The Swiss Communist Organization (, SKO; , OCS) was a Maoist-oriented

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a ...

organization in Switzerland. The organization was founded on December 10, 1978, through the merger of three groups: * Workers Politics Communist Organization (''Kommunistische Organisation Arbeiterpolitik'', KOAP) in

Zurich Zurich (; ) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 443,037 inhabitants, the urban area 1.315 mill ...

and

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austri ...

; founded in 1977 through merger of the Workers Politics Communist Group (''Kommunistische Gruppe Arbeiterpolitik'', KGAP, founded in 1976 by minority of Revolutionary Build-up Organization Zurich (''Revolutionäre Aufbauorganisation Zürich'', RAZ)) and Critical Forum Winterthur (''Kritisches Forum Winterthur''); * Communist League of

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS) ...

(''Kommunistischer Bund Basel''); * Red Flag Communist Organisation (''Organisation Communiste Le Drapeau Rouge''); founded on March 27, 1977, by Rupture for Communism (Rupture pour le Communisme, RplC) in

Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...

and

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situ ...

and Struggle Organization for Communism (''Organisation de Lutte pour le Communisme'') in

. Jürg Stöcklin was the chairman of the organization. The organization published ''Kämpfer'' ('Fighter') and ''Drapeau Rouge'' ('Red Flag') as its news magazines and ''Kommunist'' ('Communist') as its theoretical organ.Hirscher, Gerhard, Marc Lazar, and Patrick Moreau. Der Kommunismus in Westeuropa: Niedergang oder Mutation? Landsberg am Lech: Olzog, 1998. p. 379 The organization was dissipated in the summer of 1980.

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{{Reflist Defunct communist parties in Switzerland Political parties established in 1978 1978 establishments in Switzerland Political parties disestablished in 1980 1980 disestablishments in Switzerland Maoist organizations in Europe