in october 1977, on the eve of the first death anniversary of mao zedong, kke(m-l) co-signed a declaration with the communist party of germany/marxists–leninists, communist party of spain (marxist–leninist), communist party of italy (marxist–leninist) and the portuguese communist party (reconstructed). the declaration, which was published on the front page of the albanian daily "zëri i popullit", rejected the three worlds theory.