The Copenhagen Post - July 20-26

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20-26 July 2012

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Make more kids, demographers urge as new statistics show the birthrate continues to decline

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Ramadan in July With the holy month of Ramadan starting in July this year, Muslims are preparing for long days of fasting and short nights of feasting

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Hop in ... the water’s fine

Nuclear nimby or common sense? Mayors urge parliament to ship atomic waste abroad, rather than bury it at home

After decades of being a deserted wasteland, the waterfront is alive with the sounds of recreation

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Revolution not far off, gov’t ally says PETER STANNERS Parliament’s most left-wing political party, Enhedslisten, have provoked a political storm over its prediction that the capitalist state will soon fall

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F THERE WERE to be an election today, at least 12 percent of Danes would vote for Enhedslisten, a political party that hopes to abolish the military and establish a classless society. Enhedslisten’s radical socialist ideology is hardly a secret, and in its party

manifesto it calls for the dismantling of the EU and a strengthening of trade unions. But yesterday’s announcement in Berlingske newspaper by one of its MPs, Per Clausen, that a revolution could happen in the next 20 years, has provoked warnings from its political opponents and allies alike. Speaking to Berlingske, Clausen argued that the current economic crisis would help bring about the revolution. “We can just look at what is happening in southern Europe right now. Things can also break down in Denmark through an economic collapse that will lead the population to realise that our

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politicians lack legitimacy. I don’t know anyone in Enhedslisten that does not believe in the revolution.” Enhedslisten’s revolution would end the current capitalist structure by nationalising banks, closing stock exchanges, moving control of businesses into the hands of workers while also abolishing private property and equalising salaries. Clausen said the revolution would be peaceful and happen through occupations and general strikes, though he conceded that some changes would take longer than others, particularly the equalisation of salaries.

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“This will take generations and I don’t think anyone could imagine that it will happen within 20 years,” Clausen told the press. “I am sure that even under socialism we will need an economy and salaries to encourage people to do unattractive work.” Enhedslisten is no longer the fringe party it used to be. It tripled its number of MPs in the last election and now has 12 seats in parliament, and the party offers vital support to the minority coalition government that was grateful for its votes in passing a range of policies,

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