Left Socialists
Left Socialists (Danish: Venstresocialisterne) was a political party in Denmark. The party worked on what it called an "undogmatic revolutionary and Marxist basis". It was formed in 1967 as a split from the Socialist People's Party (SF).
Left Socialists Venstresocialisterne | |
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| Abbreviation | VS |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Dissolved | 8 September 2013 |
| Split from | Socialist People's Party |
| Succeeded by | Red-Green Alliance |
| Headquarters | Griffenfeldsgade 41 2200 Copenhagen N |
| Newspaper | Solidarity |
| Youth wing | Socialistisk Ungdoms Forum (1967–1971) Venstresocialisternes Ungdom (1984–1992) |
| Ideology | Socialism Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
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In 1989 the Left Socialists founded the Red-Green Alliance with the Communist Party of Denmark and Socialist Workers Party to contest in elections. At its congress in 1998 the Left Socialists transformed itself from a party to an association. Since then, VS concentrated most of its work towards building of the Red-Green Alliance. It continued to publish Solidaritet (Solidarity) and maintained a website, but except for that it had little activity of its own. Solidarity later became an independent publisher.
On 8 September 2013, the Left Socialists disbanded, explaining they did not want to be a "party within the party".
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