"Will the transport board scandal become Sweden's Riksdag house fire - i.e. when a small event in the context was taken as revenue to give the country a new regime supported by racists? Yes we'll see." (Written by a friend.) Then why is the transport board incident small? Yes, because the Alliance started this privatization before the change of government in 2014.
Month: July 2017
Sustainable working methods provide good working conditions
The above may seem like a tautology. For decades, workplaces have had less resources for staff and greater demands on work effort per employee. Then many may be attracted by the fact that a certain workplace or professional category has good working conditions. Then they find themselves there and work hard or harder to push their way into the old group....
Shopping in city centers is good for everyone and for the environment
The trade of goods and services in the centers of the cities is environmentally friendly. Fewer long fossil-fuel trips to shopping centers outside the city are required. Then it's nice to have a lively center and crime decreases as there is healthy life and movement in the center. Even the MP in Gothenburg appreciates that there is commerce in the center now. But then should…
Killjoys – cynical sci-fi TV series from Canada about class struggle
Killjoys (2015-) is a Canadian raunchy and action-packed sci-fi TV series about some bounty hunters trying to be fair or just screw it up in an ecologically and socioeconomically collapsing solar system, The Quad. The Quad is characterized by class struggle. The company, a large mega-monopoly dominated by 9 ownership dynasties, pulls all the strings in the solar system. Incredibly engaging and easy to digest…
The root of good - the perfect red-green-pink summer romance
Pekka, a Finnish, 45-year-old, recently divorced copywriter, is depressed after the divorce. He misses his father who disappeared when Pekka was a few years old. Pekka manages many things in life more than well, but is somewhat careless with his teeth. He goes to the dentist and meets there a dentist who looks insanely similar to Pekka...
There is a lot of free, cheap and other things to be grateful for in Sweden
Yes, the red-greens have not made major changes since the Alliance ruled. Mainly because not more people voted for the red-greens. But the changes the red-green made, such as increased unemployment insurance, dropped deadlock in health insurance, increased public investments especially in housing construction and welfare billions to the municipalities have meant that we have had a boom again and that more...
The Center Party wants to reduce job security
Annie Lööf said at this year's edition of Almedalen that the turn order rules in LAS should not cover companies with fewer than 50 employees. It will become less important how long someone has worked. More important than experience is competence. Annie Lööf thinks. The party leader who once had Ayn Rand as his political role model.
JEFTA — an undemocratic trade agreement
JEFTA is a new trade agreement between the EU and Japan. Like TTIP, private arbitration courts are included where companies can sue states for policy decisions that could threaten their profits. If a company is unhappy with a policy decision, they can simply go to court. Without there being any public transparency.