People's Front of Iceland explained
People's Front of Iceland (Icelandic: Alþýðufylkingin, PFI) is an anti-capitalist[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 both the European Union[9] and NATO, believing them to be "imperialist" organisations. The party founder, Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson (tl. Thorvaldur), is a self-declared communist.[10]
History
The People's Front of Iceland originated in Reykjavík. Party founder Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson organised poetry readings and other informal meetings which were attended by workers, radicalised 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.[11] In the 2013 election they chose to only run candidates in the Reykjavík North and Reykjavík South constituencies.[12] [13]
In the spring of 2014, they ran in the Reykjavik city council elections and got 219 votes but did not get a seat on the council.
In the autumn of 2016, they ran for Althing elections again, in five constituencies (out of six) and got 575 votes, or 0.3%.
Electoral results
| Alþingi |
| Election year | - of
overall votes
| % of
overall vote | - of
overall seats won
| ± |
|---|
| 2013 | 118 | 0.06 | | ±0 |
|---|
| 2016 | 575 | 0.30 | | ±0 |
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| 2017 | 375 | 0.20 | | ±0 | |
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External links
Notes and References
- http://www.ruv.is/frett/ny-stjornmalasamtok Ný stjórnmálasamtök
- Web site: People's Front participates in the election throughout the country . Icelandic. Mbl.is. 13 March 2013. 18 March 2013.
- Web site: Félagsvæðing fjármálastarfseminnar . 26 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406183905/http://althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/felagsving-fjarmalastarfseminnar.html . 6 April 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Alþýðufylkingin Program of the People's Front of Iceland (in English) . 25 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118105659/http://althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/p/program-of-peoples-front-of-iceland-in.html . 18 January 2015 . dead .
- http://smugan.is/2013/01/thorvaldur-stofnar-althydufylkinguna/ Þorvaldur stofnar Alþýðufylkinguna
- Web site: Ályktun framhaldstofnfundar Alþýðufylkingarinnar 16.2. 2013 um ESB . 26 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194242/http://www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/alyktun-um-evropusambandi.html . 4 March 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Ályktun framhaldsstofnfundar Alþýðufylkingarinnar 16.2. 2013 um friðarmál . 26 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160410220515/http://althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/alyktun-um-stri-og-fri.html . 10 April 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Almenn ályktun framhaldsstofnfundar Alþýðufylkingarinnar 16. febrúar 2013 . 26 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118124820/http://www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/almenn-stjornmalaalyktun.html . 18 January 2015 . dead .
- http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/01/29/althydufylkingin_saekir_um_listabokstaf/ Alþýðufylkingin sækir um listabókstaf
- Web site: Capitalist class shall not be allowed to exploit people . segist vera kommúnisti . Icelandic. Ruv.is. 13 March 2013. 18 March 2013.
- Web site: Five new list letters . Icelandic. Innanríkisráðuneytið (Ministry of Interior). 8 March 2013. 11 March 2013.
- Web site: All lists of candidates submitted. Icelandic. Ruv.is. 12 April 2013. 12 April 2013.
- Web site: People's Front of Iceland lists for the 27 April 2013 election. People's Front of Iceland central committee. 12 April 2013. 13 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160922155901/http://althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/04/listar-alyufylkingarinnar-fyrir.html. 22 September 2016. dead.
