- Source: Torkil Lauesen
Torkil Lauesen (born 1952, Korsør) is a Danish communist writer. From 1971 to 1989, he was a member of the Kommunistisk Arbejdskreds and later a co-founder of the Manifest-Kommunistisk Arbejdsgruppe (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 November 3, 1988, Lauesen was arrested on April 13, 1989 and sentenced to ten years in prison on May 2, 1991. He served his prison sentence in Vridsløselille Prison until he was released on parole on December 13, 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.
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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
