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: Voting
No government deficits – society's unnecessary straitjacket
Vote for bigger government deficits! Deficits are part of how the state regulates the market and protects citizens and nature. Neoliberalism attacks this. How is money created? Can we afford to work? Sweden's Riksbank's prize in economic science in memory of Alfred Nobel in 2022 suggested that banks have an important role for the social economy even if this can…
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.
S is better at healthcare, integration, electricity supply and finance
1. Pension increase. S with the red and green increased the pensions and the housing allowance substantially in 2022 and wants to increase them more in the long term. At the same time, S wants to improve elderly care. S is better. 2. Healthcare. As an S, do you want to reduce market experiments in healthcare? Or should we – as S wants – hire more healthcare staff, scrap cream cheeses and clearance sales, and secure the healthcare guarantee,...
Is welfare the problem or that the elite own more and more
Sweden will have 2022 billionaires in 542. During the pandemic, the number increased by 336. 81 of its billionaires are dollar billionaires and together own 49% of Sweden's GDP. (Aftonbladet) In Sweden, the number of dollar millionaires in 2021 had increased by 7,7% to 153 in two years. (Aftonbladet)
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...
Stability and changes in the values of Swedes and the world's population
An interesting survey has come out about changes in the values of Swedes and the world population. In Sweden, family is important and mutual trust is great. Confidence in Sweden is high for all groups. But some immigrant groups are just trustworthy but are not perceived to be as extraordinarily trustworthy as the rest of the population.
"Survival" - Book for libertarian left-wing social democracy
Why did welfare in Sweden begin to be dismantled from the 70s? Can everyone get a job? How do we give people housing? The climate - how do we save it? Feel good in a challenging society, okay? The newly published book "Survival - for society and the people" wants to spark discussion about society and life. Read the review by Lars Gahrn,…
Preventive and repressive measures are not enough against gang crime and crime
Against gang crime, criminality and social unrest, school and social services are important preventive and rehabilitative efforts, as well as police and prison significant repressive efforts are important parts. But even more important is to offer good jobs to everyone with long-term employment and good wages. Work is historically one of Sweden's most effective integration and order-creating factors. Unemployment also seems to lead…
Right of V to use his power
The Social Democrats are bound by the January agreement to slaughter the last of welfare such as somewhat regulated rents and labor rights. What social problems will there be with the massive overcrowding and homelessness and unemployment that would arise if the January agreement gave us market rents and deregulated labor rights. Free for the capitalist to set what rents and fire whom he...