People's Front of Iceland

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People's Front
Alþýðufylkingin
Chairperson Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson [1]
Vice-chairperson Vésteinn Valgarðsson
Founded 13 January 2013 (announced)[1]
18 Feb 2013 (founded)[2]
Headquarters Hverfisgata 82, 101 Reykjavik
Ideology Anticapitalism,[3]
Environmentalism,[4][5]
Euroscepticism,[4][6]
Pacifism,[7]
Socialism[4]
Political position Far left
Colours Red
Seats in the Althing
0 / 63
Website
www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com
Politics of Iceland
Political parties
Elections

People's Front of Iceland (Icelandic: Alþýðufylkingin, PFI[4]) is an anticapitalist[3] political party in Iceland founded on 18 February 2013, seeking to "... free the people from the yoke of market capitalism."[8] It is "unconditionally opposed" to Iceland's accession to the European Union[9] or NATO, believing them to be "imperialist" organizations.[4] The party founder, Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson (tl. Thorvaldur), is a self-declared communist.[10]

History

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I must admit that I, personally, am somewhat responsible for the crisis. Long before it hit us, I knew as a socialist that capitalism was unsustainable and that it has a crisis built into it. This I knew, but I did not do all I possibly could have done to stage a revolution. This is my responsibility and it follows that I will not be co-dependent with capitalism, but will do my utmost to replace it with a society of equality and social justice.

Vésteinn Valgarðsson[11]

The People's Front of Iceland originated in Reykjavík. Party founder Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson organized poetry readings and other informal meetings which were attended by workers, radicalized in the aftermath of the 2008 Icelandic financial crisis.

They successfully applied for the list letter R to contest the 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, marking their first foray into electoral politics, and subsequently submitted an official candidate list on 12 April 2013.[12] In the 2013 election they chose to only run candidates in the Reykjavík North and Reykjavík South constituencies.[13][14]

In the spring of 2014, they ran in the Reykjavik city council elections and got 219 votes but did not get at seat on the council.

Electoral results

Alþingi
Election year # of
overall votes		  % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 ±
2013 118 0.06
0 / 63
±0
Reykjavík City Council
Election year # of
overall votes		  % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 ±
2014 219 0.4
0 / 15
±0

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ný stjórnmálasamtök
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Félagsvæðing fjármálastarfseminnar
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Alþýðufylkingin | Program of the People's Front of Iceland (in English)
  5. ↑ Þorvaldur stofnar Alþýðufylkinguna
  6. ↑ Ályktun framhaldstofnfundar Alþýðufylkingarinnar 16.2. 2013 um ESB
  7. ↑ Ályktun framhaldsstofnfundar Alþýðufylkingarinnar 16.2. 2013 um friðarmál
  8. ↑ Almenn ályktun framhaldsstofnfundar Alþýðufylkingarinnar 16. febrúar 2013
  9. ↑ Alþýðufylkingin sækir um listabókstaf
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ The Reykjavík Grapevine Election Guide 2013, The Reykjavík Grapevine, April 5, 2013
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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