Eight years of cuts, privatisations and continuous high unemployment have finally led to the fall of the right-wing government in the recent Swedish elections, held on 14th September. But despite the dissatisfaction with the right-wing policies, neither the Social Democrats nor the Left Party proved able to channel the anger felt in society.

The recent transfer deadline day brought a dramatic close to the summer’s wheeling and dealing in the marketplace of football. While most back pages have focused on the shock last minute transfers, the most notable trend is the increasingly large amounts of money thrown around as the rich exploit what was once a working class sport.

Comrade Riaz Lund, a leading member of the Pakistan section of the IMT and well-known class fighter in Karachi, has been shot in cold blood by assassins. In a cowardly and brutal assault, he was hit three times, twice in the stomach and once in the chest. We publish here statements by Alan Woods and the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign (PTUDC) calling for solidarity against this horrific attack.