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,…
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Private property a social construct
Property and the Origin of Wealth At the outset, it is important to understand that property, as we know it today, has not always existed. In early human history, land, resources and property were common assets, without fixed boundaries or personal ownership. The concept of private property has developed over time and is not a given; it is rather a social…
Ethics in a brutal time
A newsletter from SubRosa discusses brutalization in our brutal age, I want to highlight that in my opinion that supports Karl Marx in this dilemma. Matter before morality Marx emphasizes matter before morality, while Hegel says that history develops out of a struggle between ideas (often of a moral nature) that ends in the modern state with…
Visitation zones instead of competitiveness
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…
The truth about immigration
A conservative view is that a country can either have a sustainable welfare state or high levels of immigration. But that view is wrong. The fact is that we can achieve both a well-functioning welfare state and increased immigration. By using progressive taxes and government deficits to invest in making everyone in society feel good…
Your vote for a government building subsidy can save society and the climate
Construction subsidies build the economy and housing. Now even the really big companies and construction companies are starting to risk bankruptcy due to austerity policies and the cutbacks in construction subsidies. Vote for the state to reinstate construction subsidies https://agera.skiftet.org/campaignsr/aterinfor-byggstodet To increase the state's construction subsidies to build cheap, good and beautiful housing as well as increase housing subsidies and implement regulations to lower…
Capital's robot slaves or freed angels
Will chips in the brain make us immoral robot slaves of capital or will it make us angels with free will? https://www.dn.se/kultur/linus-larsson-nar-chippet-togs-ut-ur-hennes-hjarna-blev-hon-en-annan Elon Musk's company Neuralink has received permission to experiment with brain implants on humans . This has raised questions and concerns among researchers. A 49-year-old woman in Australia talks about her experience of losing…
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…
The Tidö housing minister has abandoned housing policy
The government abandons the housing policy. First, the Tidö government decided that they would abolish all housing subsidies. Now the minister is canceling two investigations that had the purpose of countering residential segregation. Read more here. Yes, with even more residential segregation, it paves the way for even more social problems in vulnerable areas. There will also be problems getting housing people can afford...
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.