Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) (捷克和摩拉维亚共产党) is a communist party established on March 31, 1990, and headquartered in Prague that claims to represent communist ideology in the Czech Republic with a membership of 16,000 as of 2024. According to organizational listings, leadership has included Kateřina Konečná as chairwoman and Milan Krajča as deputy leader. The party positions itself as one of the few former ruling parties in post-Communist Central Eastern Europe to retain the Communist title in its name and describes its ideology as communism and anti-capitalism. The organization has engaged with various political coalitions, provided parliamentary support to Andrej Babiš’ Second Cabinet until April 2021, and published the newspaper Haló Noviny until 2013. The party claims to follow the slogan “With the people for the people” and maintains observer status with the Party of the European Left.
