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Danish communist writer (born 1952)
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Torkil Lauesen (born 1952, Korsør) is a Danish communist writer. From 1971 to 1989, he was a member of the Kommunistisk Arbejdskreds [da] and later a co-founder of the Manifest-Kommunistisk Arbejdsgruppe [da] (referred to in the press as the Blekingegade Gang) in Copenhagen, supporting anti-imperialist struggle in the Third World, especially in Palestine, by legal and illegal means. In connection with his anti-imperialist work, he has traveled to Lebanon, Syria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Philippines, and Mexico. He is currently a member of the Internationalt Forum and is a board member of the Arghiri Emmanuel Association.

After the Blekingegade Gang's robbery of Købmagergade Post Office on 3 November 1988, Lauesen was arrested on 13 April 1989 and sentenced to ten years in prison on 2 May 1991. He served his prison sentence in Vridsløselille Prison until he was released on parole on 13 December 1995. While in prison, he began studying political science as a self-study master's student at the University of Copenhagen, obtaining his degree in June 1997.

Jesper Langebæk hired him to work as a district councilor in Copenhagen Municipality in 2000, where he worked for several years.

Publications

  • Lauesen, Torkil (1998). Fra forbedringshus til parkeringshus: magt og modmagt i Vridsløselille Statsfængsel. København: Hans Reitzels Forlag A/S. ISBN 9788741227900
  • Lauesen, Torkil (1991). Nord-Syd konflikten i 90'erne. København: Fangegruppen, Ungdomshuset.
  • Lauesen, Torkil (1994). Det globale oprør: folkemagt og basisdemokrati mod markedskræfter og statsmagt. København: Autonomt Forlag. ISBN 9788798502722
  • Lauesen, Torkil. (2016). Det globale perspektiv. København: Nemo. ISBN 9788792880086
  • Lauesen, Torkil (2018), trans. Kuhn, Gabriel. The Global Perspective: Reflections on Imperialism and Resistance. Montreal: Kersplebedeb Publishing. ISBN 9781894946933
  • Lauesen, Torkil (2020), trans. Kuhn, Gabriel. The Principal Contradiction. Montreal: Kersplebedeb Publishing. ISBN 9781989701034
  • Lauesen, Torkil (2021). Riding the Wave: Sweden's Integration into the Imperialist World System. Montreal: Kersplebedeb Publishing. ISBN 9781989701126
  • Lauesen, Torkil (2024). The Long Transition Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism. Iskra Books. ISBN 9798330404315

References

  1. "The Principal Contradiction". LeftWingBooks.net. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. "Medlem af Blekingegadebanden blev ansat uden stillingsopslag". Politiken (in Danish). 19 August 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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