LOL, Simon!! As my online gamers teenagers say I am laughing out loudly!! You are describing the Swedish government policy since they grabbed the power in the elections 2006. And they have been relected now, in the last elections held 2010. Everything is being privatised here, the schools are being outsourced to private entrepreneurs making obscene winnings with taxmoney. The last of the stately owned enterprises was going to be sold out recently but the opposition stopped the selling at the Parlament with the vote of an ultra nationalist fascistoid party, newly arrived to the political scene in Sweden. But to be honest the selling of the state owned patrimony and the cuts on pensions and welfare began already with the Socialdemocrats in power. Their government had a clear newliberal policy, not so flaggrant as this one but also a betrayal of their voters. That's one of the reasons they lost the power 2006, the people wanted punish them and their arrogancy. Families with children and elderly people are really losers here but also people over 50 years, unemployed and with a minimun of social support every month. The Swedish "Folkhem", the People's House is crumbling very fast. I come to Sweden as political refugee 32 years ago, at that time I could not choose, I was in jail in Uruguay and the United Nations offered me asylum in Norway, the UK or Sweden. It was Sweden who acted more quickly and I landed here. It was another society, more open, there was an atmosphere of solidarity and concern, the workers organizations were strong and the left and the socialdemocracy had a kind of alliance. But since Olof Palme was murdered the kind of leaders chosen by the socialdemocrats turned the party to the right and the cuts and the feeling of the party becoming a "bourgeois" party was overwhelming. Today the socialdemocrats has lost their role as the biggest party in Sweden and they have a severe identity crisis. They chose a new leader this weekend but he is not going to be able to control the damages. They should need a younger generation not tainted by the power. Ana
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Simon Biggs <[email protected]> wrote: > Is the Swedish government making a large proportion of the public sector > unemployed, withdrawing basic services from the poor, privatising health > and > education whilst transferring wealth to off-shore corporations and market > speculators? > > Best > > Simon > > > On 27/03/2011 10:47, "Ana Valdés" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks David, can we import some English people here to Sweden? In Sweden > > the cuts are on since the newliberal government came into offiice for > many > > years ago but nobody cares. It amazes me the resignation of this people, > the > > heirs of the fierce Vikings. The protests here are signed petitions and > > drink or buy yourself tp oblivious. > > Ana > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:31 PM, marc garrett < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Thanks Dave, > >> > >> Great images - nice to see your family marching :-) > >> > >> Also like the banner in the other image as well... > >> > >> marc > >>> I'm not sure if I'm breaking the news rules here, but here's a photo > >>> of me and my kids at the demo yesterday: > >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemiller/5563861588/ > >>> > >>> and a banner we came across at Trafalgar Square - saying something > >>> that concerns and angers me: > >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemiller/5563271281/ > >>> > >>> best wishes to everyone > >>> dave > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> NetBehaviour mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > >> > > > > > > > Simon Biggs > [email protected] > http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ > > [email protected] > http://www.elmcip.net/ > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- http://anavaldes.wordpress.com http://passagenwerk.wordpress.com http://caravia.stumbleupon.com http://www.crusading.se Gondolgatan 2 l tr 12832 Skarpnäck Sweden tel +468-943288 mobil 4670-3213370 "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. — Leonardo da Vinci
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