Workers' Communist Party (Norway)
Workers' Communist Party (in Norwegian: Arbeidernes Kommunistparti), a Norwegian communist party Founded in 1973, as Arbeidernes Kommunistparti (marxist-leninistene), it arguably holds the leftmost ground in mainstream Norwegian politics.
Two trends led to the formation of AKP (m-l):
- The radical movements of Western academic environments in the late 1960s and early 1970s, particularly within the context of the Vietnam war
- The split between the Soviet Union and Maoist China, which caused an ideological crisis among "old school" communists
The founders of AKP (m-l) came from what was then known as SUF, or Sosialistisk Ungdomsforbund, the socialist student organization at Norwegian universities. AKP (m-l) was distinct from NKP (the Communist Party of Norway) by disassociating itself from the Soviet Union; and from SF and its success Sosialistisk Venstreparti by adopting a stronger marxist-leninist ideology.
AKP does not put its name on election ballots, choosing instead to work through Rød Valgallianse. It has been affiliated with Klassekampen, a daily newspaper; and Oktober Forlag, a publisher.