The day after the Swedish election: MASSIVE Demonstrations in Stockholm Against Rising Far-Right

[MrObama]

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Thousands of people gathered in a central Stockholm square Monday evening to protest against a far-right party that has been voted into parliament, waving banners and shouting "No to racism!"

"It is very important to show that the big majority of the Swedish population is against the right-wing extremists like the Sweden Democrats," Per Branevig, 33, told AFP, adding that he had voted for the Social Democrats in Sunday's election.

"It has been a big shock for me that they got so many votes," he said of the far-right party that secured 5.7 percent of the vote.

Sweden's ruling centre-right coalition won the most votes Sunday but fell short of a majority, as the far right Sweden Democrats nearly doubled their result from the last election and entered parliament for the first time, landing it in a key position in the house.

"We don't like those racists in the Riksdag. Being here shows the government that we care, that we don't want them (the Sweden Democrats) in parliament," said 18-year-old Younes Sedik, wearing a black T-shirt with orange lettering stating"I'm a Muslim. Don't panic!"

Standing near banners pointing out that "9,043,222 Swedes did not vote for the Sweden Democrats yesterday," and that "94.3 percent of the people are not racists," 21-year-old Thomas Zebuehr said he was "really unhappy" the far-right passed the four-percent barrier for entering parliament.

"I'm not sure what should be done, but something has to be done," he told AFP

The Alliance: 49,3% (172 seats)
The Red Green: 43,7% (157 seats)
Sweden Democrats: 5,7% (20 seats)



The Alliance = (Moderates + Centre Party + Liberal Party + Christian Democrats)
The Red Green = (Social Democrats + Left Party + Green Party)

Prime Minister Reinfeldt calls victory, vows to shun far-right:
http://www.thelocal.se/29124/20100920

more info:
http://www.thelocal.se

[nyc 4 Biden]

1. Interesting. Thanks for the info.

It appears that in Sweden the Liberals are rw'ers. I may want to rethink that "Liberal" tattoo I was thinking about getting. Or I'll just have to get "USA Liberal"

[axollot]

3. UK and Australia too! Liberal Party in OZ was the RW w/Howard (the coward) n/t

[MrObama]

6. The Liberal party advocates social liberalism

Social liberalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_liberalism

The Liberal Party:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=Liberal+People's+Party+Sweden

"The official party ideology is social liberalism, which translates as a strong ideological commitment to a mixed economy, with support for comprehensive, but market-based social welfare programs. In the party platform the party calls for "social responsibility without socialism."

[peacetalksforall]

2. OH OH. Glen and others are going to use one sentence in this report and tell all their

followers that Sweden doesn't like Democrata implying that their Dems are the parallel of ours. Be ready.

[axollot]

4. This will go over most of their heads. n/t

[Roy Rolling]

5. Restoring Truthiness, Scandanavian style

How do you say "Restoring Truthiness" in Swedish?

[niceypoo]

7. Meanwhile on the other side of the pond .....

The 'progressive' party is frogmarching to the right wing drum beat

[Overseas]

8. K&R! //nt

[DrGee5]

9. K&R