The Communist Platform is a political platform and organization in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 formed after the dissolution of the old Workers' Communist Party

Workers' Communist Party (Norway)

The Workers' Communist Party was a Norwegian communist party . AKP was a maoist party and one of two communist parties in Norway; the other was the older Communist Party of Norway which has remained pro-Soviet. The relationship between the two parties was characterized by strong hostility.AKP was...

 (AKP) on March 10, 2007 and its decision to merge into the new "broader" party Red

Red (Norway)

The Red Party is a Norwegian far-left political party and the leading party to the left of the Socialist Left and the Labour Party in Norway. Since 2007 the party has sought a seat in Parliament; the only counties in which they have a realistic chance of earning a seat are Oslo and Hordaland...

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Some people of the opposition within the AKP and from the party's student's league, NKS, together with the Marxist-Leninist Group Revolusjon

Marxist-Leninist Group Revolusjon

Marxist-Leninist Group Revolution , is a small communist group in Norway. It was formed in 1987 by former members of Marxist-Leninist League. Marxist-Leninist Group Revolution' has an anti-revisionist stance and has oriented towards Albania...

 decided to form the . KP's goal is to form a new communist party

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 Norway.

The platform convened its first annual assembly and elected a new leadership in February 2008.