The Communist League of Austria () was a pro-

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communist group in

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. The KBÖ was founded on 6 August 1976 in

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. The first congress of KBÖ was held in January 1978.''Communist League of Austria: First National Congress'', in: Peking review, No. 6, February 10, 1978, p. 28 Walter Lindner was reelected as the Central Committee Secretary. KBÖ published the ''Klassenkampf'' (biweekly, 1978 weekly) and the theoretical journal ''Kommunist'' (monthly). KBÖ strongly opposed the

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, denouncing it as "social-imperialist". The KBÖ organized rallies outside the Soviet embassy in Vienna. In 1980 KBÖ split into two factions, which both continued to use the name KBÖ.

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