Book Event: Nordic Socialism by Pelle Pelle Dragsted, with Gary Kaunonen
Sunday, August 10, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
East Side Freedom Library
1105 Greenbrier Street, Saint Paul., MN 55106
This event is free and open to everyone. Registration requested: Sign up HERE:
https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F21550
Join us as the East Side Freedom Library welcomes author and Danish parliament member Pelle Dragsted to discuss his book Nordic Socialism: The Path Toward a Democratic Economy. He will be in conversation with scholar and award-winning author Gary Kaunonen.
In recent years, the Nordic countries have been the envy of the world for their economic success, institutional stability, and consistently high levels of social happiness. But are they socialist? Several prominent members of the American right think so. They may find a surprising ally in Pelle Dragsted, a member of the Danish parliament and the leader of the socialist political party Enhedslisten (Red-Green Alliance). In Dragsted’s studied conclusion, Denmark and the rest of the Nordic countries are indeed already socialist, but only in part. The dangers faced by Norden come from the unhealthy encroachment of capitalism.
Joining Dragsted will be Gary Kaunonen, author of Flames of Discontent: The 1916 Iron Ore Strike, which chronicles the labor activism in the early 20th century Iron Range, largely catalyzed by Finnish immigrants.
Pelle Dragsted is the leader of the Enhedslisten party in Denmark and a representative in the Folketing. He is the author of Nordisk Socialisme: På vej mod en demokratisk økonomi, which was first published in Danish to great acclaim.
Gary Kaunonen, Ph.D., is a historian of culture, labor, and immigration and a documentary filmmaker. His work includes the 2018 Hognander Minnesota History Award winner, Flames of Discontent: A History of the 1916 Minnesota Iron Ore Strike, and two award-winning books about Michigan, Challenge Accepted: A Finnish Immigrant Response to Industrial America in Michigan’s Copper Country and Community in Conflict: A Working-class History of the 1913–14 Michigan Copper Strike and the Italian Hall Tragedy. Kaunonen’s documentary “Northern Minnesota’s Labor Wars” looks at strikes in 1916 and 1917 and their significance to World War I–era political deportations and repression.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR THE CAUSE OF SOLIDARITY!
Registration requested: Sign up HERE:
https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F21550
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