Leftist Parties of Austria

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '02	OTHER
Anti-fascist Left	Antifaschistische Linke		Morgenrot	e-mail	tro.		no part.	f. 1998
Association of Revolutionary Workers' of Austria	Vereinigung Revolutionärer Arbeiter Österreichs	VRAÖ	Widerspruch		mao.	ex-Chin.	no. part.	f. 1968
Communist Action - Marxist-Leninist mirror page	Kommunistische Aktion - marxistisch-leninistisch	komak-ml	Proletarische Rundschau	e-mail	stal.	ICS	no. part.	f. 2002
Communist Initiative	Kommunistische Initiative	KI		e-mail	com.		not existing	f. 2005 as split from KPÖ, led by Otto Bruckner
Communist Party of Austria	Kommunistische Partei Österreichs	KPÖ	Argument	e-mail	com.	EL, ex-CI, ex-WMR	0.57%	f. 1918, led by Walter Baier
Critical Circle	Kritischer Kreis		Streifzüge	e-mail	rad. left.
Ecological Left	Ökologische Linke	OEKOLI	RadiX	e-mail	rad. left.		no. part.	f. 1998
Free Workers' Union of Austria local group	Freie ArbeiterInnen Union Österreichs	FAU-Ö	Die Syndikalistin	e-mail	anar. syn.	close to AIT	no. part.	f. 2002
Group for Revolutionary Workers Politics	Gruppe für Revolutionäre Arbeiter/innenpolitik	GRA	Sozialistische Perspektive	e-mail	tro.		not existing	f. 2003 as split from AGM, led by Kurt Lhotzky
Initiative of Marxists-Leninists	Initiative Marxist/innen-Leninist/innen	Initiative ML		e-mail	stal.	close to Turlish BP/KK-T	no. part.	f. 1995
League of Democratic Socialists	Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten	BDS	Internationales Freies Wort	tel.: +43-222-6487293	marxist	WSM	no. part.
Left Turn	Linkswende		Linkswende	e-mail	tro.	IS	no. part.
Marxist-Leninist Party of Austria	Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Österreichs	MLPÖ	Rote Fahne	e-mail	sta.	ex-Chin.	no. part.	f. 1967
Revolutionary Communist League	Revolutionär Kommunistische Liga	RKL	Bruchlinien	e-mail	ex-tro.	ILC, ex-ILCC	no. part.	f. 1976
Social Democratic Party of Austria	Sozialdemoktratischen Partei Oesterreichs	SPÖ		e-mail	soc. dem.	IS, PES	36.90%	f. 1874
Socialist Alternative	Sozialistische Alternative	SOAL	Die Linke	e-mail	tro.	USFI	no. part.	f. 1972
Socialist Left Party	Sozialistische LinksPartei	SLP	Vorwärts	e-mail	tro.	CWI	0.081%	until 2000 Sozialistische Offensive Vorwärts
The Greens	Die Grünen		Planet	e-mail	green	EFGP	8.97%	f. 1987
The Spark	Der Funke		Der Funke	e-mail	tro.	IMT	no. part.	active in SPÖ, split from SOV in 1994
Workers' Standpoint Group	Gruppe ArbeiterInnenstandpunkt	AST	ArbeiterInnenstandpunkt	e-mail	tro.	L5I	no. part.	f. 1985
Working Group Marxism	Arbeitsgruppe Marxismus	AGM	Marxismus	e-mail	tro.		no. part.	f. 1994
Parties probably disbanded Trotskyist Group of Austria (Trotzkistische Gruppe Österreichs)