Norwegian communists condemn plans to invest public wealth in nuclear weapons

The Communist Party of Norway (NKP) has strongly condemned a proposal to allow the country's sovereign wealth fund, commonly known as the Oil Fund, to invest in companies producing nuclear weapons. In a statement issued by its International Committee, the party warned against turning public wealth into a source of profits for the nuclear arms industry.

The proposal, submitted by a government-appointed committee headed by former central bank governor Svein Gjedrem, would introduce exemptions allowing investments in nuclear weapons manufacturers based in NATO countries officially recognized as nuclear powers.

 

Norway's Communist Party (NKP) faces obstacles on the road to parliamentary elections

The parliamentary election in Norway is scheduled to be held on 13 September 2021. The two major bourgeois parties that will contest for the majority of the 169 seats in the Storting, the country's parliament, are the governing Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) and the opposition Conservative Party. 

Among the political forces that aim to participate in the election is the Communist Party of Norway (NKP), a party of marxist-leninist ideological characteristics which is a member of the European Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties and a participant in the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP). 

Norway: Anti-NATO demonstration to take place in Trondheim on October 20th

In autumn 2018, Norway will be the host country for NATO's largest military exercise, known as Trident Juncture. 

With 40,000 troops from 30 nations, 140 combat aircraft, 70 ships and 10 000 military vehicles, they will train for war in central Norway - under the command of people who, without shame, bomb remote populations.