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Re:International observers to investigate Swedish election f... by onemoreforthero on Thursday September 24, 2026 @07:25PM (#49838164)
The political party "Vänsterpartiet" is not translated as "the communist party". Correct is "Left Party".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Party_(Sweden)

Or we can start calling SD by their proper neonazi name as well.

Re:International observers to investigate Swedish election f... by hagbard_c on Friday September 25, 2026 @03:50AM (#49841450)
SD was never called 'neonazi'? The Swedish communist party has changed its name several times, from 'Sveriges Kommunistiska Partiet' via 'Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna' to the current 'Vänsterpartiet' but the program remains the same as is shown by the following citation taken from page 32 of the latest party program of 'Ung Vänster' (the communist party's youth wing, the future of the party) from their 51st congress in 2025:

Vårt idealsamhälle definieras utifrån marxistiska och feministiska teorier. Feminismens mål är ett samhälle fritt från könsförtryck och socialismens mål är kommunismen, det klass- och statslösa samhälle

This translates to:

Our ideal society is defined by Marxist and feminist theories. The goal of feminism is a society free from gender oppression and the goal of socialism is Communism, the class- and stateless society

https://ungvanster.se/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Ung-Vanster...

Aside: do you really think that the ~20% of the Swedish electorate vote for 'neonazis' knowing that those same voters mostly used to vote for the social democrats and 'moderates'? What do you even mean when you say 'neonazi'? I showed some clear signs - as clear as can be - that the Communist party which these days calls itself the 'Left Party' [1] still has the same ideological roots. Can you give some indication of what it is that makes SD 'neonazi'?

[1] just like the former Eastern German Communist party changed its name from 'SED' (socialist unity party) through 'PDS' (party for democratic socialism) to 'Die Linke' (The Left)