The 18 May parliamentary elections were a disaster for Portugal’s Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc). The far right replaced the ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died on May 28, is a legend whose writings and thoughts will linger forever. He immortalised African history and struggles through his work. Ours has been an oral history, one ...

The pink ’un knows better than to perpetuate the myth that Sweden is red (“Sweden: the socialist paradise overflowing with billionaires”, Opinion, May 19). This notion is at least 35 years out of date ...

Has neoliberal globalization run its course? Should the Left be on the side of tariffs or protectionism? Can Left ...

Total superannuation balance required to become subject to the new tax increase: $3 million Tax rate that currently applies ...

In the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural route north.

Sweden has a higher proportion of billionaires than the US, but far from causing anti-capitalist backlash the supposedly socialist nation welcomes its wealthy ...

The ensuing financial crises of the early 1990s forced Sweden to rethink its commitment to socialism. Sweden did not end free education and healthcare, paid for with high income taxes.

The survey also showed that social envy in Sweden is much less pronounced today than in France or Germany, for example. Nonetheless, anyone who looks for features of socialism in Sweden will find ...

For decades, the production and sale of alcohol was heavily regulated by the state in Sweden. When it came to beer, for example, the state prescribed a maximum limit of around three per cent alcohol ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Sweden was sometimes referred to as the “darling of the Third World.” And the country’s model social democracy offered a “middle way” for other nonaligned countries hoping to ...

Many advocates of socialism in the United States would like to emulate the economic institutions found in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway. These countries, which ...