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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 08:39:51 +0200 (MET DST)
From: malecki-AT-algonet.se (Robert Malecki)
Subject: M-G: Social Democratic minister booed out!


In Gothenburg, one of the four biggest cities in Sweden, last night a Social
Democratic minister was booed out by thousands of militant trade unionists
>from the white collar trade union. Thus the white collar workers now join
the unemployed
and electricians in taking the lead in battling the Social Democratic
government who with its bougeois partners have been quickly dismantling the
welfare state here in Sweden.

The Social Democratic minister tried to blame the present cuts and anti
union laws on the last bougeois government when thousands started booing out
the minister.
She said that it was a demonstration where the communists were a majority
and tried to blame the present situation on the right wing conservatives and
thousands of militants began chanting "The same thing" The same thing"
meaning that the politics of the Social Democrats was basically the same as
the conservative party.

One could see that the minister was in shock in that over night the last
weeks a nation wide grass roots rebellion against the Social Democracy has
been growing like lightning! From Skellefte=E5 long in the north and
occupation of the commune parliment in Ume=E5, to Stockholm where a mother of
four children started a mobilization against the present government and
thousands marched demanding a change to Gothenburg last night where
thousands booed the minister out and slogans of the politics of the present
Social Democratic government are the same as the conservative party in Sweden.

A deep chasm between the grass roots of Social Democracy and the party
leadership is a fact!

Already the Social Democratic leadership is trying to find purposals to ease
the pressure. Already yesterday they have retracted a law that they put
forward last week which meant that people on unemployment will be thrown out
of the insurance after three years. Only being able to qualify after a new
period of work.

Today after the demonstration in Gothenburg last night, there has been a
scurry of activity by the Social Democrats claiming that a package involving
4 billion crowns will be presented this afternoon in order to save 10,000
jobs in the public sector which are in danger just because of their politics!

However this is hardly going to solve the problems of the working class in
Sweden with over one million on the dole. In fact it is only a ploy by the
Socioal Democrats in order to put a little water on the fire that is
beginning to grow under their very feet. In fact, in reality the Social
Democratic party has committed itself to a political line of joining the
common market and the monetary union and de facto a member of NATO. Nothing
and especially these small crumbs forced upon the Social Democracy by the
militant demonstrations beginning to spread nation wide can stop this.

What is desperately needed in Sweden is a new workers party which in
opposition to the Social Democracy put forth a line of trade union and
proletarian independant struggle in the intersts of defending whats left of
the welfare state and going forward to a workers government which can not
only defend the old reforms but extend them.

This can only be done in irrecouncilable opposition to the bougeoisie and
there parties, but also the reformist now pro bougeois politics of the
Social Democracy.

Break with the Social Democratic Class traitors!

Bob Malecki

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