Revolutionary Front (Sweden)

The Revolutionary Front (Swedish: Revolutionära fronten) was a far-left extremist political and militant network in Sweden. The goal of the RF was to dismantle the current society through a revolution and create a socialist state. The group fought against fascism, racism, sexism and capitalism, and campaigned through violent means.[1]

Revolutionary Front
Formation2002 (2002)
Dissolved2015 (2015)
TypeMilitant far-left

Organization and activities

The Revolutionary Front was formed in 2002 by Joel Bjurströmer Almgren and others. It was formed after the Gothenburg riots in 2001 and had connections to the Swedish AFA but was different in that it was a strict organization and not a network.[2] The organisation's strategy and tactics were inspired by the British Anti-Fascist Action movement.[3] In 2014 Almgren was sentenced to five years in prison for stabbing a neo-Nazi in the back during the violent December 2013 Stockholm riots.[4] [5] In September 2015 the organisation dissolved.[6][7]

References
  1. "Uppdrag granskning". 3 June 2018 – via Wikipedia.
  2. Revfront, information from homepage from 2007-2009
  3. Copsey, Nigel (14 October 2016). "Crossing Borders: Anti-Fascist Action (UK) and Transnational Anti-Fascist Militancy in the 1990s" (PDF). Contemporary European History. 25 (4): 707–727. doi:10.1017/S0960777316000369. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. "Sänkt fängelsestraff för vänsterextremist - Nyheter - Expressen".
  5. "Sweden jails extreme leftists for Slovak mix-up". 21 May 2014.
  6. "Revolutionära fronten lägger ned".
  7. https://www.metro.se/artikel/revolutionära-fronten-lägger-ned-xr
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