Far-left Maoist, anti-American party (and one of two) split from the Organisation of Marxists–Leninists of Greece (OMLE) in 1976 for not being militant enough. Party was one of the few supporting the totalitarian extremism of Albania's Enver Hoxha. The KKE (m-l) reaches out to other militant Maoist parties internationally and publishes the Proletarian Flag as an intra-national propaganda sheet.
Party is led by a steering body [Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (marxistiko-leninistiko), KKE (m-l); Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (μαρξιστικό-λενινιστικό) (Κ.Κ.Ε. (μ-λ)].