When order and order seem to apply most to others Scenes from Ulf Kristersson's political career The Moderates often talk about order, order and responsibility. Ulf Kristersson has long played the role of the adult in the room. There are several concrete episodes in political history. Strängnäs: savings package and red numbers In 2002, Ulf Kristersson took office as finance municipal councilor in Strängnäs….
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Admin runs the page to promote the benefits for everyone, but especially low- and middle-income earners, of voting red-green. His driving force is concern for his and everyone's lives if there is no return to a red-green majority that usually wins the elections. Politics needs to return to Keynes and Wigfors's economic view in the vein described by researcher Stephanie Kelton in "The Surplus Myth." This new form of post-Keynesianism is called MMT. I differ from Kelton in that I believe that the job guarantee should primarily be created through an expanded public sector with good jobs at all levels in all sectors. Then you can supplement with Kelton's job guarantees. However, a generous unemployment fund and comprehensive social insurance system must also exist.
The Liberals – lost in the shadow of the right
A party with a democratic tradition The Liberals carry a historical heritage that few Swedish parties can match. When the party was called the People's Party, liberal forces contributed to voting rights reforms and political modernization. With support from liberal voters, the Social Democrat Hjalmar Branting was able to take a seat in the Riksdag as early as 1896. This history shows that the will to social reform and liberal freedom have long been…
Iran – bombing democracy and human rights is very difficult
Air raid sirens cut through the night in Tehran. Missiles strike a country where people have long lived under severe oppression, economic pressure and geopolitical vulnerability. In the West, leaders and commentators once again talk about freedom, security and perhaps democracy. But historical experience points in a different direction. War has almost never built human…
Three-party systems normalize inequality and racism
This is how racism & right-wing politics were normalized despite voters wanting equal welfare: deregulation and healthcare choices created insecurity; surplus labor kept wages down; “winner-takes-all” in the Riksdag; S shot at the market in 2010. The anxiety became the fuel for the right. M attracts voters who like insecurity and SD attracts voters who like security. S is outmaneuvered when they don’t want to go…
Social media and public concern are turning public opinion on Russia
When the people's voice turns the tide in security policy Is a neutral Ukraine at peace preferable to a country where bombs continue to fall? The question is appearing more and more often in Swedish feeds on social media and in topics of conversation back home. In Ukraine too, people are tired of the war and 70% want peace now as soon as possible through negotiations….
Strikes, knowledge and demonstrations drive society
History shows that almost all major reforms have started with ordinary people rising up. Kjell Östberg's book People in Motion describes how the right to vote, the eight-hour day and welfare did not come from above but grew out of strikes, demonstrations and union struggles. Workers, women, students and soldiers in uniform took to the streets together and demanded dignity,…
Societies collapse when the elite withdraw
Societies collapse when the elite refuses to accept the right of the state to demand socio-economic responsibility from them. If the rich also refuse to invest in sustainable production, the problems increase significantly. Progressive taxation and protection for equal working, career and living conditions are needed. Read the article on Gemensam.
Insurance risks threaten the economic system
🌍 The next major financial crisis is born in the climate crisis – but a new economy can stop it As forest fires, floods and storms become everyday life, insurance companies are pulling back. Houses are becoming uninsured. Banks are stopping lending. Property values are falling. People are losing both their homes and their security. More and more people are now warning that this could be the start of a new global…
Anti-racism and equality policies must complement each other among the Democrats
Summary of the article “Kamala Harris Didn't Lose Because of Racism” (Jacobin, 2025-06-18): Kamala Harris did not lose the 2024 presidential election solely because of racism or sexism. Touré F. Reed argues that it is simplistic moralizing to claim that, and that it obscures more fundamental problems in Democratic politics and American class society. Harris did not primarily underperform…
Emergency laws with legislative power
The government wants to be able to bypass parliament in peacetime and enact laws on its own in times of “crisis”. It is said to be about preparedness – but resembles dangerous emergency laws that have historically led to abuse of power. The government’s proposal for emergency laws thus echoes worryingly with history. It was precisely such “temporary powers” that enabled the Nazis to seize power in Germany in 1933 – after…