Re: Mass struggle led by communists

On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 12:20 PM, Charles wrote:

> 
> Since an active liberal on the list who poses as a socialist implied the
> Party is a "fringe organization festering on the sidelines," this
> paragraph ticks off its integration with the masses and their struggles.

I should have qualified that statement. I did not name the KKE specifically, but my comment was aimed at it and all the other left-wing parties outside of New Democracy, Syriza, and PASOK.

The KKE stands apart because of its historic ties to the trade unions and greater mass appeal. It won approx. 7% or 400,000 votes of the 5.2 million votes cast in the last Greek election, far outdistancing all the other left-wing and green parties combined. Antarsya, the Communist Party of Greece (Marxist Leninist) and the Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Greece each received less than 1/3 of 1% of the popular vote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2023_Greek_parliamentary_election

So while the KKE has also been on the sidelines of Greek political life for decades,  I agree it is misleading to lump it together with the others as a "fringe" party.


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