web site: Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution 2008. 2009. Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. 144. 2010-09-26. Fn 122: KPF-Mitteilungen (KPF Bulletin), issue 12/2008, May 2008, p. 25..
5. Holger Kulick, Gysi isoliert Kommunistische Plattform, Spiegel Online, July 2nd, 2001, retrieved at June 29th, 2009
6. Web site: Vereinbarung KPF KPD DKP . 2011-07-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718231355/http://www.dkp-nordharz.de/vereinbarung_kpf_kpd_dkp.html . 2011-07-18 .