The Socialistiska Partiet ( en, Socialist Party) was a

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, the Swedish section of the

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History

The 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 ( sv, Revolutionära Marxisters Förbund, RMF). One section of RM did not agree with the formation of RM and formed the

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(KAG). KAG would later reconcile with RMF, merging into it in 1972. 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

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. In 1994, a smaller group left the SP to form a Swedish section of what is now the

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. The party publishes the weekly paper ''

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''. 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.

External links

*http://www.socialistiskapartiet.se *http://www.internationalen.se 1971 establishments in Sweden Communist parties in Sweden Fourth International (post-reunification) Political parties established in 1971 Trotskyist organizations in Sweden Defunct political parties in Sweden {{Political parties in Sweden