The issue of fascism reared itself yet again in Sweden’s capital when a Stockholm cultural centre was allegedly burned down by a group of Swedish neo-Nazis. The same group is suspected of another arson attack last week involving the burning down of an apartment occupied by a young family.
The Local newspaper reports that the targets in both cases of arson were connected to the Syndikalist trade union. In the latest attack, the Cyklopen social centre in suburban Hogdalen was burned to the ground at the exact time when an anti-racism group was scheduled to meet there.
Two nights later in the same neighbourhood, a couple and their 2 year-old had to flee their apartment down the balcony after the same neo-Nazi group allegedly poured flammable liquid through the letterbox and ignited the apartment. The father and mother were both active in the Syndikalist movement.
These kinds of clashes are common in the days leading up to 6 December, the anniversary of the violent death of a local white supremacist teenager in 2001, according to Swedish security police ‘Sapo’. Neo-Nazi groups hold an annual march in the town of Salem to mark the event.
But this year has seen more violent conflicts than in past years. “It’s more intense this year than ever before,” Sapo spokesman Johan Olsson told the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
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Cultural isolation leeds many times to ignorance. Prejudices and hate are the only answer some people are able to give to the unknown. Scandinavia is especially affected by this problem as its population has an historical low rate of interaction with peoples from other countries. Icelanders are more gentle in treating foreigners, still, they need to be more open to enrich culturally from other parts of the world. WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS AFTER ALL AND IGNORANT PEOPLE EASILY FORGET THAT WE ALL WHERE JUST A GROUP OF AROUND 30 PEOPLE WHO THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO TOOK THEIR FIRST STEP OUT OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. WE ARE ALL THE SAME FAMILY. The whole world is our home. There is nowhere to go, nowhere else to be than this planet. ALL CULTURES have created new things that have enriched and helped the rest of humanity.
Some people is still too primitive and they think THEY STILL LIVE IN CAVES because they act like paleolitic men. One neighbor against the other, one village against the other, one city against the other, one region against the other, one country against the other. WHY SO MUCH IGNORANCE AND HATE IN HUMANITY? This society CELEBRATES competition too much.
It is all linked, nature itself is telling us that we need to cooperate understand and work together. Life is will soon be horrible in this planet if we don’t act as ONE. We are starting to experience tragedy because of our ignorance and what we are doing to nature. We have built our culture in such a level of HATE that we have created weapons that could possibly exterminate all of us together. WHAT WILL FUTURE GENERATIONS THINK OF US??
WE ARE FINALLY REACHING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY POSSIBLE WAY WE CAN SURVIVE IN THIS PLANET AND SECURE A GOOD LIFE FOR ALL IS BY ACTING AS ONE, TOLERATING, RESPECTING AND LOVING EACH OTHER
ÁSTINN OPNAR AUGUN SKER
MAY IGNORANCE, HATE AND FEAR BE AWAY FROM YOU
MAY THE FLAME OF LOVE BURN IN YOUR HEART FOREVER