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Jun 08, 2024

Marxist Norwegian MP stole sunglasses from airport shop

In the mid-19th century the French socialist and anarchist philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon declared that property was theft. Nearly two centuries later the leader of Norway’s rising Marxist party

In the mid-19th century the French socialist and anarchist philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon declared that property was theft.

Nearly two centuries later the leader of Norway’s rising Marxist party seems to have taken this maxim to heart, expropriating a pair of sunglasses from the duty-free section at Oslo airport.

Bjornar Moxnes, 41, leader of the Red party, was fined 3,000 Norwegian krone (£220) for shoplifting after his protestations that he thought the sunglasses belonged to him fell on deaf ears. He later apologised.

Under Moxnes, the Red party, which was founded 16 years ago out of the remains of the Norwegian communist and revolutionary socialist movements, has more than quadrupled its votes and moved from the fringes of politics into parliament.

Despite having a Trotskyite wing