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By Frederik Ohsten in Denmark
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
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A
powerful public sector strike over pay has hit Denmark. The striking workers have
huge support among the population and the right-wing conservative is coming
under huge pressure.
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By Socialistisk Standpunkt
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Friday, 09 November 2007 |
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By all appearances the right-wing government couldn't have picked a worse time to call an election. However, if one looks at the situation more closely, one can see that things will only get worse in the future for them.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Thursday, 08 November 2007 |
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Over 200 people packed
the Workers' Museum in Copenhagen
last night, leaving standing room only, in order to hear Esteban Volkov and
Alan Woods speak on the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution.
Esteban Volkov, the grandson of Leon Trotsky, and also last living witness to his
assassination, spoke in the city where Trotsky made his final public speech in
1932.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
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In the build up to today's big meeting in Copenhagen, one of the most important newspapers in Denmark, Nyhedsavisen, a paper with a circulation of 532.000, carries an interview with Esteban Volkov in today's edition on page 33 (in Danish).
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By Socialistisk Standpunkt Editorial Board
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Thursday, 01 November 2007 |
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On
Wednesday the 7th of November a big meeting organised by the Danish
Marxist tendency, Socialistisk Standpunkt, will take place in Copenhagen to
celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. However,
2007 marks another anniversary, and one with special importance for Denmark. It
is 75 years since Leon Trotsky held his last public speech in November 1932,
which was held at a huge meeting in Copenhagen, where Trotsky was invited by
the Social-Democratic Students Association.
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By Marie Frederiksen - www.marxist.dk
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
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For the third time in one and half years over
100,000 people have come out to the streets in Denmark to protest against cuts
to the welfare state. The Danish working class, particularly the public sector
workers, have had enough. But mobilisations are not enough. What is needed is a
bold leadership that can lead the movement to victory.
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By our correspondent in Copenhagen
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
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The Marxists expelled from the
SUF in Denmark have launched an opposition organisation to continue the
struggle for a revolutionary programme in the organisation.
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By Socialistisk Standpunkt Editorial Board - www.marxist.dk
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Friday, 15 June 2007 |
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The expulsions of 26 Marxists from the youth
organisation SUF is now known not only on the Danish left, but also internationally. This article explains the role of the USFI’s
Danish section, the SAP, in the recent expulsion of the Marxists of Socialistisk
Standpunkt from the SUF.
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By Claudio Bellotti
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
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On hearing of the proposed expulsions from the SUF
in Denmark, Claudio Bellotti, a member of the National Executive of
Rifondazione Comunista in Italy, wrote to the leaders of the SUF calling on
them to guarantee a democratic procedure and abandon bureaucratic methods.
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By Socialistisk Standpunkt
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
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Last week a special
conference of the SUF was held where 26 Marxists were expelled. It was clear
that the reformist wing of the SUF could not tolerate the growing influence of
Marxist ideas within the SUF. A Left Opposition has now been launched to win
the SUF back to its founding ideas of revolutionary socialism.
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By Socialistisk Standpunkt - www.marxist.dk
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Friday, 13 April 2007 |
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Socialistisk Standpunkt, the Marxist tendency in Denmark is being threatened with
expulsion from the SUF (the Socialistisk
UngdomsFront). The reason is very clear: the influence of the genuine ideas of
Marxism has been growing for some time within the SUF. Not able to answer the
political arguments of the Marxists, the leadership of the SUF is now trying to
remove them bureaucratically. Please add your name to the protest against the
threatened expulsions.
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By Socialistisk Standpunkt Editorial Board - www.marxist.dk
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007 |
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Copenhagen
erupted over the weekend as a series of demonstrations against the tearing down
of the Youth House turned violent. Similar to events in France in 2005,
however, what the riots reflect is the accumulated
anger of thousands of people, caused by a capitalist system completely
incapable of providing a future for workers and youth.
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By Andreas Bülow - www.marxist.dk
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Friday, 02 March 2007 |
 In the morning hours of March 1, the police in
Copenhagen
finally raided the “Youth House”, a house that has been occupied for years by a
movement of rebellious youth. Thousands of young people have come on to the
streets to protest against this. It is necessary to understand what methods the
movement must use in order to win.
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By Marie Frederiksen and Frederik Ohsten - www.marxist.dk
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Tuesday, 17 October 2006 |
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A massive protest movement against cuts to
municipal budgets shook Denmark
in September and October. Although the movement has entered a lull this does
not mean the end of the struggle. The ground is being prepared for another
major explosion of the class struggle in Denmark
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Thursday, 28 September 2006 |
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Mass meetings and mass demonstrations have erupted in Denmark against proposed cutbacks to municipal budgets. The movement continues to grow and radicalise as the governments try to manoeuvre and mislead the movement.
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By Marie Frederiksen in Denmark - www.marxist.dk
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Tuesday, 23 May 2006 |
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On Wednesday May 17 more
than 100,000 people gathered in squares in all the major cities
across Denmark to demonstrate against the so-called welfare “reforms”
of the right-wing government.
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By Marie Frederiksen in Denmark
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Monday, 08 May 2006 |
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The Marxist tendency
in the Danish labour movement, that publishes the journal Socialistisk Standpunkt, recently came under
attack. An attempt was mounted to expel its supporters from the
Socialist Youth Front (SUF), an attempt which
failed. It reveals the growing influence of the Marxists in Denmark.
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By Socialistisk Standpunkt
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Friday, 05 May 2006 |
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The Marxists
successfully intervened in May Day, selling political material and
celebrating the publication of The Revolution Betrayed in
Danish as well as the new internet archive of Marxist classics in Danish,
www.marxister.dk
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By Marie Frederiksen in Denmark
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Wednesday, 15 February 2006 |
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The Danish government rest on the support of extreme right-wing parties. The government has promoted a series of anti-working class legislation, while hiding behind racist propaganda, including blatant anti-Islamic rhetoric. Denmark is not a fairy tale country but one where the mailed fist of capital is being used against the workers. |
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Friday, 07 October 2005 |
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Danish and Iranian labour movement activists
picket the Iranian Embassy in Denmark protesting against the repression of
workers in Iran. This was part of the “The Workers of Iran Are Not Alone”
campaign. |
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By Marie Fredriksen
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Friday, 05 August 2005 |
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After some delay, we are publishing this report on Bush's visit to Denmark, which was met by massive protests. At 2
o’clock on Wednesday July 6, in the middle of the holiday, a large demonstration of
about 20,000 people gathered in front of the American embassy. |
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By Andreas Blow, Member of the editorial board of Socialistisk Standpunkt
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Monday, 14 February 2005 |
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On Tuesday February 8, general elections were held in Denmark. The
result was a crushing, demoralising defeat to many on the Danish left,
especially to the Social Democrats. Andreas Bülow from Socialistisk Standpunkt draws a balance. |
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By Andreas Blow, member of the editorial board of Socialistisk Standpunkt
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Wednesday, 19 January 2005 |
 On
January 18, the Danish Prime Minister of the right-wing government,
Anders Fogh, announced that parliamentary elections will be held on
February 8. Although the established press is very confident that Fogh
and his right-wing government will be re-elected, it is not at all
ruled out that the Social Democrats may win by a small margin as a
result of their demands for measures against unemployment. But if the
problems of the Danish working class are to be solved, it is not enough
simply to kick the right-wing government out of office.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Wednesday, 19 January 2005 |
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In the last parliamentary election in 2001 the Danish People’s Party
became the third largest party in the Danish parliament. We asked Marie
Frederiksen from Socialistisk Standpunkt where the support for the far right comes from and what is the nature of this party. |
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By Janus Hestbech and Michael Styrk
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Tuesday, 14 December 2004 |
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The bosses proposed wage cuts, speed ups and longer hours in exchange
for not closing the plant. The union leaders called off the strike
action, but the workers have overwhelmingly voted to reject the deal
with the bosses. Denmark cannot escape the growing mood of militancy
spreading throughout the European labour movement. |
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By Andreas Blow
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Monday, 11 October 2004 |
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In Denmark, after the big student conference of September 22,
the scene was set for a big day of action on October 5, the opening day
of the Danish parliament. The day of action was indeed an overwhelming
success, with around 100,000 students participating. |
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By Louise Wilk-Zerahn
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Tuesday, 28 September 2004 |
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Last Wednesday, September 22, became an historic
day for the Danish student movement. Nearly 2500 young people from
almost all types of educational institutions and from all over the
country gathered in the KB hall to start the “STOP-NOW”-initiative,
which has been called by most of the traditional student organizations.
They gathered because the government, in spite of the obvious bad state
of the education system, continues to carry through cutbacks. |
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By Socialistisk Standpunkt Editorial
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Tuesday, 28 September 2004 |
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This editorial statement was distributed as a pamphlet in
hundreds of copies at the recent student conference in Copenhagen on
Wednesday, September 22. |
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