Olof Palme had just won his fourth term as Prime Minister when we spoke in Stockholm in the fall of 1985. Like Denmark’s Anker Joergensen, this stalwart social democrat opposed the “cold, egoistic new liberalism”. Unregulated capitalism threatens the Swedish model of social welfare, he said at his September 15 election victory.
This series sprang from discussions I’ve had with several people regarding the Danish/Scandinavian model of social democracy, or socialism as Bernie Sanders contends. Some well intentioned persons view the Nordic Model as a solution to greedy capitalism, while others view its role as a seditious savior of exploitative capitalism. Many Cubans I knew when living there (1988-96) and visiting since see the Nordic Model as a way out for their failing revolution, gone the way of a bureaucratic state.
(WAKINGTIMES) With admiration, many have been observing Iceland’s handling of the banking crisis that jolted the entire world in recent years.
Colorado's marijuana millions are makin' it rain for the homeless; Iceland's Pirate Party keeps gaining steam and respect; and studies show killer asteroids probably won't kill us.
Colorado's marijuana millions are makin' it rain for the homeless; Iceland's Pirate Party keeps gaining steam and respect; and studies show killer asteroids probably won't kill us.
The Pirate Party is everything you dreamed of and more.
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As the 2016 US presidential election approaches, the whole country has once again been transformed into a football stadium, with waves of media frenzy and people cheering for their favorite quarterback. The electoral arena in the US is infested with big money by lobbyists like Big Pharma, Monsanto and the Weapons Industry, to name a few.
This week we take you inside the sketchy world of booty hiding, otherwise known as offshore tax havens.
In the music break UK rap crew dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip with “Great Britain.”
Then we continue of our coverage of a revolution that’s taking France by storm and that has spread beyond its borders.
On the 1s and 2s:
Now that Super Tuesday is over, it looks like Donald Trump is the likely Republican presidential nominee. Not only is this bad news to women and the majority of the earth’s population against whom Trump’s sexist and racist politics would harm should be be president, but the earth might be Trump’s biggest casualty.
In our new Through my lens section, a photographer describes what it was like to be in the moment, capturing an experience framed and frozen in timeThe post Through my lens: Icelandic horses appeared first on Positive News.
