KNE
| Communist Youth of Greece | |
|---|---|
| Secretary General | Nikos Abatielos |
| Founded | September 15, 1968 |
| Headquarters | 145 Leof. Irakliou, 142 31 Athens (Nea Ionia), Greece |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Mother party | Communist Party of Greece (KKE) |
| International affiliation | World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) |
| Newspaper | Odigitis (Guider) |
| Website | |
| kne.gr | |
The Communist Youth of Greece (Greek: Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία Ελλαδας; KNE) is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
It publishes the monthly newspaper Odigitis (Greek: Οδηγητής, "guider") and hosts Odigitis festivals in most of the major towns and cities of Greece.
KNE is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.
KNE is following the organisational structure described as democratic centralism.
KNE was founded on September 15, 1968, with a decision of Politburo of the Central Committee of the KKE, during the Greek military junta of 1967-1974, as an organization of youth with revolutionary and communist features.
It was the historical continue of OKNE (Organization of Communist Youth of Greece), of all the organizations of youth which had already taken part in people's struggle in Greece, such as EPON (United Panhellenic Organization of Youth), DNE (Democratic Youth of Greece), D.N.Lampraki (Democratic Youth "Lamprakis").
In 1989-1991, a deep crisis shocked KNE and KKE. In autumn 1989, disagreeing with the participation of KKE in the Tzannetakis and Zolotas national unity governments, a large group, including the major part of KNE under its secretary-general George Grapsas, split from the KKE and formed the New Left Current (NAR). The KKE, then part of the Synaspismos coalition, attempted to dissolve KNE into the Synaspismos Youth League. Later in 1991, KKE left the coalition, purged all non-hardliners (incl. 45% of the central committee and KKE secretary-general Grigoris Farakos), and restored KNE with the efforts of some hundreds of members. In March 1993, the 6th Congress of the Organization took place.
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