Red Party (Norway)
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Red Party
Rødt |
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| Leader | Bjørnar Moxnes |
| Founded | 11 March 2007 (9 years ago) |
| Merger of | Red Electoral Alliance and Workers' Communist Party |
| Headquarters |
Dronningens Gate 22 Oslo |
| Youth wing | Red Youth |
| Ideology |
Revolutionary socialism Marxism Socialism of the 21st Century Communism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Red |
| Storting |
0 / 169
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| County Councils |
10 / 728
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| Municipal Councils |
80 / 10,781
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| Website | |
| roedt.no | |
The Red Party (Bokmål: Rødt, Nynorsk: Raudt, Northern Sami: Ruoksat) is a Norwegian far-leftpolitical party and the leading party to the left of the Socialist Left Party in Norway. The party was founded in March 2007 by a merger of the Workers' Communist Party and the Red Electoral Alliance. Bjørnar Moxnes is the Red Party's current leader.
Red maintains communism as its ultimate goal in its own official political program. The label is a result of many of the party's leading members promoting communist values, either currently or previously; notable examples are Erling Folkvord and former party leader, Torstein Dahle. The party's main principles are based on replacing capitalism with a socialist society, including a strong public sector and nationalization of large businesses, while its core ideology espouses the revolutionary socialist aims for "the workers" to "take the power", and the creation of new legislatures. The party however makes clear that it does not support the "armed revolution" formerly espoused by its predecessors.
Red has slowly gained popularity, both on national and local levels, since the heyday of the Red Electoral Alliance. Red has 10 county council representatives nationwide and 80 municipal representatives. In the 2013 parliamentary election, it was the largest party which failed to win a seat.
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