Invisible Party
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| Osynliga partiet | |
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| Political ideology | Anti-capitalism |
| Colour(s) | Transparency |
| Website | www.osynligapartiet.se |
| See also the politics of Sweden series | |
The Invisible Party (Osynliga partiet) was a Swedish conceptual anti-capitalist "organization" that disbanded in 2006.
Although it called itself a party, it did not have official members, and instead had participants. It could not, and did not wish to, participate in elections. The professed goal of the group was to undermine the capitalist system. It was founded by different parts of the Swedish extra-parliamentary left, in particular the Swedish Anarcho-syndicalist Youth Federation.
A notable inspiration is the political theorist Rosa Luxemburg.
The Invisible Party disbanded after September 16, 2006, and the "central committee" of The group issued a press release declaring that they would not continue their activities:
This chapter of history that we have told over the last six months is now over. We chose to illustrate the possibilites of the invisible class spirit through a campaign where we showed different aspects of the struggle that goes on in the shadows. All actions performed during the campaign followed their own logics, hade their own purposes and their own meaning without the words that describes them. All we did was talk about that which was previously invisible, and now it will become invisible yet again.[1]
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[edit] Ideology
The Invisible Party can been seen as a shared concept, a symbol for a struggle against capitalism and the perceived exploitation of the workforce. Participation in the party has involved strikes, blockades, flyposting, sabotage, shoplifting, riots, and other radical tactics.
Anna-Lena Lodenius, a Swedish author on political extremism, has described the Invisible Party as follows:
They have the same view on themselves as Nazis. ... It's about groups who see themselves as some kind of elite, a moral elite who goes in front and changes the reality. Then all we others are going to understand that it was all for our best. They don't respect the democracy and the representative democratic system.[2]
The leftist website Motkraft described the views of the group as follows:
We have already made our choices! At workplaces, at school, and amongst unemployed the class struggle is ever present, invisible and faceless. These struggles are the Invisible Party. Every time you refuse to obey your boss, or cheat on an exam, or screw that job application-course, you’re not alone. You're part of the Invisible Party, the actual movement that undermines capitalism.[3]
[edit] Methods
After the Centre Party proposed a special youth contract for those under 26 (similar to France's First Employment Contract policy), the Invisible Party responded by vandalizing Centre Party offices throughout Sweden.[4]
The Invisible Party continued the vandalism throughout the 2006 Swedish general election campaign, hitting the offices of the Christian Democrats as well.[5]
As of 2006, the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) was gathering information about the Invisible Party and its supporters.[6]
[edit] See also
- Anarchism
- Anti-fascism
- Alter-globalization
- Anti-globalization
- Direct action
- Distributive justice
- Politics of Sweden
- The Global Economy
[edit] External links
- (Swedish) News about activity in the Invisible Party
- (Swedish) Newsblog about the Invisible Party
- (Swedish) Motkraft.net
- (Swedish) Resumé: "SVT bekostar ”Osynliga partiets” sajt"
- (Swedish) SvD: "Osynliga partiet bjöd på saft"
- The Local: "More Centre Party offices vandalised"
- The Local: "New attack on Centre Party offices"
