[2] Key leaders of the new party included Joseph Vanderlinden (Administrative Secretary of the Central Committee), Michel Graindorge, Henri Glineur, Fernand Lefebvre, Emile Remy and Xavier Relecom.
), as they accused Grippa of having sided with the 'Chinese Khruschtev' Liu Shaoqi.
The party had around 130-150 members, concentrated in Centre, Borinage and Brussels.
called for blank vote in the 1970 municipal election, the party did allow the Pâturages branch to present a local list.
[1][3] The publications of the two parties merged, now being published as Clarté et L'Exploité.
In 1982 PCR signed a manifest for “an independent, progressive and democratic Wallonia” together with PCBML and Pour le Socialisme..[1] In 1978 or 1979 the Communist Struggle (Marxist-Leninist) faction merged into P.C.M.L.B.
In December 1978 it merged with the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Belgium, but by that time most of its members had deserted.
[5] In January 1979 Clarté et l'Exploité was transformed into the bimonthly La Voix Communiste.
[6] By the early 1980s, the party had declined in influence, having merely a few dozen members.
[1][7] The party supported independence for the Wallon and Flemish peoples.
published Clarté ('Clarity', weekly), Clarté et L'Exploité ('Clarity and the Exploited') and later La Voix communiste ('The Communist Voice') in French language and in Flemish language Klaarheid ('Clarity'), Vlaanderen Rood ('Red Flanders'), De Rode Waarheid ('The Red Truth') and De Kommunistische Stem ('The Communist Voice').