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''Politisk Revy'' (
Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
: ''Political Review'') was a Danish bi-weekly political magazine with
new left The New Left was a broad political movement mainly in the 1960s and 1970s consisting of activists in the Western world who campaigned for a broad range of social issues such as civil and political rights, environmentalism, feminism, gay rights, g ...
tendency which existed between 1963 and 1987. The magazine was named after the 1920s critical magazine, ''Critical Revue''.


History

''Politisk Revy'', a bi-weekly magazine, was founded in 1963 by Andreas Jorgensen, a
left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
politician. The other founders were Socialist People's Party members and journalists who had worked for defunct ''
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'' magazine. ''Politisk Revy'' was based in
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and was published by København. The early the editors of the magazine included Andreas Jorgensen, Johan Fjord Jensen, Ulf Christiansen and Sven Skovmand who left the magazine after 1966. Ebbe Kløvedal Reich and Ole Grünbaum were two of its columnists following this period. The former also served as editor of the bi-weekly for one year at the end of the 1960s.
Karen Jespersen Karen Moustgaard Jespersen (born 17 January 1947 in Copenhagen) is a Danish journalist and former politician representing the party Venstre. Early life Born in Copenhagen, she's the daughter of labourer Knud Jespersen and delicatessen owner Anna J ...
, former
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, served as the editor of ''Politisk Revy'' from 1974 to 1977. Bente Hansen is another former editor-in-chief of the magazine. ''Politisk Revy'' reached its peak circulation in the 1970s with 5,000 copies. During this period the magazine was one of the alternative media together with ''
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'', a newspaper, in Denmark. The magazine was closed in March 1987 due to low levels of circulation and shaky finances. In 1969 the magazine also began to publish books of which number was 507 until its disestablishment.


Political leaning and censorship

''Politisk Ravy'' was not affiliated to any political party or organization. However, in the late 1960s and in the 1970s the magazine functioned as a forum for the new left in Denmark. In addition, people adopted the views of the new left in the country were organized around the magazine. The magazine provided a very theoretical approach towards the leftist ideas. From 1966 the magazine began to publish articles about the role of
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as a driving force in
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revolutionary activities. Ebbe Kløvedal Reich's editorials in the magazine were mostly about the criticism of the
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. In 1969, the Danish police seized the magazine's forthcoming issue for allegedly containing secret military information. The magazine published an editorial in Autumn 1970, arguing that
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should have a socialist government.


See also

* List of magazines in Denmark


References

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