Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece explained

Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece
Native Name:Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας
Flag:Okde-simaia-02-02.jpg
Foundation:1934
Position:Far-left
Ideology:Communism
Marxism
Trotskyism
Website:http://www.okde.gr/
Country:Greece

The Organization of Internationalist Communists of Greece (Greek: Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας, Organosi Kommouniston Diethniston Elladas) is a Greek Trotskyist political party. It is also known by its acronym ΟΚΔΕ (OKDE).

History

The historical roots of OKDE can be traced to the Left Opposition of the Communist Party of Greece around Pandelis Pouliopoulos and Pastias Giatsopoulos, which was expelled at the third Regular Congress of the party in 1928. Originally, the expelled did not consider themselves to be a different movement to the Communist Party, nor did they seek to found a new political group; rather, their main goal was to return to the Party in order to, in their view, restore its original Leninist principles. This changed, however, in 1934, when all the communist parties in Nazi Germany were outlawed with the rise of National Socialism. Pouliopoulos and Giatsopoulos considered that the Communist Party of Greece had now abandoned its original position that the Stalinist communist parties and the Third International could apply revolutionary Marxism in Greece. Thus, the Spartacus League, along with syndicalist groups which left the Archeio-Marxist movement and others were united and formed OKDE.

In 1985, some members left the party and formed the Organization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus. The party supported the Radical Left Front at the 2007 legislative elections. In the 2010 local elections, the party elected one municipal councillor at the Ampelokipoi-Menemeni municipality. In 2012, the party participated at the May legislative elections, where it received the 0.03% of the vote.

Election results

Hellenic Parliament

ElectionHellenic ParliamentRankGovernmentLeader
Votes%±ppSeats won+/−
May 20121,7830.03%[1] New
New25thCollective leadership
Jun 2012Did not contest
0
Jan 20151,8540.03%[2] ±0.00
018th
Sep 20152,4330.04%[3] +0.01
018th
20191,5760.03%[4] –0.01
018th
May 20231,9500.03%[5] ±0.00
030th
Jun 20231,3790.03%[6] ±0.00
023rd

European Parliament

European Parliament
ElectionVotes%±ppSeats won+/−RankLeader
20143,0450.05[7] -
-38thCollective Leadership
20194,8030.08[8] +0.03
038th
20241,9730.05[9] -0.03
029th

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliamentary Elections 2012 . ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu . 18 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Parliamentary Elections January 2015 . ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu . 18 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Parliamentary Elections September 2015 . kloges-prev.singularlogic.eu . 18 July 2024.
  4. Web site: National elections - July 2019 . ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu . 18 July 2024.
  5. Web site: National Elections - May 2023 . ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu . 18 July 2024.
  6. Web site: National Elections - June 2023 . ekloges.ypes.gr . 18 July 2024.
  7. News: Ευρωεκλογές 2014: Η πρώτη νίκη του Τσίπρα . 18 July 2024 . ΙΚΑΡΙΩΤΙΚΑ ΝΕΑ . 24 May 2015 . el.
  8. Web site: European Elections - May 2019 . web.archive.org . 18 July 2024.
  9. Web site: European Elections - June 2024 . ekloges.ypes.gr . 18 July 2024.