People's Front of Iceland

{{Infobox Icelandic political party

| name = People's Front

| native_name = Alþýðufylkingin

| logo = 250px

| colourcode = #E21A21

| founder =

| chairperson = Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson [http://www.ruv.is/frett/ny-stjornmalasamtok Ný stjórnmálasamtök]

| vice-chairperson = Vésteinn Valgarðsson

| slogan =

| founded = 13 January 2013 (announced)
18 Feb 2013 (founded){{cite web|url=http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/13/althydufylkingin_stefnir_a_frambod_um_allt_land/|title=People's Front participates in the election throughout the country |language=Icelandic|publisher=Mbl.is|date=13 March 2013|accessdate=18 March 2013}}

| headquarters = Leifsgata 22, 101 Reykjavík

| youth_wing =

| ideology = Anti-capitalism{{Cite web |url=http://www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/felagsving-fjarmalastarfseminnar.html |title=Félagsvæðing fjármálastarfseminnar |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406183905/http://althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/felagsving-fjarmalastarfseminnar.html |archive-date=6 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Environmentalism{{Cite web |url=http://althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/p/program-of-peoples-front-of-iceland-in.html |title=Alþýðufylkingin {{!}} Program of the People's Front of Iceland (in English) |access-date=25 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118105659/http://althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/p/program-of-peoples-front-of-iceland-in.html |archive-date=18 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}[http://smugan.is/2013/01/thorvaldur-stofnar-althydufylkinguna/ Þorvaldur stofnar Alþýðufylkinguna] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116120210/http://smugan.is/2013/01/thorvaldur-stofnar-althydufylkinguna/ |date=16 January 2013 }}
Hard Euroscepticism{{Cite web |url=http://www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/alyktun-um-evropusambandi.html |title=Ályktun framhaldstofnfundar Alþýðufylkingarinnar 16.2. 2013 um ESB |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194242/http://www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/alyktun-um-evropusambandi.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Pacifism{{Cite web |url=http://www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/alyktun-um-stri-og-fri.html |title=Ályktun framhaldsstofnfundar Alþýðufylkingarinnar 16.2. 2013 um friðarmál |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410220515/http://althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/alyktun-um-stri-og-fri.html |archive-date=10 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| national =

| international =

| european =

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| affiliation =

|symbol = R

| colours = Red

| seats = {{Composition bar|0|63|hex=#E21A21}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.althydufylkingin.is}}

| footnotes =

|position=Left-wing to far-left}}

People's Front of Iceland ({{langx|is|Alþýðufylkingin}}, PFI) is an anti-capitalist political party in Iceland founded on 18 February 2013, seeking to "... free the people from the yoke of market capitalism".{{Cite web |url=http://www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/almenn-stjornmalaalyktun.html |title=Almenn ályktun framhaldsstofnfundar Alþýðufylkingarinnar 16. febrúar 2013 |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118124820/http://www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/02/almenn-stjornmalaalyktun.html |archive-date=18 January 2015 |url-status=dead }} It is "unconditionally opposed" to Iceland's accession to both the European Union[http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/01/29/althydufylkingin_saekir_um_listabokstaf/ Alþýðufylkingin sækir um listabókstaf] and NATO, believing them to be "imperialist" organisations. The party founder, Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson (tl. Thorvaldur), is a self-declared communist.{{cite web|url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/audstettin-fai-ekki-ad-ardraena-folk|title=Capitalist class shall not be allowed to exploit people |quote=segist vera kommúnisti |language=Icelandic|publisher=Ruv.is|date=13 March 2013|accessdate=18 March 2013}}

History

{{Quote box|width=246px|bgcolor=#F5FAFF|align=left|quote=I must admit that I, personally, am somewhat responsible for the crisis. Long before it hit us, I knew as a socialist that capitalism was unsustainable and that it has a crisis built into it. This I knew, but I did not do all I possibly could have done to stage a revolution. This is my responsibility and it follows that I will not be co-dependent with capitalism, but will do my utmost to replace it with a society of equality and social justice.|source=Vésteinn Valgarðsson[http://issuu.com/rvkgrapevine/docs/reykjavik-grapevine-issue04/14 The Reykjavík Grapevine Election Guide 2013], The Reykjavík Grapevine, April 5, 2013 }}

The People's Front of Iceland originated in Reykjavík. Party founder Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson organised poetry readings and other informal meetings which were attended by workers, radicalised in the aftermath of the 2008 Icelandic financial crisis.

They successfully applied for the list letter R to contest the 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, marking their first foray into electoral politics, and subsequently submitted an official candidate list on 12 April 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kosning.is/althingiskosningar/frettir/nr/8071|title=Five new list letters |language=Icelandic|publisher=Innanríkisráðuneytið (Ministry of Interior)|date=8 March 2013|accessdate=11 March 2013}} In the 2013 election they chose to only run candidates in the Reykjavík North and Reykjavík South constituencies.{{cite web|url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/ollum-frambodslistum-skilad|title=All lists of candidates submitted|language=Icelandic|publisher=Ruv.is|date=12 April 2013|accessdate=12 April 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/04/listar-alyufylkingarinnar-fyrir.html|title=People's Front of Iceland lists for the 27 April 2013 election|publisher=People's Front of Iceland central committee|date=12 April 2013|accessdate=13 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922155901/http://althydufylkingin.blogspot.com/2013/04/listar-alyufylkingarinnar-fyrir.html|archive-date=22 September 2016|url-status=dead}}

In the spring of 2014, they ran in the Reykjavik city council elections and got 219 votes but did not get a seat on the council.

In the autumn of 2016, they ran for Althing elections again, in five constituencies (out of six) and got 575 votes, or 0.3%.

Electoral results

class=wikitable
colspan=6\|Alþingi
Election year ! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall seats won ! ±
2013 \| 118 \| 0.06 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|63\|hex=darkred}} \| ±0
2016 \| 575 \| 0.30 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|63\|hex=darkred}} \| ±0
2017 \| 375 \| 0.20 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|63\|hex=darkred}} \| ±0

class=wikitable

colspan=6|Alþingi

Election year

! # of
overall votes

! % of
overall vote

! # of
overall seats won

! ±

2013

| 118

| 0.06

| {{Composition bar|0|63|hex=darkred}}

| ±0

2016

| 575

| 0.30

| {{Composition bar|0|63|hex=darkred}}

| ±0

2017

| 375

| 0.20

| {{Composition bar|0|63|hex=darkred}}

| ±0

class=wikitable
colspan=6\|Reykjavík City Council
Election year ! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall seats won ! ±
2014 \| 219 \| 0.4 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|15\|hex=darkred}} \| ±0

class=wikitable

colspan=6|Reykjavík City Council

Election year

! # of
overall votes

! % of
overall vote

! # of
overall seats won

! ±

2014

| 219

| 0.4

| {{Composition bar|0|15|hex=darkred}}

| ±0