Party of Labour of Austria

Political party in Austria

Party of Labour of Austria

Partei der Arbeit Österreichs

Chairperson| Tibor Zenker[1]
Founded| October 12, 2013 (2013-10-12)
Split from| Communist Party of Austria
Preceded by| Communist Initiative
Headquarters| Drorygasse 21, Vienna
Newspaper| Zeitung der Arbeit
Youth wing| Jugendfront (Youth Front)
Ideology|

* Communism
* Marxism-Leninism
* Hard Euroscepticism

Political position| Far-left
European affiliation| INITIATIVE (2013–2023)
ECA (2023–)[2]
International affiliation| IMCWP
Colours|  Red
Website
http://www.parteiderarbeit.at/

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The Party of Labour of Austria (German: Partei der Arbeit Österreichs, PdA) is a communist party in Austria. PdA was founded on 12 October 2013 by the Communist Initiative, a Marxist-Leninist breakaway faction of the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ), who were dissatisfied with the party's ideological orientation.[1]

## History

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Communist Initiative was an internal group in the Communist Party of Austria, founded in 2004 to promote Marxist–Leninist ideas in the party.[1] The Initiative broke with the KPÖ in 2005, citing a lack of internal democracy.[1]

PdA's founding conference was attended by delegates from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Hungarian Workers' Party (Munkáspárt), German Communist Party (DKP), Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE), and Communist Party of Turkey (TKP).[3] The party has particularly close fraternal relations with the KKE. The founding conference was also attended by Yahima Martínez, the ambassador to Austria from Cuba.[3]

## Elections

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The PdA contested the elections for the Vienna City Council in 2015 in six different districts, namely Leopoldstadt, Favoriten, Simmering, Meidling, Ottakring and Donaustadt. All together the PdA gained 441 votes (between 0,1 and 0,18%). This was insufficient to gain a seat in any of the district councils. In 2020 the PdA only contested the Ottakring district, gaining 79 votes (0,21%).[4]

## Party chairpersons

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Name  | Period  | Notes

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Otto Bruckner | 2013–2019  |
Tibor Zenker | 2019–  |

## References

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1. ^ a b c d ""Wechsel in der Partei der Arbeit" (in German)". Young World. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
2. ^ "European Communist Action's Founding Declaration". 27 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
3. ^ a b "Party of Labour of Austria founded! (in German)". labournetaustria.at. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
4. ^ "16., Ottakring - Bezirksvertretungswahlen 2020, Ergebnisse der Wiener Wahlbehörden". wien.gv.at. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

## External links

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* Official website (in German)

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