Karl Marx's Camel
1st September 2005, 20:47
The leftist parties have started to take some very small babysteps.
During our "school elections" (not really elections, but a fake bourgeois election) we were visisted by a number of parties. The Norwegian Communist Party, who was not invited, entered the school building. He did not get as many minutes as the other parties to exlplain their views, but it ended with an almost standing applause, longer than any of the other parties. During the "school election", around 10 percent voted for the Norwegian Communist Party, and 5 percent for the Red Electoral Alliance (although not counted, because the person came too late to vote, and the teachers seemed reluctant to add it despite the opportunity.
Norway has soldiers in Iraq. Yet, the Red Electoral Alliance has started gathering money for the resistance (insurgency) in Iraq. Communist groups and bands have started up websites supported the killing of Bush, creating a lot of controversy, claiming they would award the person who would shoot Bush, with a not insignificant sum of money. They are shut down now, but anyways.
The "elections" are near, and the most recent news is that the Red Electoral Alliance has started protesting private traffic, placing (in lack of a better word) grassfields on parking lots. They later commented that they had payed the parking fee, and after 7 pm it's free anyways. Working class people found it even interesting and funny, and they settled down with their children and enjoyed some ice cream.
I do not think the last act itself is very important per se, but it is defiance for authorities.
These are just little stunts, but Communists have started acting more visibly, the Red Electoral Alliance is more popular among teachers than the (generally very popular) rightwing extremist Progress Party. The USSR, which is normally hated in this country (perhaps especially because Norway borders Russia), a lot of people (hopefully communists) are started wearing CCCP shirts. Just until recently, the Red Electoral Alliance had been blocked from one of the main channels in Norway. Now they have opened up. They cannot longer block a party having nationwide coverage.
They are small steps. But things are slowly pointing towards the right direction. I am starting to see a brighter future.
http://www.vg.no/bilder/edrum/1123679501251_503.jpg
During our "school elections" (not really elections, but a fake bourgeois election) we were visisted by a number of parties. The Norwegian Communist Party, who was not invited, entered the school building. He did not get as many minutes as the other parties to exlplain their views, but it ended with an almost standing applause, longer than any of the other parties. During the "school election", around 10 percent voted for the Norwegian Communist Party, and 5 percent for the Red Electoral Alliance (although not counted, because the person came too late to vote, and the teachers seemed reluctant to add it despite the opportunity.
Norway has soldiers in Iraq. Yet, the Red Electoral Alliance has started gathering money for the resistance (insurgency) in Iraq. Communist groups and bands have started up websites supported the killing of Bush, creating a lot of controversy, claiming they would award the person who would shoot Bush, with a not insignificant sum of money. They are shut down now, but anyways.
The "elections" are near, and the most recent news is that the Red Electoral Alliance has started protesting private traffic, placing (in lack of a better word) grassfields on parking lots. They later commented that they had payed the parking fee, and after 7 pm it's free anyways. Working class people found it even interesting and funny, and they settled down with their children and enjoyed some ice cream.
I do not think the last act itself is very important per se, but it is defiance for authorities.
These are just little stunts, but Communists have started acting more visibly, the Red Electoral Alliance is more popular among teachers than the (generally very popular) rightwing extremist Progress Party. The USSR, which is normally hated in this country (perhaps especially because Norway borders Russia), a lot of people (hopefully communists) are started wearing CCCP shirts. Just until recently, the Red Electoral Alliance had been blocked from one of the main channels in Norway. Now they have opened up. They cannot longer block a party having nationwide coverage.
They are small steps. But things are slowly pointing towards the right direction. I am starting to see a brighter future.
http://www.vg.no/bilder/edrum/1123679501251_503.jpg