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The Polish Peasants' Party

by Patrik Ehn This summer the Swedish Centre Party held its annual national congress in the west Swedish city of Skövde. There I had the opportunity to listen to and talk with Mr. Jaroslaw Kalinowski, Chairman of the Polish Peasants’ Party, who attended as a guest of the Centre Party. The Polish Peasants’ Party is … Continue reading

Kosovo – but Why?

by David Kerr As seemingly ever, war drums are beating in the media… Saddam Hussein alternates as the number one target of the so-called ‘world community’ with that other old bogeyman — Slobodan Milosovic of Serbia. The chorus from the media is “Bomb the bastard. Let’s teach him some respect…” NATO, which was originally set … Continue reading

Patrik Ehn introduces A Nordic Third Way

The following item is an English translation relating to a new Nordic Third Way initiative the perspectives or policy of which may differ on some points from those of our own Third Way (3W), theirs being an entirely separate entity.</em> In the beginning of a new century the world is facing new threats but also … Continue reading

The 11th of September, and Victory of the Swedish People

by Patrik Ehn On the eleventh of September 1970, Salvador Allende and democracy in Chile was crushed by Pinochet and his generals backed by US government agencies; two years ago the World Trade Center and Pentagon, symbols of US economic and military imperialism, were attacked…. On the same date this year, the Swedish foreign minister … Continue reading

Mondragon Basque co-op

During the great ideological clashes of the mid-twentieth century, democracies, fascist states, and communist dictatorships razed half the globe in political, economic, and military battle. The Iberian Peninsula, no exception to the global epidemic, found itself bloodily engaged in this conflict in the tragedy that was the Spanish Civil War. Liberal theories, ranging from representative … Continue reading

Tibet Imperialism

This was the optimistic message delivered to a central London audience on 24th April, after we had enjoyed a three-course meal provided by the Tibet Foundation. Mr Tsering Gombo, a Tibetan nomad, delivered a stirring talk about his peoples’ struggle to maintain their cultural identity and historic way of life against two giant neighbours — … Continue reading