Socialist Party (Sweden)

For former Swedish parties named Socialist Party, see Socialist Party (Sweden) (disambiguation).

Socialist Party
Founded	1971
Ideology	Trotskyism Marxism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
European affiliation	European Anti-Capitalist Left
International affiliation	Fourth International
Website
www.socialistiskapartiet.se
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The Socialist Party (Swedish: Socialistiska Partiet), now called Socialist Politics (Swedish: Socialistiska Politik) is a Swedish Trotskyist organization and former political party. It the Swedish section of the Fourth International.

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 (Swedish: Revolutionära Marxisters Förbund, RMF). One section of RM did not agree with the formation of RM and formed the Communist Working Groups (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 Pathfinder tendency. In 1994, a smaller group left the SP to form a Swedish section of what is now the League for the Fifth International, Workers' Power.

The party publishes the weekly paper Internationalen. 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.

During the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack the organization expressed solidarity with President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

External links

• Official website
• Internationalen