Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists

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Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist-Leninists
Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti/Marxister-Leninister
LeaderKlaus Riis, Jørgen Petersen[1]
Founded1978
Dissolved2006
NewspaperArbejderen
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Hoxhaism
International affiliationPro-Albanian camp

The Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists (Danish: Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti/Marxister-Leninister, DKP/ML) was a political party in Denmark, that advocated revolutionary communism.

The party was established in 1978 from the merger of two Marxist-Leninist parties: Marxistisk-Leninistisk Forbund and Kommunistisk Sammenslutning. The DKP/ML itself ceased to exist in 2006 when it merged with Kommunistisk Samling to form Kommunistisk Parti.

History[edit]

Origins[edit]

The DKP/ML was founded in 1978.[2] It was created through the merger of the Marxistisk-Leninistisk Forbund (MLF) and Kommunistisk Sammenslutning (marxister-leninister) (KSML). Both of these parties had been formed in the 1970s as splinter groups, expelled from the Kommunistisk Arbejderparti.[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 propagated by the Communist Party of China.[citation needed]

The KSML split from the Kommunistisk Arbejderparti in May of 1978, under the belief that the party had become revisionist. 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]

Rhetoric (1978–2006)[edit]

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.[2] After the fall of the Albanian Communist party in the 1990s, the party began to reconcile its differences with other communist parties in Denmark and sought to make its political newspaper, Arbejderen, a voice for the broader left wing. The majority of party members were in favor of unification with other communist groups, and the party sought a merger as a result. This led to the party's eventual dissolution in 2006 when it merged with Kommunistisk Samling to form the Kommunistisk Parti.[3]

The DKP/ML took part in elections in 1984 and 1987, under the party letter L, but got less than 1,000 votes in each election.[4][5][3] The DKP/ML published two political newspapers: Arbejderen and Partiets Vej.[2] Arbejderen continues to be published by the party's successor, Kommunistisk Parti.[3]

Folketing election results[citation needed]
Year Votes % Seats
1984 978 0,03% 0
1987 987 0,03% 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ikke så enige endda". Archived from the original on 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  2. ^ a b c Hobday, Charles (1986). Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. Harlow: Longman. p. 54. ISBN 0-582-90264-9.
  3. ^ a b c d Nygaard, Bertel (15 August 2011). "Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti/ Marxister-Leninister (DKP/ML)". Danmarks Historien (in Danish). Aarhus University. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ^ Folketingsvalget den 10. januar 1984 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Danmarks Statistik. 1985. ISBN 8750106333.
  5. ^ Folketingsvalget den 8. September 1987 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Danmarks Statistik. 1989. ISBN 8750107291.
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