Nordic countries surrender their historic neutrality and sign military deals with the United States
In less than a month, the US has signed three separate defense agreements with countries like Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, to ramp up the militarization in the Nordic region
Finnish Left slams government’s decommunization attempts in the name of anti-discrimination
The government has been widely criticized for defending two ministers in the right-wing coalition with a history of making racist comments and for trying to use a recently announced anti-discrimination drive to ban communist symbols
Communists in Finland gear up for general elections
The parliamentary elections are being held as Finland sheds its traditional neutrality and seeks to join NATO. The communists in the country have opposed the move
Progressives continue to protest Finnish bid for NATO membership
Protests are also ongoing in various other parts of Europe, including in Italy, Greece, Norway and Czech Republic, against new military deals
Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids raise fears of further militarization
Left-wing groups have warned that the move will only serve to escalate tensions and draw Finland and Sweden into the strategic plans of NATO dominated by the US
Communists urge Finland and Sweden to maintain neutrality instead of joining NATO
Mainstream political sections in Finland and Sweden are persuading their respective governments to join NATO by fanning up the Russophobia that has been exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine
25,000 Finnish health workers set to begin strike on April 1
Worker’s unions in Finland’s social and health care services demand immediate staff recruitments and pay increase
On World Environment Day, European Left calls for a Green New Deal
Progressive sections across Europe organized various online and offline events to mark this year’s World Environment Day under the theme of ‘restoring ecosystems’
‘The Communist Party of Finland offers a radical, class-conscious alternative’
JP Väisänen, chairman of the Communist Party of Finland, speaks to Peoples Dispatch about the efforts of the party to mobilize and grow under the pandemic and its strategic vision for achieving structural change in the country
‘Finland must break away from the EU’s common security and defense policy’
J.P. Väisänen, chairman of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP), talks about the policies of the government of Sanna Marin at the time of the pandemic, as well as its foreign policies
Finnish communists slam govt. proposal for increased military spending on fighter planes
Finland’s Ministry of Finance has proposed increased military expenditure in its 2021 budget for the procurement of new multipurpose fighter planes to replace the currently used Hornet fleet
Finnish working class demands salary hike, shorter working hours
The demand has resurfaced ahead of the fresh negotiations with the employers for new collective agreements
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