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Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson give a joint press conference prior to a NATO summit in Brussels, Monday, June 27, 2022.
SWEDISH anti-war organisation Svenska Freds has slammed the country’s bid to join Nato as undemocratic and a dramatic about-turn by the government, which opposed membership as recently as March.
"Many are upset, wondering what they can do. People feel that decisions were made without them,” spokeswoman Gabriella Irsten said in an interview with Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.
“Even those who support Nato can see that this process lacks democratic roots. The Swedish people were deprived of the opportunity to hold a referendum,” she added.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare