SWEDEN’S Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson handed in her resignation as prime minister yesterday after a right-wing bloc won a narrow majority in parliament.
Ms Andersson met with Riksdag speaker Andreas Norlen to formally give up her role but will continue in a caretaker capacity under a new government is formed.
On Wednesday, once 99.9 per cent of votes had been counted, Sweden Democrats (SD) leader Jimmie Akesson declared victory for the four-party right-wing bloc which includes a nationalist, anti-immigration party.
As extremist movements grow on the streets and at the ballot box, the emergence of the Together Alliance points to a vital strategy: unity across trade unions, campaigners and communities, says TONY CONWAY
From Reform UK to Trump, Orban and beyond, the far right is organised across borders and growing. Waiting for it to collapse is a fatal error – building an international, locally rooted left alternative is now an urgent necessity., argues ROGER McKENZIE
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI


