Formation In May 1986, on its 4th national congress, a majority of
KKE Interior decided to reorganize into a broader leftist movement, thereby overruling party secretary
Ioannis Banias' resistance to giving up
Marxist-Leninist identity. When the majority faction, led by
Leonidas Kyrkos, departed and at its April 1987 founding congress reconstituted as the
Greek Left, the minority faction around Banias reorganized as
KKE Interior – Renewing Left.
1980s and 1990s Banias' more orthodox wing was supported by KKE Interior's youth organization, the
Greek Communist Youth – Rigas Feraios, which continued to play a relevant role in youth and students politics though losing the dominant status it once had. It was also affiliated with the weekly newspaper
Epohi. Unlike the
Greek Left, which in the late 1980s strengthened ties with the
KKE in becoming the driving force behind the formation of
Synaspismos, AKOA largely stayed outside of coalitions. Following disappointing results in the three consecutive legislative elections of 1989 and 1990, the party abstained from further electoral participations during the 1990s. It was only in the late 1990s that AKOA shortly approached the KKE, which in the meantime had left Synaspismos, to jointly contest the
1998 local elections. The results of the cooperation were however disappointing, leading AKOA to realign again, thereby losing the more hardline
Communist Renewal faction that preferred remaining associated with the KKE.
Alignment with SYRIZA and dissolution In the
2000 parliamentary elections the AKOA supported
Synaspismos. Since 2004, the AKOA has been part of
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). When in 2013, SYRIZA developed into a unitary party, AKOA decided to fully dissolve into the new structure. == Electoral results ==