Movement for the United in Action Left
Appearance
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Movement for the United in Action Left Κίνηση για την Ενότητα Δράσης της Αριστεράς Kinisi gia tin Enotita Drasis tis Aristeras | |
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Leader | Giannis Theonas |
Founded | 2000 |
Dissolved | 2019 |
Split from | Communist Party of Greece |
Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism[citation needed] |
Political position | Far-left |
National affiliation | Coalition of the Radical Left |
Website | |
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Movement for the United in Action Left (Greek: Κίνηση για την Ενότητα Δράσης της Αριστεράς abbreviated ΚΕΔΑ-KEDA) was a political party in Greece that was part of the Coalition of the Radical Left.[1]
History
[edit]KEDA was formed in the early 2000s, by a splinter group of major party officials of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), most prominently Giannis Theonas (former MEP for KKE) and Mitsos Kostopoulos (ex-president of the parliamentary group of the KKE and ex-secretary general of the General Confederation of Greek Workers).[2] However, Kostopoulos, left KEDA in May 2007.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ List of parties that make up the Coalition
- ^ Overcoming division Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, article by Georges Mitralias, June 2001
- ^ 12/05/2007 article Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine by Eleftherotypia