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How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the '1 Percent'
Lakey, George
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2012/01/26/how-swedes-and-norwegians-broke-power-1-percentDate Written: 2012-01-26 Publisher: Common Dreams Year Published: 2012 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX19728 I began to learn that the Swedes and Norwegians paid a price for their standards of living through nonviolent struggle. There was a time when Scandinavian workers didn't expect that the electoral arena could deliver the change they believed in. They realized that, with the 1 percent in charge, electoral "democracy" was stacked against them, so nonviolent direct action was needed to exert the power for change. Subject Headings |