[18][19] In December of the same year, Simons left the movement as she was disappointed by the lack of support she received from the party during a period of intense death threats.

The name referred to the first article of the Dutch constitution, which prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, gender or any other reason.

Other prominent candidates were anthropologist Gloria Wekker and former Socialist Party senator Anja Meulenbelt.

Sylvana Simons was again selected as lead candidate, while anti-racism activist Quinsy Gario was placed on the second spot.

[27][28] The party was supported by prominent lijstduwers, such as academic Gloria Wekker and actresses Anousha Nzume and Romana Vrede.

[33] After the November 2023 snap election was triggered following the collapse of the fourth Rutte cabinet, Simons announced on 24 July that she would not run for re-election and would stand down as lead candidate for the party citing health reasons.

[36] In November 2024, the party's two former Amsterdam councillors, Veldhuyzen and Nilab Ahmadi, announced the launch of a new left-wing political group, De Vonk (Dutch: The Spark).

[4][5][42] Rebekka Timmer, member of the commission for the party program and number three on the list for the 2021 elections,[43] however, shows an indifferent view in regards to the term communism, but admits to drawing inspiration from anti-capitalist thinkers, such as Karl Marx.

[44] Founder, Sylvana Simons opposes communism as it is envisioned by China and the Soviet Union, calling it state capitalism.

[46][47] According to Simons, the party wants a fairer representation of female, immigrant and LGBTQ people in the government and the workplace.

"[48] The program statement was met with condemnation from other political parties and the Central Jewish Consultation who called it "a direct insult to the relatives of the more than 100,000 murdered Jews in the Netherlands, most of them from Amsterdam.