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SAL-AIT NEWS 1994-10-23
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February: During the Finnish presidential elections the Russian foreign
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mininstry presents an official note concerning the legality of two
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Finnish ultra-right groups (IKL and Suur-Suomi) which were registered
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officially in 1993. Fascist organisations were forbidden in Finland by
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the peace treaty of Paris in 1947. Many people thought that the Russians
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tried to influence the Finnish presidential elections this way. The
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incident occurred just before the voting took place.
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February 6th: A social democratic candidate, Antisaari, is chosen for the
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president in the election. His only competitor on this second run of the
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elections, the defence minister Rehn, was at this stage the only
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candidate representing the political right (I wouldn't say that Ahtisaari
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is very left either.)
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March 11th: Russia offers to pay 450 million Finnish marks out of their 8
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milliard dept by exporting guns to Finland. The Finnish prime minister
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Aho says that this kind of arrangement is excellent.
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March 19th: Several anti-fascist demonstrations and other actions are
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held all around Finland on the international action week against racism.
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Anarchists well represented.
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March 30th: A squatted house is attacked by the police and torn down in
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Kerava. The takeover had lasted over a month. There is a brand new local
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section of SAL in Kerava. Another section is formed in Jarvenpaa during
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the year.
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April 4th: The leader of Russian 'Liberal Democratic Party', Vladimir
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Zhirinovsky, visits Finland. He warns Finland to join NATO.
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May 21st: 53 percent of the citizens are reported to be unsatisfied with
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the government. (Under 20 percent are satisfied.)
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June 1st: A nex tax concerning widely public services is ordered to
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prepare Finland for the planned EU membership. In many occupations and
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services this new tax causes serious problems.
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June 4th: An unsuccesful house squatting attempt in Kuopio. The
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anarchists well represented again.
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June 24th: Finland signs a treaty with the EU concerning the possible
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EU membership from the beginning of 1995. A referendum will be held in
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October to ask the opinion of the citizens. The final decision will be
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made by the Parliament.
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June 28th: After over two and a half years of occupation a squatted house
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is closed by the officials in Oulu.
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August: An ultra-right organization called Isanmaallinen Oikeisto (The
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Patriotic Right) is officially registered. This did not succeed with
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their previous name Kansallinen Rintama (The National Front). They are
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trying to get registered as a party before the parliamentry elections in
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1995. To reach this they need 5000 named supporters. At this stage they
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claim to have 1500.
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August: The army with the help of many politicians starts to plan
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military service for women. The mass media is widely used to get the
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approval of the citizens, especially women.
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September 6th: A thread of a strike in the export branches is avoided
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when the government rejects the rising of taxes for the unions and the
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weakenings of the benefits of the unemployed.
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September: After a new unemployment record in mid-summer (over 20
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percent) there is a slight relief in September: 'only' 19 percent of the
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workforce is unemployed.
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October: In October a special team is founded by the president to fight
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unemployment. The first report of this team makes people to suspect that
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it is founded to fight the unemployed instead.
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October 16th: A referendum is held concerning the EU membership: 57
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percent pro, 43 percent against. The amount of resisting voters was much
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higher than the mass media had claimed to be during the year.
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October 18th: Immeaditely after the referendum plans for the 5th nuclear
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powerplant--buried by the parliament only a year before--were started
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again as a form of 'cheap basic energy'.
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SAL-AIT
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International Secreaty
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