The Communist Action Organization in Iraq (Arabic: منظمة العمل الشيوعي في العراق, munażżamatu-l-‘amali-sh-shuyū‘ī fī al-'iraq) was a communist organization in Iraq. The organization was founded in, after a split from the Iraqi Communist Party. The founders of the Communist Action Organization saw the Communist Party leadership as a 'rightist and opportunist tendency', criticizing their past cooperation with the Baath Party. Moreover, the Communist Action Organization accused the Communist Party leaders for having deviated from Marxism-Leninism.
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