Sweden 1905: Workers’ Struggle and the Socialists Secured Peace with Norway
This article was first published in Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna’s and ISA’s weekly newspaper, Offensiv, in Sweden. “Down with the weapons!” With this slogan, the socialist youth movement in Sweden ran a mass campaign that secured peace with Norway in 1905. The socialist youth movement called for a general strike to prevent a war and that any […]
Using Mélenchon’s Candidacy to Stimulate the Struggle for Social Change
Five years of Macron’s presidency. Five years that seem to have been an eternity of anti-social attacks, police brutality, divide-and-rule tactics, and precarious jobs. When such a large section of society sees no prospect of a bright future, it paves the way for a new rise in far-right ideas. Five years also of waves of […]
6 Questions and 6 Socialist Answers
The Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine has already led to hundreds of deaths and forced hundreds of thousands to flee. The Swedish government, with the support of the right, responds by sending weapons and crawling even deeper into NATO’s embrace. What do socialists say? The weekend of February 26–27 saw several serious turning points in […]