Finland

Volume 4 Issue 4

Volume IV June, 1909 No.4

In the year 1968: on the nationwide strike and university occupation in Helsinki

Submitted by S2W on Oct 25 2015 17:25

Imagine the following situation. Due to a strike, public transportation is paralyzed all over the country. Some restaurants and shops shut their doors and 30,000 people are gathered in Helsinki to oppose the current cabinet’s austerity measures, despite of wind and rain.

Notes from the general strike of 100 million euros

Submitted by S2W on Oct 14 2015 11:21

We flowed among the water and our co-demonstrators to the mass
demonstration at the central railway station in Helsinki. We were there
to oppose the redistribution of income from the poor and the middle
income workers to the rich, and from employees to corporations planned
by the cabinet of prime-minister Sipilä.

Finland: Schools to close, rail network to shut down in austerity protest

Submitted by S2W on Sep 13 2015 22:53

Finnish teachers are set to join the biggest labour movement demonstration in decades on Friday, shutting down schools and daycare centres across the country as they protest in Helsinki against government austerity measures.

Finland 1906: The revolutionary roots of women’s suffrage, an International Women’s Day tribute - Eric Blanc

Submitted by S2W on Mar 5 2015 14:45

Article about Finland becoming the first nation to grant full female suffrage in 1906 during the revolutionary upheaval which swept the czarist empire of which Finland was a part.

Anarchists support public service wildcat strike in Helsinki

Submitted by S2W on Sep 24 2014 10:27

The trade union for public and welfare services (JHL) went on wildcat strike to oppose the "marketization" of Palmia, a municipally-owned service enterprise. The right-wing leadership of the city is attempting to reorganise 50% of Palmia so that it must participate in tendering-out, which will lead to substantial wage cuts for the workers. The seizure of subway and tram transport by striking workers proved to be a powerful weapon in the struggle against the bosses.

Write to Finnish anarchist total objector

Submitted by S2W on Mar 22 2013 00:43

Anarchist total objector Topi Lauko began his prison sentence 18th of
December in a low-security prison. He was transferred to a half-way
house, maintained by Siltavalmennus NGO, in second half of February.
Although in half-way house the conditions of detention are not harsh, he
would still be happy to correspond with comrades around the world.