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Contents 1 International relations 1.1 1920s to 1950s 1.2 1960s 2 notes

[edit] International relations

[edit] 1920s to 1950s

After the dissolution of the Communist International in 1943 the party began to develop international relations with foreign communist parties on a bilateral level. Initially those relations were generally limited to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, various other East European communist parties as well as the communist parties in the Nordic countries.

[edit] 1960s

In the 1960s, some change was noted. Developments in the international communist movements and in the Scandinavian left had repercussions inside the party. In Denmark and later in Norway, so-called Popular Socialist parties emerged. Those parties claimed to hold a middle-ground between the Social Democracy and the pro-Soviet communist parties. Rapidly the Danish Socialist People's Party outgrew the Communist Party of Denmark in terms of electoral performance. The rightist section of the party saw the Danish developments as inspiring. In southern Europe, Eurocommunism developed. The party majority was receptive of these changes, and the party built closer relations to the parties associated with that tendency. After the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968, which brought an end to the Prague Spring, the relations between VPK and the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia severed.

During the 1970s the relations of the party were expanded to a global level. The party participated in solidarity work for the liberation struggles launched in Africa, Latin America and Asia, and relations with the national liberation -including pro-Communist leaning- movements were developed. At the same time relations with foreign parties were strengthened through contacts with political refugees residing in Sweden.

In 1977 the pro-Soviet minority broke away and formed APK. APK challenged VPK in terms of being the Swedish referent of the World Communist Movement. In total 77 foreign delegations participated at the founding congress of APK, a clear signal that APK had a strong support from the pro-Soviet camp. VPK then embarked on an attempt to counter the influence of APK in the World Communist Movement. In this context VPK strengthened its relation to parties that shared the ambition to recontruct the World Communist Movement into a system of pluralistic relations between independent parties. On one hand this included all the Western Eurocommunist parties, but also parties like to Workers Party of Korea, Romanian Communist Party and the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Significantly, the party reopened relations with the Communist Party of China. On the other hand it broke all relations to the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan and the Polish United Workers Party.

During the Cold war, despite criticising some aspects of Communist bloc, (v) retained cordial relations with its allied parties world-wide, including the dictatorial parties of Soviet influence zone.

In 1990 the party decided to freeze all international relations, except for the relations with the Nordic left parties. Gradually the international activities of the party were reconstructed, and new bilateral relations developed.

[edit] notes

foreign delegates at the 60th anniversary celebrated in Stockholm May 14-15 1977:

1. Communist Party of Chile, Serjio Ramirez
2. Finnish People's Democratic League, Sten Holmberg
3. Communist Party of Finland, Aarne Saarinen, president
4. French Communist Party, Guy Poussy, CC
5. Italian Communist Party, Antonia Rubbi, CC
6. League of Communists of Yugoslavia, Ali Sukrija, PB, Ronald Strelec, Chedoni Svetkovie
7. Workers Party of Korea, Kim Byong Gi, charge d'affaires
8. Communist Party of Norway, Kolbjörn Harbu, trade union secretary
9. Socialist Left Party, Lars Jahnsen, party secretary
10. Palestine Liberation Organisation, Daoud Kaloti
11. Romanian Communist Party, Mihai Gere, PB, Mircea Lupescu, int. dept.
12. Communist Party of Spain, Leopoldo Alcaraz, CC
13. Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Helene Berg, CC, Erich Wetzl, int. dept.
14. Hungarian Socialist Workers Party, Miklos Ajtai, CC, Jossef Haidu, int. dept.

(Source: VPK-Information 3, 1977)

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The VPK congress 1978 took the following decisions on international issues "

• That support be proclaimed to the democratic forces in West Germany that fights against 'yrkesförbudet'.
• That an increased political and economical support be given to PFLO.
• That VPK stands by the resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations on zionism.
• That the work in favour of PLO be intensified and that be given a more prominent place in the anti-imperialist work of the party.
• That the solidarity work of the party with Latin America be developed."

International representation at the 1978 congress MPLA PCCh Communist Party of Denmark Communist Party of Finland SKDL PCF PCI SKJ WPK PCC NKP SV PUWP PCR PCE CPSU SED German Communist Party MSzMP CPV

ANC Argentina Committee Eritrean Liberation Front Fretilin Palestine Groups PLO Socialist Party of Uruguay Patriotic Front (Zimbabwe) (Source: VPK-Information 1, 1978)

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Uttalande Etiopien-Eritrea, VPK-Information 3, 1978 VPK om Kinas angreppskrig, VPK-Information 2, 1979