[citation needed] MLF had been expelled from Kommunistisk Arbejderparti in 1976, after having criticized the class analysis and problems of internal democracy of the party.

MLF was based in Odense and had denounced the Three Worlds Theory formulated by Mao Zedong and propagated by the Chinese Communist Party.

KSML maintained a staunchly pro-Albanian rhetoric and was briefly based in Copenhagen before it merged with MLF within months of its foundation.

[citation needed] MLF and KSML officially merged in December of 1978, creating a party with a joint membership of approximately 50 people.

[3] After it was founded, the DKP/ML took a stand with Enver Hoxha's Albania and the Albanian Party of Labor granted it official recognition.