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How Sweden & Denmark Ride the Imperialist Wave, w/ Torkil Lauesen
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1:35:12Now PlayingWhen most people think of Sweden, or more broadly, the Scandinavian countries, they imagine a more egalitarian and advanced model to which we should aspire. Some assume without investigating that Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries, Denmark and Norway, have figured out how to be prosperous “socialist” countries.
But this Swedish model is uglier than it might appear to be, with a brutal history and a dangerous present.
To discuss the imperialism on which Scandinavian living standards are built, Rania Khalek was joined by Torkil Lauesen, a long-time anti-imperialist activist and writer, who spent years in prison for his militant activities as a member of a clandestine Danish communist cell. Torkil is also the author of many books, including “Riding the Wave: Sweden's Integration into the Imperialist World System.”
A good book on Torkil’s political activism"Turning Money into RebellionThe Unlikely Story of Denmark's Revolutionary Bank Robbers”
Listen to Dispatches with Rania Khalek anywhere you get podcasts.
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