FIASCO! The headline of if some of our voters abSweden's social demo- stained. Despite being ignored cratic newspaper Afton- by the media, in 35 cities we received over one per cent." bladet said it all. In a single On September 8 the List oryear the vote of the Social ganised an anti-Chirac demDemocratic Party has onstration of 750 students that fallen from 45 to 28 per gained national attention. cent. Its activists are confident in The Left Party (ex-commu- the List's prospects. As the nist) and the modestly left- Social Democrats implement wing Greens doubled and austerity they will lose their traditional support from LO Together they are larger trades unionists. than the Social Democrats. The left party's 12.9 per cent is an all time high.
Kjell Pettersson of the Fourth International's Socialist Party said that the elections results "show how the economic crisis is becoming political The voters are tired of EU instigated cuts".
The election in Sweden shows how Sweden is becoming less and less an internationally renowned welfare state, and more an ordinary West Buropean country with a weak welfare system and state-dependent parties without active memberships.
Whether the political vacuum will be filled by left radicals like the List for Justice or right-wing populists is still an