the october revolution of the bolsheviks in russia in 1917 gave rise to the foundation of communist parties in many countries all over the globe. kke was founded on 4 november 1918 as the socialist labour party of greece (greek: σοσιαλιστικό εργατικό κόμμα ελλάδας, "sosialistikó ergatikó kómma elládas"; acronym: σεκε, "seke"). the party was run by a five-member central committee. the committee consisted of nikos dimitratos, d. ligdopoulos, m. sideris, a. arvanitis and s. kokkinos.