In visitation zones, the police must be able to stop and search people without having a specific suspicion of crime. The idea is that it will make the streets safer, but many are against it. Critics believe that it can lead to abuse and violations of people's rights. This is especially true if it is used against certain groups based on skin color…
Category: The free choice
Work for all provides a more stable, state-regulated mixed economy
Work for all is the goal society must have. Brilliant text on the benefits of full employment and its positive side effects. Niklas Blomqvist questions the idea that the market itself can create full employment. For example, Blomqvist points out that attempts to follow this path in the last thirty years have not produced the desired results. He emphasizes that work for…
Life is the meaning of life
Life itself is the meaning of life and not just my own life but all life and the preservation of this in as peaceful and pleasant a way as possible is the meaning of life. Of course, we will be happier in a more equal and libertarian and more empathetic world than today's. Working for a better society makes us…
Mischief and a psychologically richer life are connected
Sweden is a country of talented people who stress to get everything done and right. But being a bit mischievous, according to economics and happiness researcher Micael Dahlen, does not seem to hurt, but may have a weak connection with a psychologically richer life. A Novus survey showed that 49% had fooled around either sometime in the past year...
How to save equality and the environment/nature all over the world
Global equality and the environment - how do we save these? Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a macroeconomic theory that proposes that governments with their own currency have the ability to spend unlimited amounts of money on desirable sectors of the economy. Sustainably productive investments increase budget space According to MMT, government spending is limited by inflation and not by public debt....
The red-greens must protect freedom and solidarity
Almost as many die in workplace accidents as in gang crime. Hundreds of workers, especially men, kill themselves every year because of the hard working life. The welfare increases of 2014-18 were too weak if wonderful and the slaughter of LAS and the attack on the low rent system and the tax cuts for the rich 2018-2022 horrible. Those who were hit hardest by the…
Post-election analysis: communication, freedom under responsibility and equality
According to Red Justice's post-election analysis, the broad left including the Social Democrats must improve on communication, freedom under responsibility and equality.
Are disabled people equal before the law
Some are born with a disability that prevents paid work. But capitalism has also always required people to work so hard that they get work-preventing illnesses or disabilities. In the past, such people received a good sickness allowance, a good old-age pension and the opportunity for a life where they could also pursue their dreams. This must be reinstated if people are to continue to dare…
Equality builds power
Equality builds the strong society. Why should low-paid workers, those looking for work, those born with a disability or those whose working life is cut off live significantly differently from ordinary people. And why should ordinary people be significantly worse off than the rich? We red-greens must believe in freedom under responsibility and equality if people are to vote...
Strategy for the Social Democrats to win the 2026 election
A new strategy is needed for the Social Democrats. We need to create good jobs at all levels for everyone. We must stop the price of gasoline from reaching ever-escalating heights. We must offer everyone good social security and pensions. We have to regulate social security and pensions by price and wage indices. We must eliminate the lack of good, cheap and beautiful rental properties. The lack…