Jewish Communist Party of Austria
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The Jewish Social Democratic Party "Poale Zion" , later renamed Jewish Socialist Workers Party Poale Zion in German Austria (Jüdische sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Poale Zion in Deutschösterreich) and Jewish Communist Party of Austria (Jüdische Kommunistische Partei Oesterreichs), was a political party
in Austria
. The party published Freie Tribune 1919-1921. The party was part of the international Jewish Communist Union (Poalei Zion)
, the left wing of the Labour Zionist Poale Zion
movement.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. The party published Freie Tribune 1919-1921. The party was part of the international Jewish Communist Union (Poalei Zion)
Jewish Communist Union (Poalei Zion)
Jewish Communist Union , Komverband was the name taken by the Left World Union of Poalei Zion in 1921. Komverband had members in Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Austria, Italy, Poland and other countries. In 1922 Komverband shifted its headquarters from Vienna to Danzig, in preparation for a party...
, the left wing of the Labour Zionist Poale Zion
Poale Zion
Poale Zion was a Movement of Marxist Zionist Jewish workers circles founded in various cities of the Russian Empire about the turn of the century after the Bund rejected Zionism in 1901.-Formation and early years:Poale Zion parties and organisations were started across the Jewish diaspora in the...
movement.