The Socialist Party (Swedish: Socialistiska Partiet), now called Socialist Politics (Swedish: Socialistisk Politik) is a Swedish Trotskyist organization and former political party. It the Swedish section of the Fourth International.[1]
Socialist Politics | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1971 |
| Ideology | Trotskyism Marxism |
| European affiliation | European Anti-Capitalist Left |
| International affiliation | Fourth International |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
editThe party was formed at a congress in 1971, through the merger of the Revolutionary Marxists (RM) and the Bolshevik Group (BG). Initially it was called League of Revolutionary Marxists (Swedish: Revolutionära Marxisters Förbund, RMF). One section of RM did not agree with the formation of RM and formed the Communist Working Groups (Swedish: Kommunistiska Arbetsgrupperna, KAG). KAG would later reconcile with RMF. It dissolved in 1972 and former members joined either RMF or the Left Party – the Communists.[2]
At the fifth party congress, held in 1975, the name was changed to Communist Workers League (Kommunistiska Arbetarförbundet). In 1982, the party adopted its current name.
In the early 1990s, the party suffered a small split that went on to form the Swedish section of the Pathfinder tendency. In 1994, a smaller group left the SP to form a Swedish section of what is now the League for the Fifth International, Workers' Power.
The party publishes the weekly paper Internationalen. It is currently not represented in local office.
As of 2019, the party has been reorganized from a political party into an ideological organization, and calls for its members to vote for the Left Party.
During the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack the organization expressed solidarity with President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Fourth International - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine". International Viewpoint. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Säkerhetstjänstkommissionen (2002-01-01). Hotet från vänster. Säkerhetstjänsternas övervakning av kommunister, anarkister m.m. 1965-2002 (Report). p. 202. SOU 2002:91. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ @SocialistiskP (8 January 2023). "Solidarity with President Lula da Silva and the people of Brazil. And may all fascists burn in hell" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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