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The Unity List remains Copenhagen's largest party

Jonathan Simmel — 2025-11-26T07:47:09Z

Local and regional elections have been held in Denmark, and the Unity List [known internationally as the Red Green Alliance] has once again become Copenhagen's largest party. The Social Democrats lost the mayoralty to the Socialist People's Party and lost ground in 86 of 98 municipalities. The results clearly reflect the national political scene, where the Social Democrats chose to form a majority government with two bourgeois parties in 2022.

- IVP610 - November 2025 / Denmark

International youth camp

Jonathan Simmel, Marta Autore — 2024-05-07T14:47:00Z

In a context where the winds of war blow more strongly every day and the capitalist societies are starting a huge wave of remilitarization, where the war economy already has started, with big inflation rates and cuts to welfare state, health and education systems, it is of crucial importance for the anticapitalist youth to find moments to meet and coordinate.
It was 1984 when the revolutionary youth camp in solidarity with the Fourth International took place for the first time in Europe. (…)

- IV592 - May 2024 / Youth camp, Fourth International

Heading for a general strike in Denmark?

Jonathan Simmel — 2023-01-30T11:56:03Z

“It is an exciting time in Denmark and it could open up whole new possibilities for a left that has had difficulty finding itself and mobilizing in the last few years.”

- IV576 - January 2023 / Denmark, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Thirty-three years of youth camps

Jonathan Simmel — 2017-10-26T09:40:04Z

During this year's camp we talked with Thomas about the basis for the camp, the historical development and where the camp is now. Of course we had time to take a trip down Memory Lane, for Thomas to share some of his experiences from the camps with us.

- IV513 - October 2017 / Youth camp, Denmark, Fourth International