The organization reportedly "fully supported" the works of
Marx,
Engels,
Lenin,
Stalin, and
Mao. The declared aim of the KABD was to build "a new
Marxist-Leninist party" away from the "
revisionist degeneration" of the
German Communist Party (DKP).
Willi Dickhut, one of the initiators of the split, was expelled from the DKP in 1966. Dickhut served as the editor of the party's theoretical organ Revolutionary Way: Problems of Marxism-Leninism (
Revolutionärer Weg: Probleme des Marxismus-Leninismus). The organization's
central organ was the "Red Flag" (Rote Fahne), which exists today as the MLPD's "Red Flag Magazine" (
Rote Fahne Magazin). The organization's
youth wing was the . The party's membership hovered around 900 people. On January 17, 1981, the leadership of the federation announced the prospect of founding a party. This was realized in 1982 with the formation of the
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany (MLDP). == Former Members ==