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Only conservative trade union leaderships stand between workers and a general strike in Finland

February 2, 2024 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Strike action is rocking Finland, with 300,000 workers across almost all major unions taking action between 31 January and 2 February. The cause of the strike, the first explicitly political broad strike wave since 2015, […]

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Finland: University occupations mark new phase in struggle against right wing government

September 28, 2023 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

A wave of student activism has swept over Finland as the Conservative-led government prepares to impose its first, austerity-led budget. Student groups have launched sit-in demonstrations at most universities and several technical colleges and upper […]

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Finland: Thousands demonstrate against scandal-ridden, far-right government

July 21, 2023 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Up to 6,000 people joined last Wednesday’s “Zero Tolerance for Racism” march in central Helsinki, demanding the fall of the National Conservative/Basic Finns-led far-right coalition, just one month after it the government was formed. The […]

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Curtain falls on Sanna Marin’s tenure as prime minister of Finland – A balance sheet of Social Democratic Party rule

April 4, 2023 CWI reporters in Finland

As the curtain falls on Sanna Marin’s tenure as prime minister of Finland, the need for a mass working-class socialist party in Finland to provide an alternative to capitalist stagnation and militarism has seldom been […]

Finland

Finland: Nurses rally against social democratic government’s “forced labor” law

September 23, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Finland’s nurses are outraged at government plans to take away their right to strike as a dispute over salaries continues. Early this month, nurses’ unions, Tehy and SuPer, announced plans to return to strike action […]

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‘Scandal’ over Finland’s prime minister dancing while cuts and militarism are on agenda

September 7, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Once again, Finland’s government receives worldwide attention for the thinnest of reasons. Prime Minister Sanna Marin is at the center of a “scandal” where, essentially, she is accused of having a good time at a […]

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Finland’s NATO membership: A price in blood and treasure

July 13, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Just a day after polls showed that Finland’s public, resigned to but unenthusiastic about NATO membership, overwhelmingly rejected any concessions to Turkey as the price of joining, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö announced an agreement making […]

Finland

Finland: Public sector strikes – still no deal

May 24, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Workers organized in Finnish unions OAJ and JHL, and several smaller unions, concluded a nationwide rolling strike action with a week-long strike that closed schools and disrupted municipal services across the country from 3 to […]

Finland

Finland: Fighting against increase in support for NATO

May 2, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a rapid spike in the Finnish public’s support for joining NATO. Finland’s right-wing political parties are using the opportunity to rush the country into the military pact; Finland’s […]

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Finland: Anti-fascists block neo-Nazis but met with police repression

December 7, 2021 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Thousands, including CWI members and supporters, braved freezing temperatures to join the annual Helsinki Ilman Natseja (“Helsinki Without Nazis”) demonstration on 6 December, with smaller events taking place across Finland. This year, the march organizers […]

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