Young Communist League of Sweden (1977)
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Young Communist League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Ungdomsförbund) was a political youth organization in Sweden
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When Arbetarpartiet Kommunisterna (Workers Party - the Communists) broke out of VPK in 1977, they founded a youth league with the name SKU. The Flamman-group in KU
(Communist Youth, youth of VPK) had been expelled during 1975-1976. Later a large section of the Gävle
borg district of KU affiliated itself to SKU.
SKU published a magazine called Gryningen (The Dawn).
In the late 1980s SKU started to become associated with an oppositional stream within APK. In 1990 SKU broke relations the APK. Thereafter it had a short-lived period as an independent youth organization. On May Day
1990 in Stockholm
SKU marched together with KU and Ungsocialisterna (youth of Socialist Party
) under the banner of "Youth against Capitalism and Stalinism".
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
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When Arbetarpartiet Kommunisterna (Workers Party - the Communists) broke out of VPK in 1977, they founded a youth league with the name SKU. The Flamman-group in KU
Young Left (Sweden)
Young Left is the youth organization of the Swedish Left Party.-Ideology:It is an organization that organizes the youth of today to fight for socialist and feminist social change. Young Left is a youth organization developed out of the labour movement, with influences from environmentalism, the...
(Communist Youth, youth of VPK) had been expelled during 1975-1976. Later a large section of the Gävle
Gävle
Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 71,033 inhabitants in 12/31 2010. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland , having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria.-History:It is believed that the name Gävle...
borg district of KU affiliated itself to SKU.
SKU published a magazine called Gryningen (The Dawn).
In the late 1980s SKU started to become associated with an oppositional stream within APK. In 1990 SKU broke relations the APK. Thereafter it had a short-lived period as an independent youth organization. On May Day
May Day
May Day on May 1 is an ancient northern hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday; it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures....
1990 in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
SKU marched together with KU and Ungsocialisterna (youth of Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Sweden)
The Socialistiska Partiet is a Swedish political party, the Swedish section of the Fourth International. The party was formed at a congress in 1971, through the merger of the Revolutionary Marxists and the Bolshevik Group . Initially it was called League of Revolutionary Marxists...
) under the banner of "Youth against Capitalism and Stalinism".