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Sweden: Picket of Irish embassy in Stockholm
Liv Gustavsson Rhodin Rättvisepartiet Socialisternas councillor in Luleå in striped sweatshirt. Rättvisepartiet Socialisternas is the CWI in Sweden.
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Swedish Euro Referendum: Workers firmly reject bosses’ Europe
On 14 September, history was made in Sweden. Never in an election or a referendum in this country has the distrust against the establishment and big business been so clearly expressed as in the referendum […]
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Sweden: Statement on the Murder of Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh
Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna strongly condems the horrific murder of Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. No one can avoid feeling anger and dismay over this terrible act of violence. The deadly knife assault on 10 September was […]
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Sweden: Left Party turns to the right in Euro campaign
First Jonas Sjöstedt, European MP for the Left Party spoke in favour of Sweden leaving the Stability Pact and the need for budget deficits at certain moments. A week later he apologized. This panic from […]
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Sweden: European Central Bank decision confirms fear of deflation
"A smooth transition" to the euro for Sweden is predicted by the Financial Times of June 6, if the ‘yes’ vote wins in the referendum on 14 September. But the deepening crisis of the Eurozone […]
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Sweden: Council workers’ strike ends in “A sell-out without precedent”
"The new wage deal is a sell-out without precedent; our union president, Ylva Thörn, should resign!"
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Sweden: Council workers’ strike gathers momentum
"At last we are fighting back – this is a strike we’ve been waiting for!" That is the overwhelming feeling among the more than 50,000 workers on strike in Sweden from Monday, 12 May.
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Sweden: Council workers fight back against low pay
The council workers’ strike in Sweden has the support of 84 per cent of the population according to opinion polls. Low paid, mainly women workers in hospitals, schools and childcare are fighting for wage increases […]
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Sweden: Biggest demo so far in Gothenburg
"Say hey, say ho, say George Bush has got to go". In the biggest demonstration so far in Sweden, 5-6 000 marched against the US war against Iraq in Gothenburg on 18 January.
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Sweden: The truth about the secret police and its surveillance of the CWI
The so called ’Truth Commisson’ in Sweden investigating the state’s secret political registers has exposed the widespread use of secret police spying on communists, socialists and workers in struggle.