Party of Labour of Austria

The Party of Labour of Austria (German: Partei der Arbeit Österreichs, PdA) is a communist political 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]

Party of Labour of Austria

Partei der Arbeit Österreichs
LeaderTibor Zenker[1]
Founded12 October 2013[1]
NewspaperEinheit und Widerspruch
Youth wingNone (coordinates with the Communist Youth of Austria)
Membership2013: approx. 100[2]
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Euroscepticism
Political positionFar-left
European affiliationInitiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
International affiliationInternational Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
ColoursRed
Website
http://www.parteiderarbeit.at/

History

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 Peoples of Spain (PCPE), and Communist Party of Turkey (TKP).[2] 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.[2]

Elections

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 the city council.

Party chairpersons
Name Period Notes
Otto Bruckner 2013–2019
Tibor Zenker 2019–

References
  1. ""Wechsel in der Partei der Arbeit" (in German)". Young World. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. "Party of Labour of Austria founded! (in German)". labournenaustria.at. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.


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