Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece

{{Infobox political party | name = Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece | native_name = Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας | logo = OKDE Greece logo.png | flag = Okde-simaia-02-02.jpg | colorcode = {{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}} | leader = | president = | chairman = | general_secretary = | first_secretary = | secretary_general = | presidium = | secretary = | spokesperson = | foundation = 1934; refounded in 1974 | position = Far-left | ideology = Communism<br />Marxism<br />Trotskyism | headquarters = | international = | website = {{URL|https://www.okde.gr|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 '''OKDE''' (ΟΚΔΕ).

== History == {{more sources needed section|date=July 2024}} 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, in 1934, the '''Spartacus League''' (Σπάρτακος; led by Pouliopoulos) and the (Trotskyist group) '''Leninist Opposition to the KKE – LAKKE''' (Λενινιστική Αντιπολίτευση του ΚΚΕ, ΛΑΚΚΕ; previously called KEO and led by Michel Pablo until 1933) were united and formed OKDE.

In 1937, on the initiative of Pouliopoulos, Neos Dromos merged with OKDE to briefly form the '''United OKDE''' (Ενιαία ΟΚΔΕ, ΕΟΚΔΕ; '''EOKDE''', 1937–1942). In September 1938, Pablo represented Pouliopoulos's EOKDE at the founding conference of the Fourth International.

In May 1943, the majority of the EOKDE founded the '''Party of Internationalist Communists of Greece''' (Κόμμα Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας, ΚΚΔΕ; '''KKDE'''), which in 1945 participated in the founding of the '''Workers' Internationalist Party of Greece''' (Εργατικό Διεθνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ΕΔΚΕ; '''EDKE'''). In July 1946, EDKE and Agis Stinas' DEKE were merged into KDKE.<ref>Nikolaos P. Melingonis, [https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/object/2883499/file.pdf "Archeio-Marxism in the Interwar Period"], 2019, p. 40.</ref>

KDKE was dissolved in 1967 (when the Regime of the Colonels came to power) and was refounded in 1974 as OKDE.

In 1985, some members of OKDE left the party and formed the Organization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus.

OKDE 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.<ref name="2012g" />

== Election results == ===Hellenic Parliament=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:16px;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:75px;"| Election ! colspan="5"| Hellenic Parliament ! rowspan="2" style="width:30px;"| Rank ! rowspan="2" style="width:125px;"| Government ! rowspan="2"| Leader |- ! style="width:75px;"| Votes ! style="width:45px;"| % ! style="width:45px;"| ±pp ! style="width:100px;"| Seats won ! style="width:40px;"| +/− |- ! May 2012 | 1,783 | 0.03%<ref name="2012g">{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2012 |url=https://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/v2012a/public/index.html?lang=en#%7B%22cls%22:%22level%22,%22params%22:%7B%22level%22:%22epik%22,%22id%22:1%7D%7D |website=ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> | New | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|300|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | New | 25th | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} | rowspan=7 |''Collective leadership'' |- ! Jun 2012 | colspan=3 |''Did not contest'' | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|300|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{N/A}} | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! Jan 2015 | 1,854 | 0.03%<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections January 2015 |url=https://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/v2015a/v/public/index.html?lang=en#%7B%22cls%22:%22level%22,%22params%22:%7B%22level%22:%22epik%22,%22id%22:1%7D%7D |website=ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> | ±0.00 | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|300|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 18th | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! Sep 2015 | 2,433 | 0.04%<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections September 2015 |url=https://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/v2015b/v/public/index.html?lang=en#%7B%22cls%22:%22level%22,%22params%22:%7B%22level%22:%22epik%22,%22id%22:1%7D%7D |website=kloges-prev.singularlogic.eu |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> | +0.01 | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|300|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 18th | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! 2019 | 1,576 | 0.03%<ref>{{cite web |title=National elections - July 2019 |url=https://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/2019/v/home/parties/ |website=ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> | –0.01 | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|300|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 18th | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! May 2023 | 1,950 | 0.03%<ref>{{cite web |title=National Elections - May 2023 |url=https://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/2023/may/v/home/en/parties/ |website=ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> | ±0.00 | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|300|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 30th | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! Jun 2023 | 1,379 | 0.03%<ref>{{cite web |title=National Elections - June 2023 |url=https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/home/parties/ |website=ekloges.ypes.gr |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> | ±0.00 | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|300|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 23rd | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |}

=== European Parliament === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:16px;" ! colspan="9" |European Parliament |- ! style="width:60px;" |Election ! style="width:75px;" |Votes ! style="width:45px;" | % ! style="width:45px;" |±pp ! style="width:100px;" |Seats won ! style="width:30px;" |+/− ! style="width:30px;" |Rank ! Leader ! EP Group |- ! 2014 | 3,045 | 0.05 | ''New'' | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|21|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | ''New'' | 38th | rowspan="3" |''Collective Leadership'' | rowspan="3" |− |- ! 2019 | 4,803 | 0.08 | +0.03 | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|21|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 38th |- ! 2024 | 1,973 | 0.05 | −0.03 | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|21|hex={{party color|Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 29th |}

== References == {{reflist|25em}}

== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.okde.gr}}

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