https://znetwork.org/category/place/europe/finland/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Thu, 24 Apr 2025 03:50:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/category/place/europe/finland/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/can-the-red-wave-stop-austerity-in-finland/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/can-the-red-wave-stop-austerity-in-finland/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:51:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282949 Last Sunday’s local and regional elections in Finland saw a big defeat for the hard-right Finns Party. Its leader called the gains for left-wing parties a “red wave” — but it’s less clear that this will halt the government’s austerity agenda. Finland is widely seen in Western Europe and the United States as a progressive [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/can-the-red-wave-stop-austerity-in-finland/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-finlands-left-is-beating-the-far-right/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-finlands-left-is-beating-the-far-right/#respond Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:55:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1279378 Finland’s Left Alliance is countering the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers’ rights and climate action. Grace Blakeley sits down with its leader, Li Andersson, to discuss the lessons for the European left. I met Andersson at Käänne Festival — a conference she organised to bring the left together in the wake of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-finlands-left-is-beating-the-far-right/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-finland-the-left-alliance-just-trounced-the-far-right/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-finland-the-left-alliance-just-trounced-the-far-right/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:46:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1267776 Last weekend’s elections to the European Parliament saw anti-immigration forces advance across much of the EU. Far-right parties are now set to collectively control roughly one quarter of all seats, including ones with neo-Nazi connections like Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and Cyprus’s National Popular Front (ELAM). In general, northern Europe bucked this grim trend [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-finland-the-left-alliance-just-trounced-the-far-right/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/finlands-right-wing-government-is-trying-to-crush-labor/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/finlands-right-wing-government-is-trying-to-crush-labor/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:49:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1263941 Proposed labor reforms in Finland have sparked strikes, shutting down everything from ports to kindergartens. The right-wing government refuses to negotiate in its drive to dismantle the Finnish model of collective bargaining. For the past two centuries, Helsinki’s Senate Square has been a symbol of academic, clerical, and government power in Finland. The main campus [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/finlands-right-wing-government-is-trying-to-crush-labor/feed/ 0