"The Good Violence": Swedish documentary on 'anti-fascist' violence

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The following Swedish TV documentary “Det gode voldet” (“The Good Violence”) aired recently on Swedish state television.

‘Anti-fascist’ left-wing extremists in Sweden do not restrict their violence to people identified as ‘Nazis’. Anyone with whom they politically disagree may become their target.

Many thanks to The Observer for his heroic effort in translating and time-stamping this video, and to Vlad Tepes for subtitling it and uploading it:

Transcript:

00:00

Uppdrag Granskning tonight. Can the anti-fascist struggle

00:04

always be classified as self-defence?

00:12

Then they told me that they would come back with firearms.

00:16

They also told me that “You realize that breaking windows is only the beginning?”

00:20

Next time we’ll bring guns. Of course it is very uncomfortable.

00:24

Most of the attacks come from the left, that’s an undeniable fact.

00:28

We’re talking about 95% of all the attacks. If you’re a Nazi then you f***ing better

realize that there are anti-Nazis out there.

And that it’s going to get bloody. That’s just how it works.

There is a political struggle taking place outside parliament

and the municipal council halls. It is a fight that is fought on the streets

Here at the town square in Jønkjøping on May 1

the extreme left is demonstrating against the decision

to allow the National Socialistic ‘Svenskarnas Parti’ (The Swedes’ Party)

to host a political rally.

Both the left and the extreme right

01:48

are against the established society.

01:52

And they are prepared to use illegal and violent tactics.

01:56

In the first episode on political violence

02:00

we investigated the Swedish resistance movement ‘SMR’

02:04

which is a militant Nazi organization.

02:08

Last Sunday they gathered a few kilometres from the town square.

02:12

They were being led by Emil Hagberg,

02:16

The leader of SMR in Stockholm.

02:20

The Nazis were picked up in cars, and they brought glass bottles along with them.

02:28

We. You. Are going to march in the streets and in the squares

02:32

in our cities and in our countryside.

02:36

And the enemy will tremble.

02:40

And when the storm has finally died down, we won’t have to sing about the great old times.

02:44

Because then we will live in them, in a Swedish Sweden.

02:48

Because Sweden shall remain Swedish. Full victory. Full victory.

02:56

Tonight we will focus on ‘Revolutionära Fronten’ (The Revolutionary Front)

03:00

the most violent organization of the autonomous left.

03:04

In certain parts of the cultural sector, the universities, the media

03:08

and in political circles there exists some sympathy for this organization.

03:12

The organization claims that they represent the ‘good violence’.

03:16

They maintain that the anti-fascist struggle is always self-defence.

03:20

Tonight we are going to examine that claim.

03:28

It’s springtime in 1985

03:32

A group of Nazis from the “Nordiske Rikspartiet” (The Nordic Party)

03:36

are marching in the town square in Växjö.

03:40

There is also a woman present who can’t just simply look at what’s going on.

03:44

She decides to act.

03:48

She has Polish roots and family members who were in concentration camps.

03:52

Today this classic image is used by the anti-fascist movement

03:56

in their fight against right-wing extremism.

04:00

But the resistance for which she was praised has taken on a completely different form.

04:24

Anti Fascism is self-defence.

04:28

The good violence.

04:44

These pictures were posted on the Internet by the Revolutionary Front,

04:48

which today is the most militant left-wing organization in Sweden.

04:52

Their main task is to chase Nazis from the streets and town squares.

08:05

Anti-fascism is self-defence. We who wish to create a more open and caring society

05:12

will always be perceived as a threat by the fascists.

05:16

And we must confront the fascists in order to advance our political struggle.

05:20

Therefore we defend ourselves.

05:24

We end up with two extremes. These are Nazis, do you understand?

05:28

If you are a Nazi then you better f***ing realize that there are anti-Nazis out there.

05:32

And it’s going to get bloody. That’s just how it works. That’s how it is.

05:36

In the course of your investigation, what has surprised you the most?

05:40

The fact that these groups enjoy such a strong support

05:44

from people who actually reject politically motivated violence,

05:48

but who are prepared to make

05:52

an exception when it comes to violence by the left.

06:12

On March 26 of this year the first of several court cases

06:16

against left-wing extremists were heard in Sweden.

06:20

Six people were indicted, and several of those present in the courtroom in Västerås are masked.

06:24

The trial is the result of the police operation ‘Eskild’

06:28

which was a massive police investigation that led to the seizure

06:32

of firebombs, street weapons and computers from residences belonging to left-wing activists.

06:36

One thing is certain, the organization ‘Revolutionary Front’ (RF)

06:40

is behind many of these crimes.

06:44

They videotaped their own attacks, added music and posted the clips on the internet.

07:08

Yes, they spray-painted the fence.

07:12

There are still remnants of paint over there.

07:16

And then they sprayed the windows, so I wasn’t able to look out.

07:20

They were completely covered in paint. And then they sprayed on the exterior walls.

07:24

This is Anna Jonnson from Västerås.

07:28

She is a member of Svenskarnas Parti (SP)

07:32

which is a National Socialistic organization.

07:36

In the course of a single year she has reported 11 attacks to the police.

07:40

She has also received so-called ‘home visits’ by masked members

07:44

of the Revolutionary Front. The goal of these visits is to force her

07:48

to terminate her political activities.

07:52

The first police report I filed was about a ph

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