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Sweden: Right-Wing Coalition Wins Election by the Narrowest of Margins

Petter Nilsson and Rikard Warlenius Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Sweden’s right-wing parties are set to take power with a razor-thin majority, ending eight years of social democratic government. Sweden can look forward to four years of reactionary politics where the democratic institutions are genuinely at risk.

Wisconsin Nurses Get Possible Path to Union Recognition

Michael Childers and David Nack Labor Notes
A three-day strike by Wisconsin nurses is off this week, after SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin and UW Health (the University of Wisconsin's medical system) reached an agreement on a path toward the potential recognition of the union.

Ron DeSantis Should Be Prosecuted

Jeff Weaver Jacobin
Stop calling it a “political stunt.” Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s use of vulnerable immigrants as props is disgusting and criminal.

Interrupting the Flights of Angels

Beau Beausoleil
As the San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil explains, “The tidal wave of commercialized mourning for the Queen prompted this poem to write itself.”

The Coup in Chile: What Did Nixon Know and When Did He Know It?

National Security Archive National Security Archive
Forty nine years after Pinochet’s putsch, Presidential and CIA documents remain secret. The National Security Archive calls for full disclosure of the covert history of U.S. involvement as the countdown to the 50th anniversary of the military coup begins