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Serve the People – Communist League Tjen Folket – Kommunistisk Forbund | |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Split from | Workers' Communist Party |
| Youth wing | Revolutionary Communist Youth |
| Political orientation |
Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Anti-revisionism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation |
ICOR International Communist League (since 2022) |
| Website | |
| tjen-folket.no | |
Tjen Folket, officially known in English as Serve the People – Communist League[a], is a communist organization in Norway which adheres to Marxism–Leninism–Maoism. It was formed in 1998 by expelled members of the Workers' Communist Party. It aims to establish a new communist party in Norway based on and guided by Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. Its youth wing is the Revolutionary Communist Youth, which was created after a split from Red Youth, the youth wing of the revisionist Red Party.[1]
The organization upholds people's war as the only means by which socialism and communism can be established. It is open to the use of violence as a means to protect the proletariat against reprisals from the bourgeoisie. It regards Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong and Abimael Guzmán as the six leading communists who developed Marxism–Leninism–Maoism.
History
Serve the People – A Marxist–Leninist Group was established in 1998 as a splinter group from AKP. Tjen Folket claim that the cause of the split was rightism within AKP's leadership.
Several members of AKP and its youth organization, Revolutionary Communist Youth (RKU) were consequentially expelled from AKP, Red Electoral Alliance (RV), Red, and/or Red Youth.
Henrik Ormåsen, the spokesperson for Tjen Folket, was expelled from AKP and Red Youth in 1997 and from Red in 2008 when he said that Joseph Stalin was a great theoretician. According to Red leader Torstein Dahle, Ormåsen has "harmed the party and brought into question what the party stood for."
Tjen Folket launched an ideological campaign with the task of starting a new communist party after the collapse of AKP and changed its subtitle from "A Marxist-Leninist Group" to "Communist League" in 2009.
Ideology
Tjen Folket bases its political theory on Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and states that contemporary Marxism has been developed through three stages. The original stage of Marxism was developed by Marx and Engels in the 19th century. The second stage is Leninism as developed by Lenin and Stalin. The third stage is Maoism, "the most advanced form of revolutionary theory today", according to the organization's program.
According to Tjen Folket, Marxism distinguishes itself from other forms of socialism (e.g. utopian socialism) by building on scientific theories regarding the development of human society, and the idea that through praxis, humans can influence this societal development:
Marxism is our science to make the world a better place. We need Marxism to understand how capitalism works and how to abolish it.
Youth wing
The Revolutionary Communist Youth[b] is the youth wing of the party. It was formed from a split within Red Youth, the youth affiliate of Red.[2]
References
- ↑ "Red Flag: NKP 100 Years – reconstitute the Communist Party of Norway" (October 26, 2023). Tjen Folket.
- ↑ Selnak, Stine Stubrud (2 January 2009). "Opprørsk Ungdom" [Rebellious Youth]. Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). pp. 28–29.