SOS Rasisme

SOS Rasisme is a Norwegian interest-organization focusing on racism in the society. It was founded in 1985, inspired by the French SOS Racisme. The first years the organization was a part of Antirastisk center, another anti-racist organization, but in the early 1990s it became independent. SOS Rasisme was co-founded by the current Norwegian Minister of Finances Kristin Halvorsen.It is Europes largest anti-racist memberorganizations, with more than 40 000 members.It is a democratic organization, with new leadership elected every two years. Current leader is Trond Thorbjørnsen, recently reelected at the organizations 11.th National Assembly. SOS Rasisme has more than 140 local groups all over Norway, with a wide range of work being done in the fight against racism and nazism.

Criticism of the SOS Rasisme

On January 15 2006, the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv claimed that SOS Rasisme was dominated and influenced by people on the far left in Norwegian politics, and questioned whether the large number of members was actually correct or a falsification. SOS Rasisme denies all claims that their membership numbers are false, [http://www.sos-rasisme.no/tekst.php?teksti=241] and calling Dagens Næringsliv a racist newspaper.

References

External links

* [http://www.sos-rasisme.no/ SOS Rasisme official web site] (in Norwegian)