kke (m-l) was founded in november 1976 by the majority of the organisation of marxists-leninists of greece (omle), itself a splinter group of the communist party of greece since 1964. the minority became the marxist-leninist communist party of greece (m-l kke). despite further subsequent splits and the creation of smaller groupings, the two parties, kke (m-l) and m-l kke, have remained the major representatives of maoism in greece to this day. the student wing of kke (m-l) was the progressive all-student unionist camp (ppsp), which was "less popular [than the mainstream organisations], but still important" at greek universities at the time.