Young Communist League of Greece | |
Colorcode: | red |
Founded: | November 1922 |
Dissolved: | 1925 |
Merged Into: | EPON |
Ideology: | Communism Marxism-Leninism |
Mother Party: | KKE |
Young Communist League of Greece (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Oμοσπονδία Kομμουνιστικών Nεολαιών Eλλάδας; OKNE) was the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece. OKNE was founded on November 28, 1922. The journal I Neolaia (Η ΝΕΟΛΑΙΑ) became the official organ of OKNE.[1] OKNE was a section of the Communist Youth International.[2] Nikolaos Zachariadis became the leader of OKNE in 1924.[3] In 1925, OKNE was banned by the Greek authorities, along with the Communist Party itself and all its affiliated organizations.[1]
In 1943 OKNE was replaced by another youth organization, the United Panhellenic Organization of Youth (EPON).[1]