International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

The Swedish Left Party Congress in Review

Håkan Blomqvist — 2026-05-14T07:40:02Z

The Left Party's 46th Congress displayed an almost deafening sense of self-confidence and fighting spirit ahead of the upcoming election.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Sweden

Swedish Dockworkers Against Russia's and Israel's Wars

Artem Tidva, Erik Helgeson — 2026-05-01T07:15:24Z

Ahead of May Day 2022, two months after Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian trade unionists called for solidarity with the invaded country. Artem Tidva, a Ukrainian left-winger and labour activist, addressed international unions calling for actions to help stop the Russian war machine.
In Sweden, such action was already underway. In March 2022, Swedish dockers had begun a blockade of Russian ships. This decision, supported by a nationwide vote among the Swedish Dockworkers' (…)

- Features / Sweden, Ukraine, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Nooshi – do you dare to do as Spain's Social Democrats have done?

Alex Fuentes — 2026-03-07T16:54:57Z

“What kind of leader is Nooshi, who does not dare to take a ‘clear and unambiguous' stance like the Spanish Social Democrats, whom she herself often praises?.”

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Spanish state, Sweden, Iran

Swedish Dockworkers' Union Leader Sacked for Gaza Solidarity Action

Arthur Neslen — 2025-06-18T10:41:02Z

“Erik's union had a tradition of international solidarity going back to the Vietnam War and 1973 Chilean coup, in which a generation of trade union activists were murdered.”

- Features / Palestine, Sweden, Trade unions/workplace organizing

He's suddenly a risk to ‘national security'

Polly Smythe — 2025-06-18T10:23:27Z

“Solidarity actions like these have a long history. It was Swedish dockworkers who first refused to handle cargo from Chile after the coup d'etat and installation of Pinochet, and who pioneered the Swedish boycott on South African cargo in solidarity with the anti-apartheid movement.”

- Features / Palestine, Sweden, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Lennart Wallster 1944-2024

Håkan Blomqvist — 2025-01-15T10:49:58Z

Lennart Wallster […] was strongly associated with SP's very first days in the late 1960's and the commitment to building the political and organizational center of the Fourth International.

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Sweden, Obituary, Fourth International

Far-right has created a climate of racism, Islamophobia and fear

Farooq Sulehria, Håkan Blomqvist — 2023-10-22T06:24:00Z

“Sweden has been making global headlines owing to a litany of Quran burnings earlier this year. Angry protesters in Baghdad burnt and ransacked the Swedish embassy in July while Iraq expelled the Swedish ambassador. Elsewhere in the Muslim world, agitation was recorded against the burnings of the Quran in Sweden.”

- IV585 - October 2023 / Sweden, Racism and Islamophobia

Revolutionary, peasant leader: Hugo Blanco (1934 - 2023)

Maria Sundvall — 2023-06-26T21:52:40Z

Tierra o Muerte! Land or death!

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Sweden, Obituary, Fourth International, Peru, Farmers/peasants/land

In memory of Göte Kildén (Sweden)

Eva Nikell, Gus Kaage — 2022-12-08T14:50:28Z

These two articles were published in Socialist Politik's weekly magazine Internationalen no. 47, and can be seen as a quick portrait of the late comrade Göte Kildén.

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Sweden, Obituary

Swedish elections provoke earthquake

Kjell Östberg — 2022-09-19T05:21:12Z

“The Sweden Democrats, on the other hand, increased by over three per cent and is by far the largest party on the right. A coming bourgeois government is entirely dependent on their support. This means nothing less than an earthquake in Swedish politics.”

- IV572 - September 2022 / Sweden, Far Right