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Jørgen Jensen (politician)
Jørgen Jensen (1920–1987) was a Danish trade unionist and politician who headed the Communist Party of Denmark (CPD) for ten years between 1977 and 1987. Early life and education Jensen was born in Copenhagen on 18 January 1920. His father was a worker. Jensen was trained as a car mechanic. Career Jensen began to involve in the trade union movement in 1940 and joined the CPD in 1945. During his participation in the CPD the party was still illegal. Jensen was among the leading figures of the All-Danish Committee for Peace between 1952 and 1962. He was elected as a member of the CPD's central committee in 1955 and was a member of its executive committee. He also led the trade unions committee of the CPD. He became the chairman of a division within the metalworkers’ trade union in the Lyngby district of Copenhagen in 1962 and he was elected chairman of the automotive repair workers' trade union in 1969. Jensen was elected to the Parliament on 9 January 1975 for the CPD represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Denmark
The Communist Party of Denmark (, DKP) is a communist party in Denmark. The DKP was founded on 9 November 1919 as the Left-Socialist Party of Denmark (, VSP), through a merger of the Socialist Youth League and Socialist Labour Party of Denmark, both of which had broken away from the Social Democrats in March 1918. The party adopted its present name in November 1920, when it joined the Comintern. The DKP was last represented in the Danish parliament () in 1979. In 1989, on the initiative of the Left Socialists (VS), the DKP and the Socialist Workers Party (SAP) jointly launched a new socialist political party named the Red-Green Alliance (). History Background and establishment Marie-Sophie Nielsen led the faction of Social Democrats that broke away in 1918 and founded the Socialist Labour Party of Denmark due to an accumulation of conflicts with the reformist leadership of the Social Democrats. In particular, they opposed cooperation with the Radical Liberal Party, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Socialists
The Left Socialists (, abbr. VS) were a Marxism, Marxist and Socialism, socialist political organisation in Denmark. From 1968 to 1998, it was a registered political party also known as the Left Socialist Party. It was formed from a split in the Socialist People's Party (Denmark), Socialist People's Party (SF). The party saw minor electoral success before joining the Red–Green Alliance (Denmark), Red–Green Alliance in 1989 to contest elections jointly with other socialist parties. Individual party activity diminished afterwards, culminating in the Left Socialists dissolving themselves in 2013. History The Left Socialists emerged from a split in the Socialist People's Party (Denmark), Socialist People's Party (SF), which itself was a splinter of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP). The SF was established in 1959 by members of the DKP who had been expelled from the party for criticising the Soviet Union's intervention in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The results of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |