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Don’t use Denmark to justify a return to schools
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Don’t use Denmark to justify a return to schools

The Tories claim Denmark shows it’s safe to reopen schools. Paul McGarr looks behind their spin
22 May 2020
Workers gear up for massive pay fight in Denmark
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Workers gear up for massive pay fight in Denmark

Around 10,000 shop stewards met last week in Denmark as a major confrontation looms.
27 March 2018
Communists and cops—the radical roots of Henning Mankell’s noir
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Communists and cops—the radical roots of Henning Mankell’s noir

The late Henning Mankell’s Wallander stories built on social realism—but the genre’s roots lie in a Marxist critique of Sweden, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans
13 October 2015
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Palestinian hunger striker released; protest el-Sisi's visit; Ryanair strike in Denmark; Hungary's anti-migrant fence
14 July 2015
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Socialist Review Archive

Denmark: crisis for the right despite strong Euro vote

The big winner of the EU elections in Denmark was the right populist Danish People’s Party. With 26.6 percent of the votes it became the biggest party and doubled its MEPs from two to four. Surprisingly, the two centre-left government parties lost only a few votes and won 25.6 percent. Even more surprisingly, the left...
04 June 2014
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International

Far left triples vote in Danish council elections

Local council election results in Denmark showed a surge in support for the far left Unity List (EL). Also known as the Red-Green Alliance, EL includes members of the Socialist Worker Party’s sister organisation the International Socialists.
03 December 2013
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Socialist Review Archive

A warning from Denmark

What would a Labour goverment under Ed Miliband be like? One indication comes from Denmark. As Jørn Andersen explains, the Social Democrat-led government was elected in 2011 amid hopes for a real change. But instead the new government has launched a series of attacks on workers
01 June 2013
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Danish government uses law to end all-out teachers’ strike

The Labour-led governing coalition in Denmark last week used legal powers to end a four-week all out strike by the country’s teachers.
30 April 2013
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International

A bosses’ lockout fails to curb teachers’ resistance in Denmark

Over 40,000 teachers converged on the Danish capital Copenhagen on Thursday of last week in a magnificent demonstration of defiance against a savage employers’ offensive.
16 April 2013
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Childcare: Dutch and Danish offer different models

How does childcare in Britain compare to that in the rest of Europe? The Tories claim to be following the example of the Netherlands, which uses a network of "host agencies" to run its childcare system.
29 May 2012
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International

Anti-racists see off Nazis in Aarhus, Denmark

Many of Europe’s key Nazis and Islamophobes gathered in Aarhus, Denmark, on Saturday of last week.
03 April 2012
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International

Danes take left turn against cuts

The centre-left "red bloc" narrowly won Denmark’s election last week—throwing out a decade-long Liberal government propped up by the far right Danish People’s Party.
20 September 2011
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Reviews & Culture

The Killing

US remake of the cult Danish police investigation series.
28 June 2011
The Killing is riveting and essential viewing
Reviews & Culture

The Killing is riveting and essential viewing

Those of us who were consumed by the first series of Danish television thriller The Killing will have to wait until the autumn for series two.
19 April 2011
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Reviews & Culture

Armadillo, directed by Janus Metz Pedersen

This Danish documentary is about the Armadillo "forward operating base" in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, shared by Danish and British troops.
12 April 2011
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Nordic unions prepare action in support of BA strikers

Trade unions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden are giving legal notice that they will take action in support of British Airways cabin crew. The five unions – Sweden’s SEKO and Swedish Transport Workers’ Union, Denmark’s 3F and Norway’s Parat and Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union – have acted in response to a call for lawful solidarity action made by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
01 April 2010
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Climate protests defy the police in Copenhagen

The demonstration "Reclaim Power" in Copenhagen on Wednesday of this week attracted several thousand Danish and international protesters.
17 December 2009
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‘Flood’ of protest hits Copenhagen

More than 100,000 protesters gathered in the Danish capital of Copenhagen last Saturday to demand that world leaders take serious action on climate change.
15 December 2009
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Features

Take climate fight to Copenhagen

Jørn Andersen is from the Climate Movement in Denmark – known as Klimabevægelsen. He is also part of the coordination group of the 12 December Initiative – a broad coalition of organisations preparing for the demonstration at the United Nations (UN) climate summit in Copenhagen on 12 December.
13 October 2009
Housing regeneration: a ‘des res’ mess
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Housing regeneration: a ‘des res’ mess

There is another, less famous May 1968 anniversary this month – the partial collapse of the Ronan Point tower block in Newham, east London. Twenty two storeys high, this block was based on a Danish system that was only designed to go up to six storeys.
20 May 2008
Reports round-up
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Reports round-up

King’s College Hospital rally Union members held a rally last week in support of Unite union representative Tony Anthrobus, whose job is threatened by a reorganisation at King’s College Hospital in south London where Tony has worked for over 40 years. A demonstration has been called on Wednesday 15 August, assembling 12.30pm, Ruskin Way entrance, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill 
08 August 2007
A State of Denmark | The Star | Media Burn
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A State of Denmark | The Star | Media Burn

A State of Denmarkby Derek Raymond£7.99 Serpent’s Tailpublished 18 January Cult crime novelist Derek Raymond wrote this dystopian novel in the mid 1960s. It concerns a future England where an openly fascist regime has taken power, led by Jobling, a former Labour politician.
13 January 2007
Danish welfare demonstration
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Danish welfare demonstration

Some 110,000 Danish workers and students demonstrated in cities and towns on Wednesday of last week to protest against government attacks on welfare.
23 May 2006
Cartoon protests: uniting against Islamophobia
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Cartoon protests: uniting against Islamophobia

The anger following the publication of racist depictions of the prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper, and their republication across Europe, has continued to find expression in meetings and protests.
25 February 2006