European Workers Party
European Workers' Party Europeiska arbetarpartiet | |
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Syncretic Far-right[citation needed] | |
International affiliation | LaRouche movement |
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The European Workers' Party (
History
The movement was established as the European Labour Committees (ELC) in 1974 by two American LaRouchians, William "Bill" Jones and Michael Vale. Bill Jones had lived in Sweden since 1968, as an apparent Vietnam war deserter. The movement started to build its organization around the young Swedish student Kerstin Tegin, later Tegin-Gaddy, and her American husband to-be Clifford G. Gaddy. However, the party never became much bigger than a handful of people. During this period, Sweden was one of the few countries that openly harboured and encouraged American GIs in Vietnam to defect, and it is often insinuated that EAP was set up in Sweden by the CIA to label the defectors as left-wing extremists.[1]
The EAP launched campaigns in the 1980s based on what was described by the Swedish government as "extreme hatred of [Swedish PM Olof] Palme".[2] A 2002 government report stated:
It became increasingly common in the media to characterize the EAP as "
anti-semitic jargon and conspiracy theories.[3]
After the
However, as a result of the hard pressure put on the EAP after the
The Paris office of the party received minor damage in a bomb blast in April 1986.[11]
Election history
The EAP had its best election in 1985 when they received 369 votes.
In the 1990s, the party kept a relatively low profile, but it has resurfaced in the early 21st century and ran for national parliament and the local assembly of
Party leaders
- Kerstin Tegin-Gaddy, 1976–1986
- Michael Ericson, 1986–2003
- Ulf Sandmark, 2003–2007
- Hussein Askary, 2007–present
References
- Dagens Nyheter, 10 November 1968, on ADC and Bill Jones in Sweden
- Dagens Nyheter, 24 October 1975, on EAP and Lyndon LaRouche
- Aftonbladet, 13 and 14 October 1975, on ELC, Kerstin Tegin and Ulf Sandmark
- Aftonbladet, 2 August 1976, on EAP and Kerstin Tegin
Notes
- ^ Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, 2 August 1976, on EAP and Kerstin Tegin
- ^ SOU 2002:87 Rikets säkerhet och den personliga integriteten Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Swedish Government Official Report, p. 239
- ^ Swedish Government Official Reports 2002:91
- ^ "Bombs hit LaRouche Paris office". Houston Chronicle. 7 April 1986. p. 6.
- ^ Lyndon La Rouche's Palme Theory Archived 23 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ John Train: Portrait of an 'Economic Hit Man'
- ^ Carlsson's Lies about Palme's Murder, by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (Nov. 10, 1995)
- ^ Granskningskommissionens betänkande i anledning av Brottsutredningen efter mordet på statsminister Olof Palme
- ^ The Catholic University of America – Modern Languages Department
- ^ Clifford G. Gaddy – Brookings Institution Archived 4 May 1999 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bombs hit LaRouche Paris office". Houston Chronicle. 7 April 1986. p. 6.
- ^ LaRoucherörelsen i Sverige Archived 10 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Allmänna val 17 september 2006
- ^ Allmänna val 17 september 2006