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Finland – Tragic outcome of a revolution without a Bolshevik party

November 21, 2017Per Olsson

Per Olsson is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). The October socialist Revolution in Russia was met with enthusiasm from workers and the oppressed around the world. Not least in neighbouring Finland which was under Russian control since 1809. It was a large principality of the Tsarist Empire, an empire which the Bolsheviks […]

Members of CWI in Sweeden marching on Mayday 2013

Sweden: The reality of Swedish neo-liberalism

May 30, 2013Per Olsson

Per Olsson is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden). Sweden once had a reputation as some kind of ‘social-democratic model’ with far-reaching public services and social support. But that has been dismantled by two decades of attacks – what the Economist magazine calls a ‘silent revolution’ Sweden has weathered the crisis and the […]