Greenleft

GreenLeft
Party leader	Katinka Eikelenboom
Parliamentary leader	Jesse Klaver
Founded	24th of November 1990
Headquarters	Partijbureau GroenLinks Sint Jacobsstraat 12, Utrecht
Political ideology	Progressivism, Marxism, Environmental alarmism, Communism
Political position	Far-Left
International affiliation	European Green Party
Color(s)	GreenRed
Website	www.groenlinks.nl

The GreenLeft (in Dutch: GroenLinks; GL) is a Far-Left Progressive, Marxist, and Climate Change Alarmist political party in the Netherlands, founded on 24th of November 1990, by the merger of four far-left parties consisting of the Communist Party of the Netherlands, The Political Party of Radicals, Evangelical People's Party, and the Pacifist Socialist Party.

The GreenLeft describes itself as a left-wing environmentalist party but has repeatedly supported biomass energy as an alternative for coal, which most scientists say is harmful to the environment as it threatens biodiversity and climate resilience.

Ideology and political positions

Principle program

The GreenLeft principle program called "The party of the future" was accepted by the party's members in 2008 which was written by Bart Snels and Bram van Ojik,where they came to seventeen principles:

Green world:

1. Every world citizen is entitled to a proportional share of the scarce natural resources, (so) the position of the poorest must be improved and Western countries must significantly reduce their 'ecological footprint'.
2. Sustainable agriculture and energy production and environmentally-friendly mobility.
3. Animals and ecosystems have value in themselves, so we treat them with respect - which ultimately benefits us as well.
4. Education should give everyone the chance to develop his/her talents and ambitions.
5. Redistribution of paid work, so that everyone can work and care and learn. Greater appreciation of caring and low-skilled work. Fair distribution of income.
6. Every world citizen has the right to work, food, income, housing, health care, education, freedom. The power of financial corporations must be curtailed.
7. No discrimination, racism, or sexism.
8. Everyone should have the prospect of progress in their own country. If, however, one has to flee one's home, the GreenLeft wants to offer a warm, new home.
9. Striving together for an open, free, and supportive society.
10. As a party, GroenLinks is open, honest, and transparent towards voters and other organizations.
11. Democratic rule of law.
12. Transparent national politics.
13. The government is ultimately responsible for access to health care, housing, public transport, and utilities, but private initiatives in these areas are desirable and useful.
14. GreenLeft seeks cooperation with people and organizations.
15. Pursue world peace, promote human rights. No arms production in the Netherlands. The Netherlands supports international military interventions only together with the United Nations and as a starting point for reconciliation.
16. A global administrative cooperation of countries, for problems such as food, migration, ecology, preferably through the UN.
17. Europe will play a green, social, and democratic pioneering role in the world.

Scandals

Singh Varma - June - September 2001: In May 2001 she became discredited after she repeatedly announced her retirement from politics "for health reasons" and already in June 2001 the editors of the TROS television program "Opgelicht?!" suspected the falsity of her in no way substantiated claim that she was suffering from an incurable form of cancer. She was accused of the crime of swindling money.

In August 2001 she finally told the truth, in the sense that she stated that her health complaints were also caused by a post-traumatic depression as a result of unsubstantiated and unproven threats from so the so-called "far-right" corner -which the police doubted even happened. In 2002, Singh Varma publicly apologized. She denied having deliberately lied about her illness but stated that she had been living "in a delusional world" that made her think she was terminally ill.

Later she also stated that she was physically ill and that she had kept all promises. Party chairman Paul Rosenmöller confessed to feeling cheated and thinking that Varma was suffering from a mental illness.

Sam Pormes - Febuary 2002: Pormes was discredited at the end of the 1990s because, as director of the Assen addiction care organization Masiun, he would have caused financial chaos and would have been guilty of conflicts of interest and irregularities. He advised the foundation against payment through his own consulting firm. He allegedly wrongly received unemployment benefits in the 1990s. Pormes is alleged to have put himself on the foundation's payroll without the knowledge of the other board members and to have forged a signature on an employer's statement to that end.

The national board of GreenLeft initiated an investigation in 1998, but concluded that there was insufficient evidence for Masiun's accusations. Later the board of GreenLeft decided to kick Pormes out of the party anyway.

Wijnand Duyvendak - August 2008: In August 2008, Duyvendak became discredited with the announcement of his book Climate Activist in Politics. In the book and announcement, Duyvendak confessed to having been involved in a break-in at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1985, during which plans for new nuclear power plants were found and then published. On August 14, he decided to give up his position in the Lower House. He said goodbye to the House on September 2; the vacant seat was taken by Jolande Sap.

On 20 August he presented the book "Climate Activist in Politics" in the Amsterdam Public Library. Duyvendak's speech was interrupted when slogans related to his past were shouted from a balcony. Furthermore, pamphlets were dropped in the hall, bearing the name of a right-wing nationalist action group "Voorpost". After a short break Duyvendak resumed his speech.

Mariko Peters - 2011: The Dutch newspaper "the Volkskrant" suggested that Peters was involved in the abduction of three children of her partner from a previous marriage. Handelsblad reported that the incriminating material came from her partner's ex-wife, who for years approached various media outlets and was allegedly out for reputational damage. In HP/De Tijd, journalist Lise Witteman stated that GroenLinks had pressured her not to write anything about the affair and that the party was considering legal action.

Support for genocidal leaders

Paul Rosenmöller, idolized Mao, Stalin, and Pol Pot and openly supported the genocidal regimes. When questioned, Rosenmöller stated that the atrocities were just "right-wing" conspiracy theories that try to undermine the socialist future, even going as far as openly denying the two million Cambodian deaths by Pol Pots' hands. 'You can learn a lot from Mao. Also from what he wrote. What he put into practice in China - that's just an example, and still is, I think.' Rosenmöller said.

Antisemitism

On Febuary 16, the party announced it would support the far-left Islamofascist movement BDS which is short for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the state of Israel. BDS has called for the total destruction of the state of Israel and the jews that reside inside.

In 2020 GreenLeft parliament member and Islamofascist Bouchallikht caught flak for photos surfacing of her at an anti-Israel and anti-jews demonstration carrying signs with swastikas and calling the jews "nazis". She later apologized for it. Old tweets also resurfaced of her tweeting about antisemetic conspiracy theories on how "Jews control the world". Many parties asked the GreenLeft to kick her out of the party, but the GreenLeft leader "Jesse Klaver" refused to do so and called it a "far-right" attack because she's a Muslim.

External links

• GreenLeft