I've got the feeling that it's getting more frequent in the last few years. Just like you see more people dressed in traditional garb (in beer-related festivities here in Bavaria for ex.). I think for a while anything "traditional" was regarded as way too conservative, but we're moving beyond that. Tattoos and Lederhosen...

But yes, some kind of umbrella organization would be quite neat, some organized internship outside of colleges. A "communist" consultancy…